Emerald Lake Golf Club is an 18-hole public course in Matthews, North Carolina.

It plays 6,820 yards from the Emerald tees, rated 72.6/132 (checked 2026-08-14).

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holes

par

6,820

yards (tips)

132

slope (emerald)

The shape of the round · Emerald teespublished figures only

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: public
address: 9750 Tournament Drive, Matthews, NC, 28104
phone: 704-882-7888
website: course site →
elevation: 632 ft derived
opened: 1996
turf: impeccable greens
on site: restaurant

35.14097, -80.61098 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. 14 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

211 traced features across 8 layers for Emerald Lake Golf Club, drawn over NAIP 2022 aerial imagery. The map itself needs JavaScript; the geometry is a plain GeoJSON file either way.

Holes

Fairways

Bunkers

Water

Greens

Tee pads

6,820yds

Emerald tees

538yds

Longest hole

185yds

Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2022-06-22

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-14

All 4 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table


Emerald	M	71	6820	72.6	132	3338	3482
Blue	M	71	6455	71.0	127	3140	3315
White	M	71	5963	68.6	123	2897	3066
Red	F	71	5120	69.7	120	2548	2572

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

Scorecardopen datachecked 2026-08-14

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Total
Par	4	4	3	4	5	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	5	4	3	4	5	71
Emerald	391	412	185	381	527	396	200	420	426	391	385	468	186	505	361	224	424	538	6,820
Blue	381	402	151	338	500	384	184	395	405	381	375	451	171	476	320	209	407	525	6,455
White	347	370	142	327	487	362	151	359	352	362	339	415	145	442	305	188	370	500	5,963
Red	287	321	91	299	454	319	121	332	324	338	305	365	115	305	242	143	320	439	5,120
Handicap	17	3	11	13	7	15	9	5	1	16	18	2	14	12	8	4	6	10

Plan it in the Studio

Plan Emerald Lake 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 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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Rates change by day and by season, so we send you to Emerald Lake Golf Club'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: Olde Sycamore Golf Plantation (1.7 mi) · The Divide Golf Club (1.7 mi) · Charlotte National Golf Club (1.8 mi) · Pebble Creek Golf Golf Course (5.3 mi)

Measured against comparable courses

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

Figure	This course	In North Carolina	Nationwide	Among its peers
Longest	6,820 yds	192nd of 541	=3,313th of 12,025	36th of 78 in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area · =822nd of 4,105 public courses · =1,563rd of 7,004 courses you can book · =3,289th of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest test	slope 132	=194th of 356	=3,130th of 8,710	=34th of 52 in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area · =629th of 2,882 public courses · =1,317th of 4,936 courses you can book · =3,063rd of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tips	rating 72.6	=174th of 333	=3,206th of 7,615	=36th of 50 in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area · =734th of 2,412 public courses · =1,414th of 4,145 courses you can book · =3,176th of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread	1,700 yds between tees	=305th of 528	=4,108th of 11,523	44th of 75 in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area · =1,123rd of 3,841 public courses · =2,128th of 6,653 courses you can book · =4,049th of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldest	opened 1996	=290th of 395	=7,209th of 9,368	=40th of 58 in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area · =2,377th of 3,277 public courses · =4,103rd of 5,526 courses you can book · =5,267th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level	632 ft derived	=238th of 554	=6,310th of 12,437	=50th of 79 in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area · =2,523rd of 4,289 public courses · =4,091st of 7,274 courses you can book · =4,488th of 9,106 18-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 4 sets of tees.
Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 4 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 architect.

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Sources

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Location and identity seeded from OpenStreetMap — © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Last checked 2026-08-14. Where each figure came from is stated beside it, above.

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