Foothills Championship Course
Denver, Colorado · 18 holes · par 72 · municipal. Designed by Dick Phelps.
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 5,540 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 3, where the green sits 24 ft above the tee and plays about 8 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 5, where the green sits 65 ft below the tee and plays about 22 yards shorter.
- 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
| Hole | Par | Hcp | Gold | Blue | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 13 | 298 | 343 | 320 |
| 2 | 5 | 3 | 405 | 476 | 449 |
| 3 | 4 | 9 | 313 | 432 | 369 |
| 4 | 3 | 15 | 83 | 142 | 123 |
| 5 | 4 | 5 | 300 | 396 | 366 |
| 6 | 5 | 7 | 422 | 492 | 479 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | 293 | 350 | 332 |
| 8 | 3 | 17 | 114 | 124 | 119 |
| 9 | 4 | 11 | 274 | 357 | 344 |
| 10 | 4 | 12 | 331 | 381 | 359 |
| 11 | 5 | 8 | 431 | 490 | 472 |
| 12 | 4 | 4 | 344 | 419 | 372 |
| 13 | 3 | 16 | 131 | 176 | 159 |
| 14 | 4 | 10 | 318 | 373 | 358 |
| 15 | 4 | 14 | 300 | 400 | 347 |
| 16 | 5 | 2 | 459 | 548 | 514 |
| 17 | 3 | 18 | 116 | 140 | 134 |
| 18 | 4 | 6 | 348 | 424 | 412 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Male | 6908 | 71.1 | 122 |
| Blue | Male | 6497 | 69.1 | 116 |
| Red | Female | 6028 | 72.9 | 130 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 347+12 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 330 · 343 · 355front · middle · back
- Green size
- 25 × 22yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 33 ydswide at 212
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker right: 186 to reach, 201 to carry
Playing notes
- Plays about 4 yards longer: the green sits 12 ft above the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 190 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 186 to reach, 201 to carry. Drives that finish short of 186 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 33 yards wide at 212 and narrows to 27 at 249.
- 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.
Hole 2 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 484+24 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 462 · 476 · 487front · middle · back
- Green size
- 25 × 19yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 26 ydswide at 227
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker right: 365 to reach, 394 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker back-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 8 yards longer: the green sits 24 ft above the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 189 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 26 yards wide at 227.
- Best lay-up: 80 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 21 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- The green falls from back to front, about 2.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 440+24 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 418 · 432 · 445front · middle · back
- Green size
- 27 × 26yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 32 ydswide at 292
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker back-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 8 yards longer: the green sits 24 ft above the tee.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 32 yards wide at 292 and narrows to 25 at 274.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 3%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 35 · Par 46 · Par 57 · Par 48 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 512 · Par 413 · Par 314 · Par 415 · Par 416 · Par 517 · 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].