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Gypsum Creek Golf Course

Gypsum, Colorado · 18 holes · par 72 · Public/Municipal. Designed by Pete Dye, opened 1997.

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

Altitude6,430 ftCarries about 7% farther
Bunkers33Fewer than 75% of Colorado guides
Holes with water3 of 18
Average fairway width37 ydsWider than 52% of Colorado guides
Typical green5,100 sq ftSmaller than 65% of Colorado guides
Sloped greens8 of 18Tilt 2% or more
  • At about 6,430 ft the ball carries about 7% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 139. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
  • Biggest climb: hole 13, where the green sits 42 ft above the tee and plays about 14 yards longer.
  • Biggest drop: hole 17, where the green sits 146 ft below the tee and plays about 49 yards shorter.
  • 8 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

HoleParHcpBlackGoldGreen
1415337288266
241442380351
3311194141123
4513561511452
547390326277
645399368305
7517513470414
839195159107
943390346318
1044418383341
11414383327299
12318201154109
13510563446408
1448402310233
1556567522459
16412380310281
1731616315197
1842453413325

Tees

TeeYardsRatingSlope
BlackMale695173.3142
BrownMale645671.6129
BrownFemale645677154
GoldMale600569.4124
GoldFemale600575.1148
GreenFemale516571.1124
GreenMale516565115

Hole 1 · Par 4

Green falls this way

337 (Black) · 288 (Gold) · 266 (Green) yards · Handicap 15

Plays like
339+6 ft
Green · Black tee
321 · 337 · 353front · middle · back
Green size
32 × 27yards deep × wide
Fairway
33 ydswide at 209
Green slope
2%falls to the front

In play

  • Bunker right: 226 to reach, 250 to carry
  • Bunker front-right of the green

Playing notes

  • Plays about 2 yards longer: the green sits 6 ft above the tee.
  • Fairway bunkers on the right: 226 to reach, 250 to carry. Drives that finish short of 226 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
  • The fairway is about 33 yards wide at 209.
  • 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 2 · Par 4

Green falls this way

442 (Black) · 380 (Gold) · 351 (Green) yards · Handicap 1

Plays like
452+30 ft
Green · Black tee
431 · 442 · 457front · middle · back
Green size
26 × 28yards deep × wide
Fairway
45 ydswide at 230
Green slope
1.5%falls to the front

In play

  • Bunker right: 206 to reach, 215 to carry
  • Bunker right: 234 to reach, 256 to carry
  • 2 bunkers left: 359 to reach, 402 to carry
  • Bunker left of the green

Playing notes

  • Plays about 10 yards longer: the green sits 30 ft above the tee.
  • Fairway bunkers on the right: 206 to reach, 256 to carry. Drives that finish short of 206 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
  • The fairway is about 45 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 34 at 210.
  • The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
  • The green falls from back to front, about 1.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 3 · Par 3

Green falls this way

194 (Black) · 141 (Gold) · 123 (Green) yards · Handicap 11

Plays like
189-16 ft
Green · Black tee
180 · 194 · 210front · middle · back
Green size
30 × 32yards deep × wide
Green slope
1%falls to the left

In play

  • No bunkers or water mapped on this hole

Playing notes

  • Plays about 5 yards shorter: the green sits 16 ft below the tee.
  • No hazards mapped around the green.
  • The green falls from right to left, about 1%. Finish on the left side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Holes 4 to 18

4 · Par 55 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 58 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 313 · Par 514 · 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
  • 29 hazards with reach and carry
  • 10 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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