Patty Jewett Golf Course Prairie Nine
Colorado Springs, Colorado · 18 holes · par 36 · Public/Municipal. Opened 1898.
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 6,100 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 12, where the green sits 23 ft above the tee and plays about 8 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 3, where the green sits 30 ft below the tee and plays about 10 yards shorter.
- Driving-zone hazards sit on the right on 3 holes and on the left on 0: a tee shot missed right costs more here.
- 10 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 | Black | Gold |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 1 | 530 | 477 |
| 2 | 4 | 13 | 330 | 276 |
| 3 | 4 | 9 | 370 | 353 |
| 4 | 4 | 7 | 407 | 355 |
| 5 | 4 | 11 | 365 | 312 |
| 6 | 3 | 15 | 166 | 148 |
| 7 | 5 | 3 | 558 | 485 |
| 8 | 3 | 17 | 186 | 140 |
| 9 | 4 | 5 | 418 | 406 |
| 10 | None | |||
| 11 | None | |||
| 12 | None | |||
| 13 | None | |||
| 14 | None | |||
| 15 | None | |||
| 16 | None | |||
| 17 | None | |||
| 18 | None |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 3332 | ||
| Burgundy | Male | 3112 | ||
| Gold | Male | 2952 | ||
| Cream | Male | 2704 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 530level
- Green · Black tee
- 516 · 530 · 543front · middle · back
- Green size
- 27 × 22yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 32 ydswide at 264
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the left
In play
- Bunker right: 281 to reach, 308 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 281 to reach, 308 to carry. Drives that finish short of 281 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 32 yards wide at 264 and narrows to 25 at 304.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 34 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from right to left, about 2%. Finish on the left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 327-9 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 313 · 330 · 344front · middle · back
- Green size
- 31 × 27yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker right: 269 to reach, 278 to carry
- Bunker across the hole: 279 to reach, 288 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 3 yards shorter: the green sits 9 ft below the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 269 to reach, 278 to carry. Drives that finish short of 269 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 1.5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 360-30 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 356 · 370 · 383front · middle · back
- Green size
- 27 × 29yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 23 ydswide at 235
In play
- Bunker right: 237 to reach, 249 to carry
Playing notes
- Plays about 10 yards shorter: the green sits 30 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 207 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 237 to reach, 249 to carry. Drives that finish short of 237 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 23 yards wide at 235.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 46 · Par 37 · Par 58 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par None11 · Par None12 · Par None13 · Par None14 · Par None15 · Par None16 · Par None17 · Par None18 · Par None
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 29 hazards with reach and carry
- 12 green slope reads
- 1 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].