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Palmer Golf Course

Palmer, Alaska · 18 holes · par 72 · Public. Designed by William Overdorf, opened 1990.

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

Altitude230 ftCarries about 0% farther
Bunkers37
Holes with water4 of 18
Average fairway width44 yds
Typical green4,000 sq ft
  • At about 230 ft the ball carries about 0% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 150. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
  • Biggest climb: hole 3, where the green sits 12 ft above the tee and plays about 4 yards longer.
  • Biggest drop: hole 18, where the green sits 10 ft below the tee and plays about 3 yards shorter.

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

HoleParHcpBlueWhiteGoldRedGreen
1415380350330320238
247395370355340313
353600570550480379
449420390375350245
5311230200185160145
6417350320305290212
741460430410370325
855545515490458361
9313180150130115115
10414385355345325262
1156560530510490398
12418380340315310235
13316185160150125125
14412390360340330280
1538220190175150140
1644440410385330280
1742470440425350283
18510535505490460365

Tees

TeeYardsRatingSlope
BlueMale712572.5126
WhiteMale658570.3116
GoldMale626569.7108
RedFemale575372.4121
GreenFemale470166.7109

Hole 1 · Par 4

380 (Blue) · 350 (White) · 330 (Gold) · 320 (Red) · 238 (Green) yards · Handicap 15

Plays like
379-3 ft
Green · Blue tee
366 · 380 · 392front · middle · back
Green size
28 × 27yards deep × wide
Fairway
39 ydswide at 227

In play

  • Water left: 271 to reach, 386 to carry
  • Bunker back-right of the green

Playing notes

  • Fairway water on the left: 271 to reach, 386 to carry. Drives that finish short of 271 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
  • The fairway is about 39 yards wide at 227 and narrows to 18 at 277.
  • The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.

Hole 2 · Par 4

395 (Blue) · 370 (White) · 355 (Gold) · 340 (Red) · 313 (Green) yards · Handicap 7

Plays like
398+8 ft
Green · Blue tee
381 · 395 · 403front · middle · back
Green size
28 × 25yards deep × wide
Fairway
34 ydswide at 239

In play

  • Bunker left: 223 to reach, 243 to carry
  • Bunker right: 251 to reach, 258 to carry
  • Bunker right: 276 to reach, 283 to carry
  • Bunker front-left of the green
  • Bunker back of the green

Playing notes

  • Plays about 3 yards longer: the green sits 8 ft above the tee.
  • Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 223 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 223 keeps them out of play.
  • The fairway is about 34 yards wide at 239 and narrows to 18 at 289.
  • The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.

Hole 3 · Par 5

Lay-up zone

600 (Blue) · 570 (White) · 550 (Gold) · 480 (Red) · 379 (Green) yards · Handicap 3

Plays like
604+12 ft
Green · Blue tee
588 · 600 · 611front · middle · back
Green size
25 × 22yards deep × wide
Fairway
48 ydswide at 232

In play

  • Bunker right: 288 to reach, 305 to carry
  • Bunker back of the green

Playing notes

  • Plays about 4 yards longer: the green sits 12 ft above the tee.
  • Fairway bunkers on the right: 288 to reach, 305 to carry. Drives that finish short of 288 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
  • The fairway is about 48 yards wide at 232 and narrows to 28 at 262.
  • Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 26 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.

Holes 4 to 18

4 · Par 45 · Par 36 · Par 47 · Par 48 · Par 59 · Par 310 · Par 411 · Par 512 · Par 413 · Par 314 · Par 415 · Par 316 · Par 417 · Par 418 · Par 5

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

  • 15 plays-like yardages
  • 32 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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