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Aurora Hills Golf Course

Aurora, Colorado · 18 holes · par 72 · Public/Municipal. Designed by Henry Hughes, opened 1969.

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

Altitude5,490 ftCarries about 6% farther
Bunkers21Fewer than 93% of Colorado guides
Holes with water3 of 18
Average fairway width33 ydsNarrower than 59% of Colorado guides
Typical green6,000 sq ftBigger than 76% of Colorado guides
Sloped greens11 of 18Tilt 2% or more
  • At about 5,490 ft the ball carries about 6% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 140. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
  • Biggest climb: hole 15, where the green sits 34 ft above the tee and plays about 11 yards longer.
  • Biggest drop: hole 14, where the green sits 28 ft below the tee and plays about 9 yards shorter.
  • 11 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

HoleParHcpBlueWhiteRed
147369358260
255509500428
3317177163148
441432420338
549386375324
643395386314
7311189176126
8515484484393
9413382368281
1052547530453
11312182167148
1256549535454
13318171161110
1448450436344
15510496483417
16416346337252
17314171160131
1844457405355

Tees

TeeYardsRatingSlope
BlueFemale669276.8139
BlueMale669270.5124
WhiteFemale644475.4136
WhiteMale644469.1121
YellowMale584466.2110
YellowFemale584472.3130
RedMale527663.7103
RedFemale527668.9122

Hole 1 · Par 4

Green falls this way

369 (Blue) · 358 (White) · 260 (Red) yards · Handicap 7

Plays like
373+11 ft
Green · Blue tee
354 · 369 · 385front · middle · back
Green size
30 × 24yards deep × wide
Fairway
38 ydswide at 229
Green slope
2%falls to the front-left

In play

  • Bunker front-left of the green

Playing notes

  • Plays about 4 yards longer: the green sits 11 ft above the tee.
  • Dogleg right at about 222 yards.
  • No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
  • The fairway is about 38 yards wide at 229 and narrows to 30 at 200.
  • The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
  • The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 2%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 2 · Par 5

Lay-up zoneGreen falls this way

509 (Blue) · 500 (White) · 428 (Red) yards · Handicap 5

Plays like
512+9 ft
Green · Blue tee
492 · 509 · 525front · middle · back
Green size
33 × 26yards deep × wide
Fairway
36 ydswide at 235
Green slope
2%falls to the front

In play

  • Bunker front-right of the green

Playing notes

  • Plays about 3 yards longer: the green sits 9 ft above the tee.
  • No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
  • The fairway is about 36 yards wide at 235.
  • 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.
  • The green falls from back to front, about 2%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 3 · Par 3

177 (Blue) · 163 (White) · 148 (Red) yards · Handicap 17

Plays like
174-10 ft
Green · Blue tee
164 · 177 · 192front · middle · back
Green size
28 × 26yards deep × wide

In play

  • Bunker front of the green

Playing notes

  • Plays about 3 yards shorter: the green sits 10 ft below the tee.
  • Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.

Holes 4 to 18

4 · Par 45 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 38 · Par 59 · Par 410 · Par 511 · Par 312 · Par 513 · Par 314 · Par 415 · Par 516 · Par 417 · Par 318 · Par 4

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

  • 15 plays-like yardages
  • 20 hazards with reach and carry
  • 13 green slope reads
  • 4 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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