Hardscrabble Country Club
Fort Smith, Arkansas · 18 holes · par 70 · Private. Designed by Perry Maxwell, opened 1926.
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 580 ft the ball carries about 1% 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 5, where the green sits 32 ft above the tee and plays about 11 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 14, where the green sits 38 ft below the tee and plays about 13 yards shorter.
- 13 greens tilt 2% or more. Each hole below says which side of the hole leaves an uphill putt.
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
| Hole | Par | Hcp | Blue | White | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 7 | 364 | 342 | 329 |
| 2 | 3 | 15 | 164 | 148 | 119 |
| 3 | 5 | 11 | 494 | 488 | 367 |
| 4 | 3 | 13 | 180 | 165 | 148 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | 405 | 383 | 327 |
| 6 | 5 | 5 | 516 | 475 | 415 |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | 437 | 410 | 373 |
| 8 | 3 | 17 | 168 | 144 | 113 |
| 9 | 4 | 9 | 443 | 401 | 226 |
| 10 | 4 | 4 | 410 | 393 | 370 |
| 11 | 5 | 6 | 495 | 459 | 377 |
| 12 | 4 | 12 | 365 | 338 | 322 |
| 13 | 4 | 14 | 360 | 332 | 300 |
| 14 | 4 | 2 | 428 | 395 | 327 |
| 15 | 3 | 18 | 169 | 139 | 108 |
| 16 | 4 | 8 | 417 | 402 | 355 |
| 17 | 3 | 16 | 180 | 164 | 133 |
| 18 | 4 | 10 | 412 | 390 | 248 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | Male | 6783 | 73.4 | 146 |
| Blue | Male | 6353 | 72.4 | 140 |
| White | Male | 5988 | 70.5 | 131 |
| White | Female | 5988 | 69.5 | 130 |
| Red | Female | 5615 | 68.8 | 128 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 354-30 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 356 · 364 · 375front · middle · back
- Green size
- 22 × 33yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 33 ydswide at 223
In play
- Bunker right: 221 to reach, 237 to carry
- Bunker right: 258 to reach, 272 to carry
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 349 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 10 yards shorter: the green sits 30 ft below the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 221 to reach, 272 to carry. Drives that finish short of 221 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 33 yards wide at 223.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
Hole 2 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 156-24 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 155 · 164 · 175front · middle · back
- Green size
- 23 × 32yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 4%falls to the front-right
In play
- Water left: 67 to reach, 133 to carry
- Water across the hole in front of the green: 131 to carry
- Bunker front of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 8 yards shorter: the green sits 24 ft below the tee.
- Water crosses the hole: 104 to reach, 131 to carry.
- Bunkers and water short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 4%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 496+5 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 476 · 494 · 515front · middle · back
- Green size
- 39 × 20yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 40 ydswide at 241
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the right
In play
- 2 bunkers right: 217 to reach, 255 to carry
- Water front-right of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker back-right of the green
Playing notes
- Dogleg right at about 270 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 217 to reach, 255 to carry. Drives that finish short of 217 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 40 yards wide at 241.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 40 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers and water; miss left.
- The green falls from left to right, about 3%. Finish on the right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 39 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 35 · Par 46 · Par 57 · Par 48 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 512 · Par 413 · Par 414 · Par 415 · Par 316 · Par 417 · Par 318 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 49 hazards with reach and carry
- 14 green slope reads
- 2 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].