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Silver Bay Golf Course is a 9-hole course in Silver Bay, Minnesota.

It plays 3,173 yards from the Blue tees, slope 128 (checked 2026-08-15).

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9
holes
36
par
3,173
yards (tips)
128
slope (blue)
The shape of the round · Blue teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — BLUE TEES378176373432425484347158400142334455465748394PAROUT 1,359 YDSIN 1,814 YDSFIRST NINESECOND NINE
The published card in playing order, 9 holes with the two nines split — hole number under each bar, its par below that.

The course

address
17 Golf Course Road, Silver Bay, MN, 55614
elevation
870 ft derived
opened
1959

47.27491, -91.31367 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 9 holes. 11 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

85 traced features across 8 layers for Silver Bay Golf Course, drawn over NAIP 2021 aerial imagery.

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85 traced features across 8 layers for Silver Bay Golf Course, drawn over NAIP 2021 aerial imagery. The map itself needs JavaScript; the geometry is a plain GeoJSON file either way.

9
Holes
12
Fairways
18
Bunkers
1
Water
9
Greens
18
Tee pads
3,173yds
Blue tees
484yds
Longest hole
158yds
Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2021-07-02 – 2021-07-25

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-15

All 6 tee sets par, yardage, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 6 rows.

BlueM363173128
GoldM363022124
GoldF363022131
GreenM362665117
GreenF362665123
RedF362516contested2460120

Every figure as published except Card yards (derived), which is summed from the card below and shown only where a published figure is contested; a blank cell elsewhere is one nobody publishes.

The Red tees publish a yardage total the scorecard below does not add up to. Both figures are published and nothing we hold settles which one a round plays to, so the Yards column keeps the published figure, marked contested, and each tee's own yardage row from the card below is summed beside it, marked derived.

Scorecard — every published tee

Scorecardopen datachecked 2026-08-15

Hole 123456789 Total
Par 434545434 36
Blue 378176373432425484347158400 3,173
Gold 367155362413396452340144393 3,022
Green 300149319360363405335119315 2,665
Red 295122293358345340289107311 2,516
Handicap 5137171119153

Plan it in the Studio

Plan Silver Bay Golf Course 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 A Studio approach map on the aerial photo: a lob wedge aimed at the island green, its spread drawn as a dashed ring over the water, and the side it most often misses. Example from another course: hole 15, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
  • The green, from LiDAR A Studio green view on the aerial photo: arrows for the slope a LiDAR survey measured, the area a cup could be cut, and the safer side to miss. Example from another course: hole 15, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
  • Every shot, tee to green A Studio plan on the aerial photo of a desert par 4: the driver off the tee and a 7-iron into the green between the bunkers, each shot with its landing spread drawn as a dashed ring. Example from another course: hole 2, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale

Plan this course in the Studio

Pictures: Studio output for a sample golfer, drawn 2026-10-15. The Studio needs a free account. AI can make mistakes.

© OpenStreetMap contributors

Book a tee time

Rates change by day and by season, so we send you to Silver Bay Golf Course's own booking page rather than quoting a figure that was true the week we captured it.

Check tee times and rates

Also bookable nearby: Apostle Highlands Golf Course (39 mi) · Madeline Island Golf Club (43 mi) · Babbitt Golf Course (43 mi) · Lester Park Golf Course (44 mi)

Measured against comparable courses

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

FigureThis courseIn MinnesotaNationwideAmong its peers
Longest3,173 yds202nd of 261=9,981st of 12,025=558th of 1,791 9-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 128=115th of 221=4,449th of 8,710=98th of 972 9-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread657 yds between tees189th of 249=9,571st of 11,523=516th of 1,640 9-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 195990th of 240=2,801st of 9,368=575th of 1,347 9-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level870 ft derived 254th of 281=4,385th of 12,437855th of 1,830 9-hole regulation courses

A published figure is compared only against the courses that publish it too, which is why the totals differ from row to row — a state's length field is the courses with a scorecard, not the courses in the state. Height above sea level is the exception: we derive it from a coordinate, so its field is very nearly every course we render. Ties share an ordinal and are marked =. How this is computed →

What's on this page

In progress3 of 6 built

3 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 6 sets of tees.
  • Course rating and slope, not built yet.We don't have a course rating or slope for this course yet.
  • 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, whether it is public or private and a phone number, and 1 more.

The site is in beta and the database is still being built, so expect gaps. Know something we don't? Help us fill it in — a link to where it's published is worth more than anything else you could send.

Sources

Gathered from the course's own site 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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Nearby courses

Lake View National Golf Course

23 mi · Two Harbors · private · 18 holes

Superior National at Lutsen-Golf Course

38 mi · Lutsen · 18 holes

Apostle Highlands Golf Course

39 mi · Bayfield · municipal · 18 holes

Madeline Island Golf Club

43 mi · La Pointe · semi-private · 18 holes

Babbitt Golf Course

43 mi · Babbitt · public · 9 holes

Lester Park Golf Course

44 mi · Duluth · public · 30 holes

Northland Country Club

46 mi · Duluth · private · 18 holes

Ridgeview Country Club

48 mi · Duluth · private · 18 holes

Straight-line distance from this course's coordinates, within 60 miles — not driving distance, and it crosses state lines where the nearest courses are over one.

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