The Golf Course at Branch River

Every green at Branch River in Cato, Wisconsin traced contour by contour, with fall lines, daily pins, and live wind in the GolfCore app.

The course map of Branch River: fairways, tees, greens, bunkers and water traced hole by hole, the same map the app plays a round on.
  • 18Holes
  • 72Par
  • 7Rated tees
  • 18Greens mapped
  • 225Contours
  • 9.3%Steepest slope

About Branch River

The Golf Course at Branch River is an 18-hole golf course playing to par 72 in Cato, Wisconsin. William Diddel designed it, and it opened in 1956. GolfCore has mapped 18 greens here with contour lines and fall-line arrows. The card below lists 7 rated tees with yardages for all 18 holes. GPS yardages and scoring are free in the GolfCore app.

Plan your visit

3212 N. Union Rd., Cato, WI

+1-920-684-3319

Green contour map of Branch River in Cato, Wisconsin: 225 elevation contours at a 3-inch interval with fall-line arrows, traced from 1-meter lidar
One of 18 mapped greens at Branch River. Cool colors sit low and warm colors high; white lines are contours at a 3-inch interval, and the arrows point down the fall line.

How the greens break

GolfCore traced 18 greens at Branch River from USGS 3DEP 1-meter lidar, with 225 elevation contours at a 3-inch interval. The steepest measured slope is 9.3 percent, and the largest rise across a single green is 6.3 ft.

In the app the same map sits under your ball on every green, with the fall line drawn to the hole and the wind modeled at your position. At clubs that run GolfCore, the pins the shop sets each morning show up there too.

Elevation: USGS 3D Elevation Program, U.S. Geological Survey, National Geospatial Program (public domain), processed by GolfCore.

The card

6,463 yds · Par 72 · Rating 71.5 · Slope 123

Hole 123456789 Out
Par 445434345 36
Yards 388309575389147386183391513 3,281
Hcp 9151517711313
Hole 101112131415161718 In
Par 444354435 36
Yards 403389310167491424386157455 3,182
Hcp 10614124281816

Total72 Yards6,463

Hole Par Yards Hcp
1 4 388 9
2 4 309 15
3 5 575 1
4 4 389 5
5 3 147 17
6 4 386 7
7 3 183 11
8 4 391 3
9 5 513 13
Out 36 3,281
10 4 403 10
11 4 389 6
12 4 310 14
13 3 167 12
14 5 491 4
15 4 424 2
16 4 386 8
17 3 157 18
18 5 455 16
In 36 3,182
Total 72 6,463

Course rating and slope

TeeYardsParRating / Slope
Blue 6,698 72 72.5 / 125 77.5 / 138 (W)
White 6,463 72 71.5 / 123
Gold 5,960 72 69.1 / 119 74.2 / 124 (W)
Red 5,286 72 65.8 / 113 69.9 / 115 (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. Spot a wrong par, yardage or stroke index? Report it from Map Settings in the app, or send us a correction.

Course details

Location
Cato, Wisconsin, United States
Address
3212 N. Union Rd., Cato, WI
Architect
William Diddel
Opened
1956
Holes
18
Par
72
Tees on the card
7, 7 USGA-rated
Greens mapped
18
Elevation contours
225
Contour interval
3-inch
Largest green elevation span
6.3 ft
Steepest measured slope
9.3%
Course map
Traced hole by hole
Wind modeling
Live wind grid, 16 directions
Tree canopy
1-meter canopy height model
Course data updated
2026-11-10

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GolfCore maps courses from public elevation data and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Branch River.