Cottonwood Country Club
Sun Lakes, Arizona · 18 holes · par 72 · Private. Opened 1972.
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 1,200 ft the ball carries about 1% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 148. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
- Biggest climb: hole 10, where the green sits 8 ft above the tee and plays about 3 yards longer.
- 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 | Black | Blue | White | Green | Gold |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 9 | 581 | 541 | 448 | 407 | 407 |
| 2 | 4 | 3 | 426 | 409 | 390 | 333 | 333 |
| 3 | 5 | 7 | 513 | 488 | 436 | 436 | 381 |
| 4 | 4 | 5 | 378 | 360 | 336 | 263 | 263 |
| 5 | 3 | 13 | 207 | 187 | 159 | 108 | 108 |
| 6 | 5 | 17 | 471 | 455 | 431 | 431 | 367 |
| 7 | 4 | 11 | 358 | 348 | 325 | 325 | 279 |
| 8 | 3 | 15 | 162 | 150 | 138 | 138 | 103 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | 400 | 389 | 378 | 331 | 331 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | 407 | 393 | 367 | 325 | 325 |
| 11 | 4 | 4 | 363 | 354 | 345 | 345 | 277 |
| 12 | 5 | 18 | 462 | 452 | 437 | 437 | 378 |
| 13 | 3 | 10 | 213 | 192 | 171 | 130 | 130 |
| 14 | 4 | 8 | 386 | 363 | 329 | 329 | 304 |
| 15 | 3 | 12 | 209 | 188 | 172 | 130 | 130 |
| 16 | 4 | 14 | 319 | 298 | 287 | 287 | 233 |
| 17 | 4 | 16 | 355 | 339 | 327 | 259 | 259 |
| 18 | 4 | 6 | 374 | 352 | 336 | 233 | 233 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 6584 | 71.8 | 127 |
| Blue | Male | 6258 | 70.3 | 123 |
| White | Male | 5812 | 67.9 | 117 |
| White | Female | 5812 | 73.1 | 125 |
| Green | Male | 5247 | 65.3 | 112 |
| Green | Female | 5247 | 70.4 | 118 |
| Gold | Male | 4841 | 63.4 | 107 |
| Gold | Female | 4841 | 67.9 | 115 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 583+7 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 567 · 581 · 595front · middle · back
- Green size
- 29 × 23yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 30 ydswide at 233
In play
- Water across the hole: 60 to reach, 122 to carry
- Bunker right: 388 to reach, 416 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 2 yards longer: the green sits 7 ft above the tee.
- Water crosses the hole: 60 to reach, 122 to carry.
- Water crosses the hole: 67 to reach, 120 to carry.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 30 yards wide at 233 and narrows to 22 at 213.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 29 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 427+4 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 412 · 426 · 439front · middle · back
- Green size
- 28 × 18yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 29 ydswide at 229
- Green slope
- 4.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- 2 bunkers right: 127 to reach, 168 to carry
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 29 yards wide at 229.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 4.5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 513level
- Green · Black tee
- 501 · 513 · 524front · middle · back
- Green size
- 23 × 21yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 30 ydswide at 228
In play
- Bunker right: 385 to reach, 397 to carry
- Bunker front of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Dogleg right at about 195 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 30 yards wide at 228.
- Best lay-up: 140 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 28 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 36 · Par 57 · Par 48 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 513 · Par 314 · Par 415 · Par 316 · Par 417 · Par 418 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 56 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].