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Vail Golf Club

Vail, Colorado · 18 holes · par 71 · Public/Municipal. Designed by Ben Krueger, opened 1962.

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

Bunkers37
Holes with water8 of 18
Average fairway width38 yds
Typical green6,000 sq ft
  • Driving-zone hazards sit on the right on 8 holes and on the left on 1: a tee shot missed right costs more here.

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

HoleParHcpBlackBlueGoldGreen
147409386360355
245369352323242
331314212311187
4411367352318290
549375360339321
641452427411372
731518016210195
8517489480446410
943452414346341
10416383376287285
1144398371350297
12514568542484480
1348460396351349
1446408367316286
153181201189982
1642432385379322
17310224194149147
18512511447400381

Tees

TeeYardsRatingSlope
BlackMale676671.2132
BlackFemale676677.6152
Black/BlueFemale643476.1149
Black/BlueMale643469.8130
BlueMale628168.8129
BlueFemale628174.7145
GoldMale575571.9139
GoldFemale575566.4123
Gold/GreenFemale538169.6133
Gold/GreenMale538164.8114
GreenMale508463.7113
GreenFemale508467.7128
PurpleFemale388261.1111
PurpleMale388260.2103

Hole 1 · Par 4

409 (Black) · 386 (Blue) · 360 (Gold) · 355 (Green) yards · Handicap 7

Green · Black tee
392 · 409 · 426front · middle · back
Green size
34 × 34yards deep × wide
Fairway
35 ydswide at 229

In play

  • Water back of the green

Playing notes

  • No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
  • The fairway is about 35 yards wide at 229.

Hole 2 · Par 4

369 (Black) · 352 (Blue) · 323 (Gold) · 242 (Green) yards · Handicap 5

Green · Black tee
351 · 369 · 386front · middle · back
Green size
37 × 22yards deep × wide
Fairway
32 ydswide at 225

In play

  • Water across the hole: 27 to reach, 147 to carry
  • Water right: 186 to reach, 212 to carry
  • Bunker front of the green
  • Bunker front-right of the green

Playing notes

  • Water crosses the hole: 27 to reach, 147 to carry.
  • Fairway water on the right: 186 to reach, 212 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 32 yards wide at 225 and narrows to 27 at 195.
  • The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
  • Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
  • The green is 37 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.

Hole 3 · Par 3

142 (Black) · 123 (Blue) · 111 (Gold) · 87 (Green) yards · Handicap 13

Green · Black tee
130 · 142 · 156front · middle · back
Green size
29 × 31yards deep × wide

In play

  • Bunker left of the green

Playing notes

  • The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.

Holes 4 to 18

4 · Par 45 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 38 · Par 59 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 513 · Par 414 · Par 415 · Par 316 · Par 417 · Par 318 · Par 5

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

  • 42 hazards with reach and carry
  • 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].

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