Skitty Golf

Courses · Colorado

Murphy Creek Golf Course

Aurora, Colorado · 18 holes · par 72 · Municipal. Designed by Kenneth M. Kavanaugh, ASGCA, opened 2000.

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

Altitude5,630 ftCarries about 7% farther
Bunkers68More than 74% of Colorado guides
Holes with water5 of 18
Average fairway width49 ydsWider than 96% of Colorado guides
Typical green7,200 sq ftBigger than 95% of Colorado guides
Sloped greens12 of 18Tilt 2% or more
  • At about 5,630 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 3, where the green sits 21 ft above the tee and plays about 7 yards longer.
  • Biggest drop: hole 10, where the green sits 26 ft below the tee and plays about 9 yards shorter.
  • 12 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

HoleParHcpBlackBlueWhiteGoldRed
1417380345295287264
241494467428389358
357640577546505438
443458414384318299
531320515215212591
659563514502438431
745410370359329298
8311208183183172129
9415348311298291268
10416403365332322301
11314211195189161107
1242506469435359347
13518528519500483420
14410421383335309275
15512600566557521494
1644457414382374325
1738248225198186138
1846468440419413352

Tees

TeeYardsRatingSlope
BlackMale754874.7140
Black/BlueMale715572.7134
BlueMale690971.5130
Blue/WhiteMale671670.6129
WhiteMale649469.4126
WhiteFemale649475.8136
White/GoldMale617768.1119
White/GoldFemale617774.8134
GoldFemale598272.9130
GoldMale598267.1116
RedFemale533569.3126

Hole 1 · Par 4

Green falls this way

380 (Black) · 345 (Blue) · 295 (White) · 287 (Gold) · 264 (Red) yards · Handicap 17

Plays like
387+20 ft
Green · Black tee
367 · 380 · 398front · middle · back
Green size
31 × 33yards deep × wide
Fairway
53 ydswide at 241
Green slope
4%falls to the front-left

In play

  • Bunker across the hole: 264 to reach, 276 to carry
  • Bunker right: 296 to reach, 310 to carry
  • Bunker front-right of the green

Playing notes

  • Plays about 7 yards longer: the green sits 20 ft above the tee.
  • Fairway bunkers on the right: 296 to reach, 310 to carry. Drives that finish short of 296 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
  • The fairway is about 53 yards wide at 241 and narrows to 10 at 262.
  • The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
  • The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 4%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 2 · Par 4

Green falls this way

494 (Black) · 467 (Blue) · 428 (White) · 389 (Gold) · 358 (Red) yards · Handicap 1

Plays like
486-24 ft
Green · Black tee
478 · 494 · 512front · middle · back
Green size
35 × 30yards deep × wide
Fairway
50 ydswide at 235
Green slope
2.5%falls to the front-right

In play

  • No bunkers or water mapped on this hole

Playing notes

  • Plays about 8 yards shorter: the green sits 24 ft below the tee.
  • No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
  • The fairway is about 50 yards wide at 235 and narrows to 42 at 205.
  • No hazards mapped around the green.
  • The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 2.5%. 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 5

Lay-up zoneGreen falls this way

640 (Black) · 577 (Blue) · 546 (White) · 505 (Gold) · 438 (Red) yards · Handicap 7

Plays like
647+21 ft
Green · Black tee
623 · 640 · 659front · middle · back
Green size
36 × 34yards deep × wide
Fairway
85 ydswide at 288
Green slope
2%falls to the right

In play

  • Bunker across the hole: 257 to reach, 273 to carry
  • Bunker right: 306 to reach, 400 to carry
  • Bunker right: 503 to reach, 535 to carry
  • Bunker across the hole: 558 to reach, 568 to carry
  • Bunker front-right of the green
  • Bunker front-left of the green

Playing notes

  • Plays about 7 yards longer: the green sits 21 ft above the tee.
  • Dogleg right at about 346 yards.
  • No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
  • The fairway is about 85 yards wide at 288 and narrows to 47 at 338.
  • Best lay-up: 110 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 75 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
  • Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
  • The green falls from left to right, about 2%. Finish on the right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
  • The green is 36 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.

Holes 4 to 18

4 · Par 45 · Par 36 · Par 57 · Par 48 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 413 · 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
  • 57 hazards with reach and carry
  • 14 green slope reads
  • 3 par-5 lay-up zones

One-time purchase, no account needed. It unlocks in this browser; lost access? Email [email protected] with your receipt. Or join the free beta and get every course in the app.

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].

Ask for an invite