Preston Golf and Country Club is a 9-hole public course in Emerson, Minnesota.

It plays 2,983 yards from the Mens tees, rated 34/129 (checked 2026-08-15).

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holes

par

2,983

yards (tips)

129

slope (mens)

The shape of the round · Ladies teespublished figures only

The published card in playing order, 9 holes with the two nines split — hole number under each bar, its par below that.

The course

access: public
address: Golfview Drive, Emerson, MN, 55965
elevation: 1,051 ft derived
opened: 1935
on site: driving range · putting green

43.68298, -92.10094 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 9 holes. 6 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

58 traced features across 7 layers for Preston Golf and Country Club, drawn over NAIP 2021 aerial imagery. The map itself needs JavaScript; the geometry is a plain GeoJSON file either way.

Holes

Fairways

Water

Greens

Tee pads

2,983yds

Ladies tees

505yds

Longest hole

161yds

Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2021-08-15

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-15

All 2 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table


Ladies	F	35	2983	37.0	124
Mens	M	35	2983	34.0	129

Every figure as published; a blank cell is one nobody publishes.

Scorecard — every published tee

Scorecardopen datachecked 2026-08-15

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Total
Par	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	3	4	35
Ladies	360	364	328	362	185	327	505	161	391	2,983
Mens	360	364	328	362	185	327	505	161	391	2,983
Handicap	3	7	15	9	5	13	17	11	1

Plan it in the Studio

Plan Preston Golf and Country Club hole by hole, for your game.

Ask in plain words. The Studio draws each hole on the aerial photo, picks a club for each shot from your carries and the way you miss, and shows where a miss costs you strokes. Where a green was surveyed, it reads the slope too.

The approach, planned Example from another course: hole 15, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
The green, from LiDAR Example from another course: hole 15, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
Every shot, tee to green Example from another course: hole 2, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale

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Measured against comparable courses

How hard and how long this course plays against comparable courses — never how good it is.

Figure	This course	In Minnesota	Nationwide	Among its peers
Longest	2,983 yds	217th of 261	=10,577th of 12,025	17th of 19 in the Rochester, MN metro area · =3,403rd of 4,105 public courses · =5,984th of 7,004 courses you can book · =1,089th of 1,791 9-hole regulation courses
Toughest test	slope 129	=99th of 221	=4,131st of 8,710	=7th of 17 in the Rochester, MN metro area · =895th of 2,882 public courses · =1,815th of 4,936 courses you can book · =83rd of 972 9-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tips	rating 34.0	172nd of 172	=7,582nd of 7,615	13th of 13 in the Rochester, MN metro area · 2,407th of 2,412 public courses · =4,137th of 4,145 courses you can book · =186th of 199 9-hole regulation courses
Oldest	opened 1935	=67th of 240	=1,984th of 9,368	6th of 17 in the Rochester, MN metro area · =406th of 3,277 public courses · =821st of 5,526 courses you can book · =383rd of 1,347 9-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level	1,051 ft derived	=131st of 281	=3,138th of 12,437	13th of 21 in the Rochester, MN metro area · =1,149th of 4,289 public courses · =2,024th of 7,274 courses you can book · =657th of 1,830 9-hole regulation courses

What's on this page

In progress4 of 6 built

4 of 6 parts of this course page are built, and we're filling in the rest.

Scorecard, built.Par and yardage for every hole, from 2 sets of tees.
Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 2 sets of tees.
Course map, built.All 9 greens drawn, with the fairways, bunkers and water, over aerial imagery.
Per-hole distances, built.Every hole is traced, so carries and distances to the front, middle and back of each green are measured along the line you actually play.
Green contours, not built yet.We haven't built the green contours for this course yet.
Course details, partly built.3 of 7 background details — we don't hold the architect, a website and a phone number, and 1 more.

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Sources

Gathered from the course's own published information and public records — every figure on this page is traceable to who published it and when. Spot an error or a gap? Tell us.

Location and identity seeded from OpenStreetMap — © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Last checked 2026-08-15. Where each figure came from is stated beside it, above.

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