Minnehaha Country Club
Sioux Falls, South Dakota · 18 holes · par 71 · Private. Designed by Robert M. Lohmann, opened 1917.
A caddie's yardage book for every hole: plays-like distance from USGS lidar elevation, reach and carry numbers for every bunker and water hazard, green front, middle and back, which way each green falls, and the lay-up zone on par 5s. Distances are from the back tees along the mapped hole; for a shorter tee, take off the scorecard difference.
Course profile
- At about 1,420 ft the ball carries about 2% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 148. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
- Biggest climb: hole 18, where the green sits 21 ft above the tee and plays about 7 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 12, where the green sits 54 ft below the tee and plays about 18 yards shorter.
- 14 greens tilt 2% or more. Each hole below says which side of the hole leaves an uphill putt.
Maps: tee at the bottom, green at the top. The dashed line is the mapped hole; the gold band is the lay-up zone; the arrow on the green points downhill.
Scorecard
| Hole | Par | Hcp | Blue | White | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 11 | 348 | 332 | 307 |
| 2 | 3 | 7 | 202 | 166 | 129 |
| 3 | 4 | 1 | 439 | 427 | 381 |
| 4 | 5 | 5 | 548 | 512 | 452 |
| 5 | 4 | 3 | 434 | 392 | 382 |
| 6 | 3 | 17 | 167 | 153 | 138 |
| 7 | 5 | 13 | 472 | 444 | 416 |
| 8 | 3 | 15 | 159 | 137 | 93 |
| 9 | 4 | 9 | 396 | 356 | 273 |
| 10 | 3 | 16 | 205 | 165 | 147 |
| 11 | 4 | 10 | 364 | 354 | 301 |
| 12 | 5 | 12 | 509 | 505 | 386 |
| 13 | 4 | 6 | 440 | 337 | 299 |
| 14 | 4 | 4 | 397 | 381 | 313 |
| 15 | 4 | 14 | 351 | 314 | 256 |
| 16 | 5 | 2 | 551 | 523 | 461 |
| 17 | 3 | 18 | 186 | 168 | 154 |
| 18 | 4 | 8 | 391 | 356 | 301 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | Male | 6424 | 72.4 | 131 |
| White | Male | 5972 | 70.3 | 129 |
| Red | Female | 5324 | 71.4 | 127 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 340-24 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 337 · 348 · 367front · middle · back
- Green size
- 32 × 23yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 32 ydswide at 224
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front-right
In play
- Water right: 17 to reach, 101 to carry
- Water right: 117 to reach, 267 to carry
- Water across the hole: 259 to reach, 281 to carry
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 328 to carry
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 8 yards shorter: the green sits 24 ft below the tee.
- Water crosses the hole: 259 to reach, 281 to carry.
- Fairway water on the right: 117 to reach, 267 to carry. Drives that finish short of 117 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 32 yards wide at 224 and narrows to 22 at 237.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 2%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 206+13 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 189 · 202 · 215front · middle · back
- Green size
- 26 × 26yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front-right
In play
- Water across the hole: 87 to reach, 114 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 4 yards longer: the green sits 13 ft above the tee.
- Water crosses the hole: 87 to reach, 114 to carry.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 2%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 436-9 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 423 · 439 · 455front · middle · back
- Green size
- 32 × 32yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 41 ydswide at 234
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front
In play
- Water across the hole: 275 to reach, 318 to carry
Playing notes
- Plays about 3 yards shorter: the green sits 9 ft below the tee.
- Water crosses the hole: 275 to reach, 318 to carry.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 41 yards wide at 234 and narrows to 34 at 254.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
- The green falls from back to front, about 2.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 55 · Par 46 · Par 37 · Par 58 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par 311 · Par 412 · Par 513 · Par 414 · Par 415 · Par 416 · Par 517 · Par 318 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 48 hazards with reach and carry
- 12 green slope reads
- 4 par-5 lay-up zones
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Hole maps, hazards and playing notes come from mapped course data and USGS 3DEP elevation (public domain), not a visit. Plays-like numbers use the Skitty caddie's rule of one yard per 3 ft of rise, from the longest tee; altitude uses 1.16% of carry per 1,000 ft. Tees, hazards and conditions change; check with the course before you play. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0) via OpenGolfAPI. Scorecard yardages and ratings as published. See a mistake? Email [email protected].