Francis Gross drawn from GolfCore's traced course vectors — fairways, tees, greens, bunkers and water, in the app's own colors. This is the same geometry the app maps a round on.

17Greens Mapped 162Elevation Contours 6.6%Steepest Slope 18Holes 71Par 7Rated Tees

Green contour map of Francis Gross in Minneapolis, Minnesota — 162 elevation contours at a 3-inch interval with fall-line arrows, traced from 1-meter lidar — One of 17 mapped greens at Francis Gross, drawn from GolfCore's contour data baked from USGS 3DEP 1-meter lidar, in the same colors the app uses. Elevation bands run cool-low to warm-high; white lines are contours at a 3-inch interval, and dark arrows point down the fall line.

The course, by the numbers

Location	Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Address	Blue Star Memorial Highway
Phone	+1 612-789-2542
Holes	18
Par	71
Tees on the card	7, 7 USGA-rated
Greens mapped	17
Elevation contours	162
Contour interval	3-inch
Largest green elevation span	3.9 ft
Steepest measured slope	6.6%
Course map	Traced hole by hole
Wind modeling	Live wind grid, 16 directions
Tree canopy	1-meter canopy height model
Course data updated	2026-09-01

The card

Tees

5,060 yds · Par 71 · Rating 63.7 · Slope 107

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out
Par	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	5	35
Yards	330	380	115	310	280	225	160	290	415	2,505
Hcp	9	5	11	1	13	7	15	3	17

Hole	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In
Par	5	3	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	36
Yards	430	130	445	285	285	315	255	120	290	2,555
Hcp	16	8	4	6	2	12	10	18	14

Total71 Yards5,060

Hole	Par	Yards	Hcp
1	4	330	9
2	4	380	5
3	3	115	11
4	4	310	1
5	4	280	13
6	4	225	7
7	3	160	15
8	4	290	3
9	5	415	17
Out	35	2,505
10	5	430	16
11	3	130	8
12	5	445	4
13	4	285	6
14	4	285	2
15	4	315	12
16	4	255	10
17	3	120	18
18	4	290	14
In	36	2,555
Total	71	5,060

Course rating and slope

Tee	Yards	Par	Rating / Slope
Black	6,715	71	71.7 / 122
Blue	6,350	71	69.9 / 121 75.5 / 129 (W)
Blue/White	5,605	71	66.2 / 112 71.4 / 120 (W)
White	5,060	71	63.7 / 107 68.3 / 114 (W)

Hole data is what GolfCore holds for the course's layout. Picking a tee shows that tee's own yardages, pars and stroke indexes where the club has rated them. Clubs correct their own data in the app.

What GolfCore has for Francis Gross

GolfCore's library covers Francis Gross Golf Course green by green: 17 putting surfaces traced with 162 elevation contours from USGS 3DEP 1-meter lidar. The steepest measured slope on these greens tilts at 6.6 percent — the difference between a putt that dies at the hole and one that runs four feet past.

In the app, players and caddies read the same data live on the course: contour bands with fall-line arrows, wind simulated at the player's position, and pin positions that clubs on GolfCore set each morning. Francis Gross Golf Course is one of more than six thousand courses GolfCore has mapped green by green.

For clubs, the same system runs the tee sheet and the caddie yard — assignments off real tee times, SMS confirmations, and a caddie network that spans every club on the platform. Read how caddie management on GolfCore works.

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Staff at Francis Gross can claim this course by signing in with an email address at the club's own domain. That sets the club up on GolfCore with you as an administrator.

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