Estes Park Golf Course
Estes Park, Colorado · 18 holes · par 71 · Public/Municipal. Opened 1917.
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 7,620 ft the ball carries about 9% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 137. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
- Biggest climb: hole 12, where the green sits 32 ft above the tee and plays about 11 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 13, where the green sits 71 ft below the tee and plays about 24 yards shorter.
- Driving-zone hazards sit on the right on 5 holes and on the left on 2: a tee shot missed right costs more here.
- 16 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
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | Female | 6545 | 75.3 | 125 |
| Championship | Male | 6545 | 69.5 | 125 |
| Longs Peak | Female | 6319 | 74.6 | 140 |
| Longs Peak | Male | 6319 | 69 | 123 |
| Meeker | Male | 6104 | 68 | 118 |
| Meeker | Female | 6104 | 73.5 | 137 |
| Chiefs Head | Female | 5865 | 72 | 136 |
| Chiefs Head | Male | 5865 | 66.7 | 113 |
| Hagues | Male | 5523 | 65.2 | 106 |
| Hagues | Female | 5523 | 70.1 | 130 |
| Ypsilon | Female | 5207 | 68.7 | 126 |
| Ypsilon | Male | 5207 | 64.1 | 103 |
| Fairchild | Male | 4341 | 60.5 | 88 |
| Fairchild | Female | 4341 | 63.3 | 114 |
| Pagoda | Male | 3658 | 58.6 | 86 |
| Pagoda | Female | 3658 | 60 | 94 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 443+16 ft
- Green
- 426 · 438 · 451front · middle · back
- Green size
- 24 × 16yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 28 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 5%falls to the front
In play
- No bunkers or water mapped on this hole
Playing notes
- Plays about 5 yards longer: the green sits 16 ft above the tee.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 28 yards wide at 230.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
- The green falls from back to front, about 5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 135-10 ft
- Green
- 123 · 138 · 151front · middle · back
- Green size
- 28 × 24yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 3 yards shorter: the green sits 10 ft below the tee.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 2.5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 404-11 ft
- Green
- 398 · 408 · 419front · middle · back
- Green size
- 21 × 18yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 20 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 3.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker right: 223 to reach, 246 to carry
- Water right: 336 to reach, 405 to carry
Playing notes
- Plays about 4 yards shorter: the green sits 11 ft below the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 223 to reach, 246 to carry. Drives that finish short of 223 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 20 yards wide at 230.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
- 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.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 46 · Par 57 · Par 38 · Par 49 · Par 510 · Par 311 · Par 412 · Par 413 · Par 414 · Par 415 · Par 316 · Par 417 · Par 518 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 25 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].