Ptarmigan Country Club
Fort Collins, Colorado · 18 holes · par 72 · Private. Designed by Jack Nicklaus, opened 1988.
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 4,840 ft the ball carries about 6% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 142. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
- Biggest climb: hole 9, where the green sits 22 ft above the tee and plays about 7 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 2, where the green sits 57 ft below the tee and plays about 19 yards shorter.
- Driving-zone hazards sit on the right on 12 holes and on the left on 6: a tee shot missed right costs more here.
- 9 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 (Nicklaus) | Gold | Blue | White | Green |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 14 | 396 | 365 | 313 | 288 | |
| 2 | 5 | 10 | 573 | 510 | 490 | 443 | |
| 3 | 4 | 8 | 392 | 392 | 342 | 297 | |
| 4 | 3 | 18 | 203 | 203 | 166 | 120 | |
| 5 | 5 | 6 | 562 | 528 | 465 | 437 | |
| 6 | 3 | 16 | 204 | 204 | 186 | 137 | |
| 7 | 4 | 4 | 433 | 391 | 327 | 299 | |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | 415 | 415 | 367 | 326 | |
| 9 | 4 | 12 | 400 | 370 | 324 | 293 | |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | 416 | 416 | 370 | 318 | |
| 11 | 3 | 17 | 180 | 180 | 150 | 117 | |
| 12 | 4 | 11 | 380 | 369 | 355 | 308 | |
| 13 | 4 | 7 | 374 | 355 | 349 | 303 | |
| 14 | 5 | 3 | 498 | 477 | 431 | 400 | |
| 15 | 3 | 15 | 205 | 205 | 175 | 157 | |
| 16 | 5 | 5 | 557 | 557 | 527 | 474 | |
| 17 | 4 | 9 | 406 | 406 | 386 | 309 | |
| 18 | 4 | 13 | 387 | 348 | 333 | 298 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black (Nicklaus) | Male | 7255 | 73.3 | 142 |
| Gold | Male | 6981 | 71.9 | 139 |
| Blue | Male | 6691 | 70.6 | 134 |
| Blue/White | Male | 6318 | 69 | 125 |
| White | Male | 6056 | 68.1 | 118 |
| White | Female | 6056 | 73.1 | 142 |
| Green | Female | 5324 | 69.8 | 131 |
| Green | Male | 5324 | 65.3 | 107 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 398+6 ft
- Green · Gold tee
- 372 · 396 · 415front · middle · back
- Green size
- 42 × 31yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 29 ydswide at 239
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker right: 212 to reach, 261 to carry
- Bunker right: 277 to reach, 299 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 2 yards longer: the green sits 6 ft above the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 212 to reach, 299 to carry. Drives that finish short of 212 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 29 yards wide at 239 and narrows to 22 at 219.
- 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.
- The green is 42 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 2 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 554-57 ft
- Green · Gold tee
- 553 · 573 · 587front · middle · back
- Green size
- 34 × 44yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 34 ydswide at 236
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the right
In play
- Bunker right: 251 to reach, 282 to carry
- Bunker left: 316 to reach, 370 to carry
- Bunker left: 498 to reach, 519 to carry
- Bunker front of the green
- 2 bunkers front-left of the green
- Bunker right of the green
- Bunker back-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 19 yards shorter: the green sits 57 ft below the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 251 to reach, 282 to carry. Drives that finish short of 251 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 34 yards wide at 236 and narrows to 9 at 206.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 23 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from left to right, about 1.5%. Finish on the right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 387-14 ft
- Green · Gold tee
- 374 · 392 · 412front · middle · back
- Green size
- 38 × 28yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 15 ydswide at 201
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker across the hole: 189 to reach, 204 to carry
- 2 bunkers left: 228 to reach, 245 to carry
- 2 bunkers right: 251 to reach, 268 to carry
- Bunker right of the green
- Bunker back-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 5 yards shorter: the green sits 14 ft below the tee.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 228 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 228 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 15 yards wide at 201.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 1.5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 38 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 35 · Par 56 · Par 37 · Par 48 · Par 49 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 413 · Par 414 · Par 515 · Par 316 · Par 517 · Par 418 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 58 hazards with reach and carry
- 12 green slope reads
- 2 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].