The Golf Course at Branch River is an 18-hole public course in Cato, Wisconsin.

It plays 6,696 yards from the Blue tees, rated 72.5/125 (checked 2026-08-15).

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holes

par

6,696

yards (tips)

125

slope (blue)

The shape of the round · Blue 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: 3212 North Union Road, Cato, WI, 54230
phone: 920-684-3319
website: course site →
elevation: 732 ft derived
opened: 1956

44.13799, -87.77062 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes, their lines predicted by a model from USDA NAIP aerial imagery and numbered against the scorecard. Its greens, fairways, bunkers and water are predicted the same way.

73 features across 6 layers for The Golf Course at Branch River, 1 traced and 72 predicted by a model, drawn over NAIP 2022 aerial imagery. The map itself needs JavaScript; the geometry is a plain GeoJSON file either way.

Holes and outlines predicted from USDA NAIP imagery · Contains information from SatlasPretrain, which is made available under the ODC Attribution License

Holes · predicted

Fairways · predicted

Bunkers · predicted

Water · predicted

Greens · predicted

6,696yds

Blue tees

584yds

Longest hole

157yds

Shortest hole

1 imported from OpenStreetMap and 72 predicted by a model from aerial imagery, hole lines and edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2022-06-22

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-15

All 5 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table


Blue	M	72	6696	72.5	125	3402	3294
White	M	72	6450	71.5	123	3268	3182
Gold	M	72	5932	68.9	118	2979	2953
Gold	F	72	5932	73.9	123	2979	2953
Red	F	72	5185	69.9	115	2618	2567

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 2026-08-15

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Total
Par	4	4	5	4	3	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	3	5	4	4	3	5	72
Blue	404	318	584	412	157	407	196	402	522	418	404	319	176	510	435	395	172	465	6,696
White	388	309	575	389	134	386	183	391	513	403	389	310	167	491	424	386	157	455	6,450
Gold	329	309	523	342	128	380	167	300	501	390	336	310	153	484	370	320	135	455	5,932
Red	316	300	418	342	94	293	146	300	409	297	332	232	153	430	256	317	105	445	5,185
Handicap	9	15	1	5	17	7	11	3	13	10	6	14	12	4	2	8	18	16

The Studio

The Studio can't plan The Golf Course at Branch River hole by hole yet.

We hold its scorecard and 73 of its features, 1 traced and 72 predicted by a model, but not a model of every green, which a plan aims at.

It plans 4,579 courses hole by hole today, and it charts your bag anywhere.

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

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Rates change by day and by season, so we send you to The Golf Course at Branch River'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: Wander Springs Golf Course (10 mi) · Emerald Hills Golf Course (10 mi) · The Straits at Whistling Straits (20 mi) · Savannah Oaks Golf Club (21 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 Wisconsin	Nationwide	Among its peers
Longest	6,696 yds	91st of 337	=4,415th of 12,025	1,125th of 4,105 public courses · =2,115th of 7,004 courses you can book · =4,384th of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest test	slope 125	=107th of 225	=5,317th of 8,710	=1,303rd of 2,882 public courses · =2,543rd of 4,936 courses you can book · =5,092nd of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tips	rating 72.5	=62nd of 210	=3,344th of 7,615	=777th of 2,412 public courses · =1,492nd of 4,145 courses you can book · =3,312th of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread	1,511 yds between tees	106th of 316	=5,330th of 11,523	=1,478th of 3,841 public courses · =2,812th of 6,653 courses you can book · =5,257th of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldest	opened 1956	85th of 258	=2,585th of 9,368	=589th of 3,277 public courses · =1,153rd of 5,526 courses you can book · =1,854th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level	732 ft derived	=298th of 355	=5,500th of 12,437	=2,178th of 4,289 public courses · =3,590th of 7,274 courses you can book · =3,889th 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 5 sets of tees.
Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 5 sets of tees.
Course map, built.All 18 holes and their greens are drawn, predicted by a model from aerial imagery and shown over it.
Per-hole distances, built.Every hole's line of play is predicted from aerial imagery, so carries and distances to the front, middle and back of each green are measured along that predicted line.
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 2026-08-15. 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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