Courses · Alaska

Anchorage Golf Course

Anchorage, Alaska · 18 holes · par 72 · Public. Designed by Bill Newcomb, opened 1987.

A caddie's yardage book for every hole: plays-like distance from USGS lidar elevation, reach and carry numbers for every bunker and water hazard, green front, middle and back, which way each green falls, and the lay-up zone on par 5s. Distances are from the back tees along the mapped hole; for a shorter tee, take off the scorecard difference.

Course profile

• At about 350 ft the ball carries about 0% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 149. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
• Biggest climb: hole 17, where the green sits 65 ft above the tee and plays about 22 yards longer.
• Biggest drop: hole 10, where the green sits 34 ft below the tee and plays about 11 yards shorter.
• Driving-zone hazards sit on the right on 4 holes and on the left on 2: a tee shot missed right costs more here.

Maps: tee at the bottom, green at the top. The dashed line is the mapped hole; the gold band is the lay-up zone; the arrow on the green points downhill.

Scorecard

Tees

Hole 1 · Par 4

347 (Black) · 340 (Blue) · 333 (White) · 308 (Gold) · 294 (Red) yards · Handicap 14

Plays like

348+2 ft

Green · Black tee

329 · 347 · 366front · middle · back

Green size

39 × 27yards deep × wide

Fairway

29 ydswide at 218

In play

• Bunker across the hole: 239 to reach, 250 to carry
• Bunker front-right of the green
• Bunker left of the green

Playing notes

• No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
• The fairway is about 29 yards wide at 218 and narrows to 21 at 236.
• Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
• The green is 39 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.

Hole 2 · Par 4

348 (Black) · 338 (Blue) · 325 (White) · 296 (Gold) · 257 (Red) yards · Handicap 8

Plays like

347-2 ft

Green · Black tee

338 · 348 · 361front · middle · back

Green size

23 × 31yards deep × wide

Fairway

18 ydswide at 221

In play

• Bunker back of the green

Playing notes

• Dogleg right at about 251 yards.
• No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
• The fairway is about 18 yards wide at 221.

Hole 3 · Par 3

177 (Black) · 166 (Blue) · 156 (White) · 131 (Gold) · 124 (Red) yards · Handicap 16

Plays like

174-10 ft

Green · Black tee

146 · 177 · 190front · middle · back

Green size

50 × 27yards deep × wide

In play

• Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 131 to carry

Playing notes

• Plays about 3 yards shorter: the green sits 10 ft below the tee.
• Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
• The green is 50 yards deep: a back pin can play about 4 clubs more than a front pin.

Holes 4 to 18

4 · Par 45 · Par 46 · Par 57 · Par 48 · Par 39 · Par 510 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 413 · Par 314 · Par 515 · Par 416 · Par 317 · Par 518 · Par 4

The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:

• 15 plays-like yardages
• 39 hazards with reach and carry
• 3 par-5 lay-up zones

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Hole maps, hazards and playing notes come from mapped course data and USGS 3DEP elevation (public domain), not a visit. Plays-like numbers use the Skitty caddie's rule of one yard per 3 ft of rise, from the longest tee; altitude uses 1.16% of carry per 1,000 ft. Tees, hazards and conditions change; check with the course before you play. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0) via OpenGolfAPI. Scorecard yardages and ratings as published. See a mistake? Email [email protected].

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