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Cowan's Ford Golf Club is an 18-hole private course in Lake Norman, North Carolina.

It plays 6,875 yards from the Black tees, rated 73.3/135 (checked 2026-08-20).

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18
holes
72
par
6,875
yards (tips)
135
slope (black)
The shape of the round · Black teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — BLACK TEES515410202350527407180404435441220401390345550402187556152433445564738494104113124134144155164173185PAROUT 3,430 YDSIN 3,492 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

access
private
address
761 Club Drive, Lake Norman, NC, 28164
phone
704-827-3088
elevation
704 ft derived
opened
1963
on site
putting green · pro shop · lessons

35.44480, -80.96824 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. 7 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

189 traced features across 8 layers for Cowan's Ford Golf Club, drawn over NAIP 2022 aerial imagery.

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189 traced features across 8 layers for Cowan's Ford Golf Club, drawn over NAIP 2022 aerial imagery. The map itself needs JavaScript; the geometry is a plain GeoJSON file either way.

18
Holes
22
Fairways
39
Bunkers
11
Water
18
Greens
60
Tee pads
6,922yds
Black tees
556yds
Longest hole
180yds
Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2022-09-27

Tees & ratings

Ratingsreported, not from the clubchecked 2026-08-20

Yardagesfrom the clubchecked 2026-08-20

All 8 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 8 rows.

BlackM72687573.313534303492
BlueM72652271.613132773361
WhiteM72622969.412530983145
GoldM72553766.911727022702
RedF72500569.311924062579
Gold / White7229592906
Red / Green7222492237
Green7220272083

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 — every published tee

Scorecardfrom the clubchecked 2026-08-20

Hole 123456789101112131415161718 Total
Par 543454344434445435 72
Black 515410202350527407180404435441220401390345550402187556 6,875
Blue 503376185350522385180382394423202375372345532383187542 6,522
Gold / White 477302168339506357133356321323143358328328440371170445 5,865
Red / Green 319296137273353271111256233323143297257229310212141325 4,486
Green 319249132224326217105222233286137212237229310212135325 4,110
White 477359168339506357165356371409190358328328502371170489 6,229
Gold 413302157319487306133264321323143335264297440313142445 5,537
Red 396296137273353271111256313323143297257229440313141436 5,005
Handicap 175913151113741082181461612

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  • 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

Cowan's Ford Golf Club states private access, so there is no tee time here to book. The nearest courses that state access you can book: Westport Golf Club (4.2 mi, semi-private) · Verdict Ridge Golf & Country Club (4.4 mi, resort) · Birkdale Golf Club (4.9 mi, public) · Oak Hills Golf Course (8.8 mi, public)

Measured against comparable courses

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

FigureThis courseIn North CarolinaNationwideAmong its peers
Longest6,875 yds=163rd of 541=2,858th of 12,02533rd of 78 in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area · =1,012th of 2,954 private courses · =2,840th of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 135=146th of 356=2,233rd of 8,710=28th of 52 in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area · =978th of 2,300 private courses · =2,185th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 73.3=127th of 333=2,254th of 7,615=26th of 50 in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area · =922nd of 2,143 private courses · =2,235th of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread1,870 yds between tees215th of 528=2,989th of 11,52327th of 75 in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area · 915th of 2,885 private courses · =2,942nd of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 1963=97th of 395=3,357th of 9,368=20th of 58 in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area · =1,184th of 2,418 private courses · =2,392nd of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level704 ft derived 212th of 554=5,681st of 12,43730th of 79 in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area · =1,119th of 3,026 private courses · =4,017th 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 8 sets of tees.
  • Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 5 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.5 of 7 background details — we don't hold the architect and the grass on the greens.

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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 2026-08-29. Where each figure came from is stated beside it, above.

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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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