Morningstar Golf's Club
Village of Vernon, Wisconsin · 18 holes · par 72 · Public. Designed by Jacobson Golf Course Design, opened 2001.
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 880 ft the ball carries about 1% 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 6, where the green sits 39 ft above the tee and plays about 13 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 7, where the green sits 77 ft below the tee and plays about 26 yards shorter.
- 9 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 | Black | Blue | Green | Green/White | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 3 | 537 | 516 | 502 | 475 | |
| 2 | 4 | 7 | 389 | 371 | 343 | 321 | |
| 3 | 3 | 17 | 175 | 152 | 133 | 121 | |
| 4 | 4 | 9 | 361 | 361 | 314 | 285 | |
| 5 | 3 | 15 | 207 | 186 | 166 | 141 | |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | 415 | 375 | 356 | 335 | |
| 7 | 5 | 11 | 534 | 514 | 477 | 453 | |
| 8 | 4 | 13 | 362 | 341 | 324 | 304 | |
| 9 | 4 | 5 | 384 | 366 | 337 | 305 | |
| 10 | 4 | 12 | 365 | 348 | 334 | 315 | |
| 11 | 3 | 18 | 190 | 177 | 170 | 160 | |
| 12 | 5 | 6 | 537 | 515 | 500 | 474 | |
| 13 | 4 | 8 | 376 | 356 | 331 | 305 | |
| 14 | 3 | 16 | 222 | 197 | 166 | 148 | |
| 15 | 4 | 14 | 366 | 362 | 339 | 319 | |
| 16 | 4 | 2 | 463 | 438 | 417 | 392 | |
| 17 | 4 | 4 | 415 | 402 | 393 | 380 | |
| 18 | 5 | 10 | 515 | 503 | 481 | 470 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 6875 | 72.6 | 134 |
| Black/Blue | Male | 6542 | 71 | 129 |
| Blue | Male | 6458 | 70.6 | 128 |
| Blue/Green | Male | 6261 | 69.7 | 126 |
| Green | Male | 6083 | 74.5 | 131 |
| Green/White | Male | 5930 | 68.5 | 123 |
| Green/White | Female | 5930 | 73.7 | 129 |
| White | Male | 5574 | 67.1 | 121 |
| White | Female | 5574 | 72 | 127 |
| White/Red | Female | 5390 | 70.9 | 125 |
| Red | Female | 5054 | 69.1 | 120 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 517-61 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 522 · 537 · 550front · middle · back
- Green size
- 28 × 24yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 34 ydswide at 233
- Green slope
- 1%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker right: 284 to reach, 307 to carry
- Bunker across the hole: 465 to reach, 471 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 20 yards shorter: the green sits 61 ft below the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 284 to reach, 307 to carry. Drives that finish short of 284 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 34 yards wide at 233 and narrows to 25 at 283.
- Best lay-up: 100 to 160 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 35 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- The green falls from back to front, about 1%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 387-5 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 381 · 389 · 403front · middle · back
- Green size
- 27 × 28yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 41 ydswide at 233
In play
- Bunker left: 218 to reach, 260 to carry
- 2 bunkers right: 255 to reach, 291 to carry
- 2 bunkers front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Dogleg left at about 244 yards.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 218 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 218 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 41 yards wide at 233.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
Hole 3 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 176+4 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 162 · 175 · 189front · middle · back
- Green size
- 31 × 27yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker front of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back to front, about 1.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 36 · Par 47 · Par 58 · Par 49 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 513 · Par 414 · Par 315 · Par 416 · Par 417 · Par 418 · Par 5
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 44 hazards with reach and carry
- 14 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].