Poston Butte Golf Club
Florence, Arizona · 18 holes · par 72 · Public. Designed by Gary Panks, opened 2007.
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 1,500 ft the ball carries about 2% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 147. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
- Biggest climb: hole 18, where the green sits 10 ft above the tee and plays about 3 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 17, where the green sits 11 ft below the tee and plays about 4 yards shorter.
- 14 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 | Gold | Black | White | Red | Green |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 11 | 364 | 338 | 312 | 286 | 265 |
| 2 | 4 | 1 | 471 | 455 | 428 | 399 | 371 |
| 3 | 5 | 13 | 616 | 583 | 545 | 474 | 443 |
| 4 | 3 | 9 | 235 | 207 | 194 | 165 | 141 |
| 5 | 4 | 17 | 354 | 333 | 308 | 281 | 268 |
| 6 | 4 | 3 | 455 | 427 | 404 | 377 | 341 |
| 7 | 3 | 15 | 166 | 152 | 131 | 121 | 96 |
| 8 | 4 | 7 | 428 | 399 | 369 | 340 | 307 |
| 9 | 5 | 5 | 544 | 523 | 498 | 475 | 443 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | 466 | 431 | 399 | 374 | 336 |
| 11 | 4 | 6 | 416 | 389 | 358 | 332 | 302 |
| 12 | 3 | 14 | 193 | 177 | 156 | 135 | 114 |
| 13 | 5 | 10 | 596 | 565 | 532 | 499 | 468 |
| 14 | 4 | 4 | 460 | 430 | 405 | 380 | 358 |
| 15 | 4 | 16 | 352 | 327 | 296 | 270 | 245 |
| 16 | 4 | 8 | 433 | 400 | 370 | 334 | 308 |
| 17 | 3 | 12 | 169 | 147 | 117 | 96 | 75 |
| 18 | 5 | 18 | 564 | 537 | 499 | 465 | 422 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Male | 7282 | 73.8 | 127 |
| Black | Male | 6820 | 71.8 | 123 |
| White | Male | 6321 | 69.2 | 119 |
| White | Female | 6321 | 76 | 130 |
| Red | Female | 5803 | 73 | 125 |
| Green | Female | 5303 | 70.1 | 116 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 363-2 ft
- Green · Gold tee
- 351 · 364 · 372front · middle · back
- Green size
- 28 × 27yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 42 ydswide at 225
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker left: 274 to reach, 287 to carry
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 349 to carry
Playing notes
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 274 to reach, 287 to carry. Drives that finish short of 274 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 42 yards wide at 225 and narrows to 31 at 268.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 3%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 471level
- Green · Gold tee
- 454 · 471 · 485front · middle · back
- Green size
- 36 × 21yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 41 ydswide at 228
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the front
In play
- 2 bunkers right: 280 to reach, 309 to carry
Playing notes
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 280 to reach, 309 to carry. Drives that finish short of 280 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 41 yards wide at 228.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
- The green falls from back to front, about 1.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 36 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 3 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 616-1 ft
- Green · Gold tee
- 605 · 616 · 630front · middle · back
- Green size
- 33 × 28yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 43 ydswide at 227
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker right: 275 to reach, 325 to carry
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 594 to carry
Playing notes
- Dogleg right at about 296 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 275 to reach, 325 to carry. Drives that finish short of 275 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 43 yards wide at 227 and narrows to 18 at 207.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 36 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back to front, about 1.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 35 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 38 · Par 49 · Par 510 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 313 · Par 514 · Par 415 · Par 416 · Par 417 · Par 318 · Par 5
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 41 hazards with reach and carry
- 14 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].