Courses · Wisconsin

Bridges Golf Course

Madison, Wisconsin · 18 holes · par 72 · Public. Opened 2000.

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 850 ft the ball carries about 1% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 149. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
• Biggest climb: hole 13, where the green sits 30 ft above the tee and plays about 10 yards longer.
• Biggest drop: hole 15, where the green sits 37 ft below the tee and plays about 12 yards shorter.
• 8 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

Tees

Hole 1 · Par 4

354 (Blue) · 331 (White) · 273 (Gold) · 235 (Red) yards · Handicap 9

Plays like

356+6 ft

Green · Blue tee

337 · 354 · 368front · middle · back

Green size

33 × 31yards deep × wide

Fairway

43 ydswide at 235

Green slope

1.5%falls to the front

In play

• Water across the hole: 94 to reach, 151 to carry
• Water left: 170 to reach, 217 to carry
• 2 bunkers left: 249 to reach, 282 to carry
• Water right of the green
• Bunker front-left of the green

Playing notes

• Plays about 2 yards longer: the green sits 6 ft above the tee.
• Dogleg right at about 249 yards.
• Water crosses the hole: 94 to reach, 147 to carry.
• Water crosses the hole: 100 to reach, 151 to carry.
• Fairway bunkers and water on the left: 170 to reach, 282 to carry. Drives that finish short of 170 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
• The fairway is about 43 yards wide at 235.
• Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
• The green falls from back to front, about 1.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 2 · Par 5

556 (Blue) · 510 (White) · 480 (Gold) · 454 (Red) yards · Handicap 1

Plays like

554-5 ft

Green · Blue tee

540 · 556 · 573front · middle · back

Green size

35 × 23yards deep × wide

Fairway

46 ydswide at 233

Green slope

1%falls to the front

In play

• Water right: 133 to reach, 152 to carry
• Water left: 138 to reach, 225 to carry
• Bunker right: 234 to reach, 272 to carry
• Water right: 512 to reach, 577 to carry
• Bunker front of the green

Playing notes

• Dogleg right at about 253 yards.
• Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 138 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 138 keeps them out of play.
• The fairway is about 46 yards wide at 233 and narrows to 31 at 283.
• Best lay-up: 70 to 160 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 31 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
• Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
• The green falls from back to front, about 1%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
• The green is 35 yards deep: a back pin can play about 2 clubs more than a front pin.

Hole 3 · Par 3

198 (Blue) · 148 (White) · 126 (Gold) · 103 (Red) yards · Handicap 15

Plays like

198+1 ft

Green · Blue tee

183 · 198 · 213front · middle · back

Green size

31 × 25yards deep × wide

Green slope

1%falls to the front-right

In play

• Water right: 24 to reach, 128 to carry
• Bunker front-right of the green

Playing notes

• The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
• The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 1%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Holes 4 to 18

4 · Par 45 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 48 · Par 39 · Par 510 · Par 411 · Par 512 · Par 313 · Par 414 · Par 415 · Par 516 · Par 317 · Par 418 · 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
• 13 green slope reads
• 3 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].

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