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Bear Creek Golf Club

Lakewood, Colorado · 18 holes · par 72 · Private. Opened 1985.

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

Altitude5,660 ftCarries about 7% farther
Bunkers30Fewer than 78% of Colorado guides
Holes with water4 of 18
Average fairway width34 ydsNarrower than 54% of Colorado guides
Typical green4,200 sq ftSmaller than 86% of Colorado guides
Sloped greens17 of 18Tilt 2% or more
  • At about 5,660 ft the ball carries about 7% 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 9, where the green sits 54 ft above the tee and plays about 18 yards longer.
  • Biggest drop: hole 6, where the green sits 81 ft below the tee and plays about 27 yards shorter.
  • 17 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

HoleParHcpBlackGoldWhiteBlue
1511617564498557
245447437349419
3317224201120170
441460438374430
547419409351383
643445422335388
73151191149499
8413426394312378
959573544491515
10416403374325367
11410416407357381
1252570551435498
13312173157122140
1456536522461497
15414431396350388
1644465421335400
17318220201104157
1848419414383388

Tees

TeeYardsRatingSlope
BlackMale727674.8146
GoldMale702673.6144
WhiteMale668271136
BlueMale624672.3141

Hole 1 · Par 5

Lay-up zoneGreen falls this way

617 (Black) · 564 (Gold) · 498 (White) · 557 (Blue) yards · Handicap 11

Plays like
591-77 ft
Green · Black tee
602 · 617 · 630front · middle · back
Green size
28 × 15yards deep × wide
Fairway
38 ydswide at 243
Green slope
3%falls to the front-left

In play

  • Bunker front of the green
  • Bunker back of the green
  • Bunker left of the green

Playing notes

  • Plays about 26 yards shorter: the green sits 77 ft below the tee.
  • Dogleg right at about 301 yards.
  • No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
  • The fairway is about 38 yards wide at 243 and narrows to 25 at 213.
  • Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 27 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
  • The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
  • Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
  • 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

Green falls this way

447 (Black) · 437 (Gold) · 349 (White) · 419 (Blue) yards · Handicap 5

Plays like
430-50 ft
Green · Black tee
430 · 447 · 465front · middle · back
Green size
35 × 23yards deep × wide
Fairway
32 ydswide at 231
Green slope
5.5%falls to the front-right

In play

  • No bunkers or water mapped on this hole

Playing notes

  • Plays about 17 yards shorter: the green sits 50 ft below the tee.
  • No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
  • The fairway is about 32 yards wide at 231 and narrows to 17 at 221.
  • No hazards mapped around the green.
  • 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 35 yards deep: a back pin can play about 2 clubs more than a front pin.

Hole 3 · Par 3

Green falls this way

224 (Black) · 201 (Gold) · 120 (White) · 170 (Blue) yards · Handicap 17

Plays like
212-35 ft
Green · Black tee
211 · 224 · 237front · middle · back
Green size
27 × 19yards deep × wide
Green slope
3.5%falls to the right

In play

  • No bunkers or water mapped on this hole

Playing notes

  • Plays about 12 yards shorter: the green sits 35 ft below the tee.
  • No hazards mapped around the green.
  • The green falls from left to right, about 3.5%. Finish on the right side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Holes 4 to 18

4 · Par 45 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 38 · Par 49 · Par 510 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 513 · Par 314 · Par 515 · Par 416 · Par 417 · Par 318 · Par 4

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

  • 15 plays-like yardages
  • 27 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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