Buffalo Hill Golf Course vs Polson Bay Championship Course

37 mi apart · numbers from each course's map geometry

Kalispell, Montana

Polson, Montana

Measure	Buffalo Hill Golf Course	Polson Bay Championship Course
Holes	18	18
Par	72	72
Par 3 · 4 · 5	4 · 10 · 4	3 · 12 · 3
Measured length	6,594 yd	7,070 yd
Longest hole	No. 2, 597 yd	No. 3, 592 yd
Bunkers	47	38
Sand	1.2 acres	0.7 acres
Holes with water	9	7
Water on the property	5.1 acres	4.3 acres
Total climb	188 ft	159 ft
Elevation	2,944–3,082 ft	2,896–3,009 ft
Biggest drop to a green	-53 ft	-39 ft
Average green	4,991 sq ft	5,741 sq ft
Average fairway width	26 yd	30 yd
Green to next tee, total	1,541 yd	1,780 yd
Property	185 acres	144 acres
Cart path	5.1 mi	2.5 mi
Driving range	not mapped	yes

Hole by hole

Par and measured yards for each hole; rise is tee to green.

Hole	Buffalo Hill Golf Course			Polson Bay Championship Course
	Par	Yd	Rise	Par	Yd	Rise
1	4	429	+12	4	409	-18
2	5	597	+6	4	360	-27
3	4	371	-25	4	592	+3
4	4	326	-46	4	183	-24
5	3	233	-45	4	444	-33
6	4	392	+2	5	568	+19
7	5	483	+8	4	382	-2
8	4	361	-4	4	397	-16
9	3	200	-1	3	212	-13
10	4	411	+2	4	415	-6
11	5	529	+1	4	438	+24
12	3	110	-43	4	434	+3
13	4	447	-9	3	170	+25
14	4	346	+6	5	535	-39
15	5	467	-4	4	392	-8
16	3	165	+15	4	386	+8
17	4	405	+31	3	217	+8
18	4	322	-53	5	536	+5

Both courses are drawn by OpenStreetMap contributors; a difference in detail (bunker counts especially) can be a difference in how carefully each was mapped. How each number is measured.