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Ute Creek Golf Course

Longmont, Colorado · 18 holes · par 72 · Public/Municipal. Designed by Robert Trent Jones II Group, opened 1997.

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

Altitude5,020 ftCarries about 6% farther
Bunkers55More than 55% of Colorado guides
Holes with water10 of 18
Average fairway width47 ydsWider than 89% of Colorado guides
Typical green5,300 sq ftSmaller than 51% of Colorado guides
Sloped greens9 of 18Tilt 2% or more
  • At about 5,020 ft the ball carries about 6% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 141. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
  • Biggest climb: hole 13, where the green sits 16 ft above the tee and plays about 5 yards longer.
  • Biggest drop: hole 4, where the green sits 21 ft below the tee and plays about 7 yards shorter.
  • Driving-zone hazards sit on the right on 7 holes and on the left on 3: 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

HoleParHcpBlackGoldBlueWhiteRed
1513566535514494467
2411398374340330293
349437410399366330
445420397372349323
541466436425391364
6317189165161137113
757571548525501477
831516214514612194
943455438400388357
1044436413389348333
1156571558518505476
1231814413711210686
13514567549515485443
143161601281209288
15412395381335316280
1631018918014511299
1758599574549519506
1842473452430379363

Tees

TeeYardsRatingSlope
BlackMale719873.6135
GoldMale682071.6131
BlueFemale639575.4144
BlueMale639569.3124
WhiteMale593967.6114
WhiteFemale593972.6133
RedFemale549270.3128
RedMale549265109

Hole 1 · Par 5

Lay-up zoneGreen falls this way

566 (Black) · 535 (Gold) · 514 (Blue) · 494 (White) · 467 (Red) yards · Handicap 13

Plays like
564-5 ft
Green · Black tee
552 · 566 · 577front · middle · back
Green size
26 × 24yards deep × wide
Fairway
44 ydswide at 226
Green slope
2%falls to the front

In play

  • Bunker right: 299 to reach, 338 to carry
  • Bunker left: 397 to reach, 429 to carry
  • Bunker right: 481 to reach, 516 to carry
  • Bunker left of the green

Playing notes

  • Fairway bunkers on the right: 299 to reach, 338 to carry. Drives that finish short of 299 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
  • The fairway is about 44 yards wide at 226.
  • Best lay-up: 70 to 130 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 33 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
  • The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
  • The green falls from back to front, about 2%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 2 · Par 4

Green falls this way

398 (Black) · 374 (Gold) · 340 (Blue) · 330 (White) · 293 (Red) yards · Handicap 11

Plays like
400+6 ft
Green · Black tee
384 · 398 · 412front · middle · back
Green size
28 × 27yards deep × wide
Fairway
44 ydswide at 228
Green slope
3%falls to the front

In play

  • Bunker left: 219 to reach, 282 to carry
  • Bunker right: 278 to reach, 304 to carry
  • Bunker left: 315 to reach, 337 to carry
  • Bunker front of the green
  • Bunker front-right of the green
  • Bunker right of the green

Playing notes

  • Plays about 2 yards longer: the green sits 6 ft above the tee.
  • Dogleg left at about 256 yards.
  • Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 219 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 219 keeps them out of play.
  • The fairway is about 44 yards wide at 228.
  • 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 to front, about 3%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 3 · Par 4

Green falls this way

437 (Black) · 410 (Gold) · 399 (Blue) · 366 (White) · 330 (Red) yards · Handicap 9

Plays like
442+14 ft
Green · Black tee
424 · 437 · 448front · middle · back
Green size
24 × 25yards deep × wide
Fairway
44 ydswide at 226
Green slope
1.5%falls to the front

In play

  • No bunkers or water mapped on this hole

Playing notes

  • Plays about 5 yards longer: the green sits 14 ft above the tee.
  • No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
  • The fairway is about 44 yards wide at 226 and narrows to 36 at 196.
  • No hazards mapped around the green.
  • 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 45 · Par 46 · Par 37 · Par 58 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 512 · Par 313 · Par 514 · Par 315 · Par 416 · Par 317 · Par 518 · Par 4

The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:

  • 15 plays-like yardages
  • 51 hazards with reach and carry
  • 14 green slope reads
  • 4 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].

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