Courses · Arkansas

Mystic Creek Golf Club

El Dorado, Arkansas · 18 holes · par 72 · Semi-Private. Designed by Kenneth Dye, Jr., opened 2013.

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 220 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 17, where the green sits 35 ft above the tee and plays about 12 yards longer.
• Biggest drop: hole 1, where the green sits 52 ft below the tee and plays about 17 yards shorter.
• Driving-zone hazards sit on the left on 4 holes and on the right on 2: a tee shot missed left costs more here.
• 18 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

Tees

Hole 1 · Par 5

598 (Black) · 573 (Blue) · 546 (Green) · 518 (White) · 438 (Red) yards · Handicap 7

Plays like

581-52 ft

Green · Black tee

577 · 598 · 617front · middle · back

Green size

42 × 22yards deep × wide

Fairway

44 ydswide at 235

Green slope

3.5%falls to the front-left

In play

• Bunker right: 458 to reach, 494 to carry
• Bunker right: 537 to reach, 559 to carry
• Water front-left of the green
• 2 bunkers front-right of the green
• Bunker right of the green
• Water left of the green

Playing notes

• Plays about 17 yards shorter: the green sits 52 ft below the tee.
• Dogleg right at about 26 yards.
• No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
• The fairway is about 44 yards wide at 235 and narrows to 35 at 205.
• Best lay-up: 150 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 41 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
• Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
• The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 3.5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
• The green is 42 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.

Hole 2 · Par 4

387 (Black) · 370 (Blue) · 352 (Green) · 326 (White) · 272 (Red) yards · Handicap 15

Plays like

388+2 ft

Green · Black tee

369 · 387 · 404front · middle · back

Green size

37 × 27yards deep × wide

Fairway

50 ydswide at 230

Green slope

5.5%falls to the front-right

In play

• Water back-right of the green
• Bunker front-left of the green
• Bunker left of the green
• Bunker back-left of the green

Playing notes

• No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
• The fairway is about 50 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 35 at 200.
• Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
• The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 5.5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
• The green is 37 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.

Hole 3 · Par 4

475 (Black) · 453 (Blue) · 428 (Green) · 402 (White) · 330 (Red) yards · Handicap 1

Plays like

472-10 ft

Green · Black tee

455 · 475 · 494front · middle · back

Green size

39 × 32yards deep × wide

Fairway

42 ydswide at 235

Green slope

4%falls to the front-left

In play

• Water left: 178 to reach, 207 to carry
• Water across the hole in front of the green: 428 to carry
• Bunker front-right of the green

Playing notes

• Plays about 3 yards shorter: the green sits 10 ft below the tee.
• Water crosses the hole: 404 to reach, 428 to carry.
• Fairway water on the left: 178 to reach, 207 to carry. Drives that finish short of 178 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
• The fairway is about 42 yards wide at 235 and narrows to 35 at 205.
• The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
• Water short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
• The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 4%. Finish on the front-left 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 56 · Par 47 · Par 38 · Par 49 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 313 · Par 414 · Par 515 · Par 416 · Par 317 · Par 418 · Par 5

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

• 15 plays-like yardages
• 60 hazards with reach and carry
• 15 green slope reads
• 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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