Raccoon Creek Golf Course
Littleton, Colorado · 18 holes · par 72 · Public. Designed by Dick Phelps, opened 1984.
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 5,530 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 15, where the green sits 66 ft above the tee and plays about 22 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 5, where the green sits 27 ft below the tee and plays about 9 yards shorter.
- 15 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 | Blue | White | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 13 | 373 | 334 | 322 | 278 |
| 2 | 5 | 7 | 541 | 510 | 467 | 455 |
| 3 | 4 | 1 | 410 | 376 | 356 | 306 |
| 4 | 3 | 17 | 148 | 138 | 127 | 104 |
| 5 | 4 | 11 | 437 | 407 | 375 | 334 |
| 6 | 4 | 3 | 417 | 397 | 351 | 310 |
| 7 | 4 | 5 | 447 | 401 | 350 | 306 |
| 8 | 3 | 15 | 191 | 178 | 155 | 131 |
| 9 | 5 | 9 | 535 | 515 | 486 | 426 |
| 10 | 4 | 12 | 343 | 308 | 298 | 264 |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | 532 | 509 | 486 | 409 |
| 12 | 4 | 4 | 409 | 357 | 332 | 279 |
| 13 | 3 | 14 | 198 | 160 | 134 | 104 |
| 14 | 4 | 18 | 415 | 379 | 355 | 331 |
| 15 | 5 | 8 | 545 | 492 | 466 | 387 |
| 16 | 4 | 10 | 445 | 426 | 393 | 286 |
| 17 | 3 | 6 | 226 | 201 | 150 | 123 |
| 18 | 4 | 16 | 395 | 373 | 351 | 289 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 7007 | 72.5 | 133 |
| Black/Blue | Male | 6699 | 71.1 | 131 |
| Blue | Male | 6461 | 69.7 | 129 |
| Blue/White | Male | 6198 | 68.9 | 127 |
| White | Male | 5954 | 67.6 | 120 |
| Red | Male | 5122 | 63.6 | 109 |
| White | Female | 5954 | 72.7 | 139 |
| White/Red | Female | 5543 | 70.5 | 132 |
| League | Female | 5543 | 70.3 | 128 |
| Red | Female | 5122 | 68.2 | 124 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 369-13 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 355 · 373 · 385front · middle · back
- Green size
- 30 × 22yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 40 ydswide at 226
- Green slope
- 4%falls to the front-right
In play
- Water left: 212 to reach, 280 to carry
- Water right: 298 to reach, 356 to carry
- Water right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 4 yards shorter: the green sits 13 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 128 yards.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 212 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 212 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 40 yards wide at 226 and narrows to 29 at 256.
- The green is guarded on the right by water; miss left.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 4%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 547+19 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 524 · 541 · 552front · middle · back
- Green size
- 28 × 25yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 57 ydswide at 273
- Green slope
- 3.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Water across the hole: 80 to reach, 253 to carry
- Water right: 245 to reach, 434 to carry
- Bunker left: 290 to reach, 307 to carry
- Bunker right: 462 to reach, 474 to carry
- Bunker left: 487 to reach, 498 to carry
- Water right: 515 to reach, 542 to carry
- Bunker front of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 6 yards longer: the green sits 19 ft above the tee.
- Water crosses the hole: 80 to reach, 253 to carry.
- Water crosses the hole: 80 to reach, 253 to carry.
- Water crosses the hole: 80 to reach, 253 to carry.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 245 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 245 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 57 yards wide at 273 and narrows to 40 at 313.
- Best lay-up: 80 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 22 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 3.5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 415+15 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 394 · 410 · 422front · middle · back
- Green size
- 28 × 26yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 37 ydswide at 274
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the front
In play
- Water across the hole: 112 to reach, 174 to carry
- Water across the hole in front of the green: 354 to carry
- Bunker left of the green
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 5 yards longer: the green sits 15 ft above the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 174 yards.
- Water crosses the hole: 112 to reach, 174 to carry.
- Water crosses the hole: 342 to reach, 354 to carry.
- Water crosses the hole: 342 to reach, 354 to carry.
- Water crosses the hole: 342 to reach, 354 to carry.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 37 yards wide at 274.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back to front, about 1.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 35 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 48 · Par 39 · Par 510 · Par 411 · Par 512 · Par 413 · Par 314 · 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
- 70 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].