Sleeping Indian Cottonwood At West Woods Golf Club
Arvada, Colorado · 18 holes · par 72 · Public. Designed by Dick Phelps, opened 1994.
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 5,610 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 5, where the green sits 78 ft above the tee and plays about 26 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 7, where the green sits 34 ft below the tee and plays about 11 yards shorter.
- 16 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
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | Male | 7035 | 72.9 | 136 |
| Middle | Male | 6335 | 70.1 | 127 |
| Middle | Female | 6335 | 76 | 142 |
| Forward | Male | 5626 | 66.8 | 120 |
| Forward | Female | 5626 | 72.1 | 134 |
| Other | Female | 5197 | 69.7 | 127 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 326+7 ft
- Green
- 310 · 324 · 342front · middle · back
- Green size
- 32 × 26yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 59 ydswide at 205
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front-right
In play
- 2 bunkers right: 145 to reach, 209 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 2 yards longer: the green sits 7 ft above the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 233 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 186 to reach, 209 to carry. Drives that finish short of 186 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 59 yards wide at 205 and narrows to 48 at 240.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 2%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 521+21 ft
- Green
- 500 · 514 · 530front · middle · back
- Green size
- 29 × 28yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 43 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker left: 237 to reach, 263 to carry
- 2 bunkers left: 375 to reach, 403 to carry
- Bunker left: 451 to reach, 477 to carry
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 493 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 7 yards longer: the green sits 21 ft above the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 237 to reach, 263 to carry. Drives that finish short of 237 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 43 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 33 at 260.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 24 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 2%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 358level
- Green
- 344 · 358 · 373front · middle · back
- Green size
- 29 × 26yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 53 ydswide at 222
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker left: 242 to reach, 272 to carry
- Water across the hole in front of the green: 306 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker back of the green
Playing notes
- Dogleg right at about 208 yards.
- Water crosses the hole: 278 to reach, 306 to carry.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 242 to reach, 272 to carry. Drives that finish short of 242 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 53 yards wide at 222 and narrows to 30 at 260.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- Water short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back to front, about 2.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 56 · Par 37 · Par 48 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 313 · Par 414 · Par 515 · Par 316 · Par 417 · Par 418 · Par 5
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 59 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].