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Somerby Golf Club is an 18-hole private course in Byron, Minnesota.

Designed by Tom Lehman & John Fought. It plays 7,209 yards from the Gold tees, rated 74.7/140 (checked 2026-08-15).

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18
holes
72
par
7,209
yards (tips)
140
slope (gold)
The shape of the round · Gold teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — GOLD TEES565374417610210433398186480406542484191402317454150590152434455364748394104115124133144154164173185PAROUT 3,673 YDSIN 3,536 YDSFIRST NINESECOND NINE
The published card in playing order, 18 holes with the two nines split — hole number under each bar, its par below that.

The course

designer
Tom Lehman & John Fought reported
access
private
address
Bridgeford, Byron, MN, 55920
phone
507-775-3700
elevation
1,116 ft derived
opened
2004

44.04732, -92.63603 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. 39 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

304 traced features across 8 layers for Somerby Golf Club, drawn over NAIP 2021 aerial imagery.

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

21
Holes
19
Fairways
92
Bunkers
15
Water
18
Greens
86
Tee pads
7,209yds
Gold tees
610yds
Longest hole
150yds
Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2021-08-13

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-15

All 7 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 7 rows.

GoldM72720974.714036733536
SilverM72672872.613634203308
ComboM72630471.5135
BronzeM72620570.213131603045
WhiteM72573968.112729112828
WhiteF72573972.913429112828
RoyalF72516069.712726152545

Every figure as published; a blank cell is one nobody publishes. Front 9 and Back 9 are summed from the per-hole yardages on the scorecard.

Scorecard

Scorecardopen datachecked 2026-08-15

Hole 123456789101112131415161718 Total
Par 544534434454344435 72
Gold 565374417610210433398186480406542484191402317454150590 7,209
Silver 516353390571195402370172451379511444179379296427141552 6,728
Bronze 475324366523181377340156418355473411168348271385130504 6,205
White 432302338486169347311130396321447378160321250357120474 5,739
Royal 398278302441153312281115335294415338146289230292109432 5,160
Handicap 173515911713161228141841610

No per-hole yardages are published for Combo, so it is not on the card above.

Plan it in the Studio

Plan Somerby Golf 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 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

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Book nearby

Somerby Golf Club states private access, so there is no tee time here to book. The nearest courses that state access you can book: Zumbro Valley Golf Course (4.8 mi, semi-private) · Hadley Creek Golf Learning Center (10 mi, municipal) · Willow Creek Country Club (10 mi, semi-private) · Little Willow Executive Course (10 mi, semi-private)

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
Longest7,209 yds6th of 261=617th of 12,0252nd of 19 in the Rochester, MN metro area · =235th of 2,954 private courses · =616th of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 140=24th of 221=932nd of 8,7102nd of 17 in the Rochester, MN metro area · =418th of 2,300 private courses · =912th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 74.7=10th of 172=739th of 7,6152nd of 13 in the Rochester, MN metro area · =317th of 2,143 private courses · =735th of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread2,049 yds between tees21st of 249=2,014th of 11,5233rd of 18 in the Rochester, MN metro area · =625th of 2,885 private courses · =1,973rd of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 2004=225th of 240=8,690th of 9,36815th of 17 in the Rochester, MN metro area · =2,263rd of 2,418 private courses · =6,463rd of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level1,116 ft derived =109th of 281=2,836th of 12,43711th of 21 in the Rochester, MN metro area · 512th of 3,026 private courses · =1,932nd of 9,106 18-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 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 6 sets of tees.
  • Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 7 sets of tees.
  • Course map, built.All 18 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.6 of 7 background details — we don't hold the grass on the greens.

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Sources

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Nearby courses

Zumbro Valley Golf Course

4.8 mi · Mantorville · semi-private · 9 holes

Northern Hills Golf Course

5.5 mi · Rochester · 18 holes

Rochester Golf & Country Club

6.6 mi · Rochester · private · 18 holes

Soldiers Field Golf Course

8.7 mi · Rochester · 18 holes

Hadley Creek Golf Learning Center

10 mi · Rochester · municipal · 9 holes

Willow Creek Country Club

10 mi · Rochester · semi-private · 18 holes

Little Willow Executive Course

10 mi · Rochester · semi-private · 9 holes

Pine Island Golf Course

11 mi · Pine Island · public · 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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