Farmington Hills Golf Club vs Whispering Willows Golf Course

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

Farmington Hills, Michigan

Livonia, Michigan

Measure	Farmington Hills Golf Club	Whispering Willows Golf Course
Holes	18	18
Par	71	70
Par 3 · 4 · 5	4 · 11 · 3	4 · 12 · 2
Measured length	6,349 yd	6,046 yd
Longest hole	No. 14, 538 yd	No. 16, 482 yd
Bunkers	28	28
Sand	1.3 acres	0.7 acres
Holes with water	13	7
Water on the property	11 acres	3.4 acres
Total climb	202 ft	156 ft
Elevation	818–893 ft	722–766 ft
Biggest drop to a green	-26 ft	-21 ft
Average green	5,139 sq ft	4,804 sq ft
Average fairway width	32 yd	24 yd
Green to next tee, total	1,861 yd	1,273 yd
Property	165 acres	133 acres
Cart path	5.6 mi	4.5 mi
Driving range	not mapped	yes

Hole by hole

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

Hole	Farmington Hills Golf Club			Whispering Willows Golf Course
	Par	Yd	Rise	Par	Yd	Rise
1	4	385	+5	5	453	-11
2	4	304	-13	4	399	-21
3	4	371	+3	4	434	+8
4	4	419	-14	4	341	-10
5	3	135	-4	3	183	+16
6	4	371	+7	4	382	+5
7	5	499	-2	3	127	-10
8	3	151	0	4	342	+1
9	4	386	-14	4	372	0
10	4	395	-9	4	436	-12
11	4	385	-6	4	346	-13
12	4	349	-5	4	309	+3
13	3	160	+4	4	304	+2
14	5	538	+15	4	371	-6
15	3	188	+1	3	210	-11
16	5	507	+20	5	482	+9
17	4	396	-26	3	162	+6
18	4	410	+2	4	393	+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.