Walnut Creek Golf Preserve
Westminster, Colorado · 18 holes · par 72 · Municipal. Opened 1999.
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 5,490 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 13, where the green sits 54 ft above the tee and plays about 18 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 15, where the green sits 65 ft below the tee and plays about 22 yards shorter.
- 11 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tee 1 | Male | 7563 | 74.7 | 133 |
| Tee 2 | Male | 6968 | 71.2 | 129 |
| Te 2/3 | Male | 6705 | 70 | 126 |
| Te 2/3 | Female | 6705 | 77.7 | 145 |
| Tee 3 | Male | 6528 | 69.5 | 122 |
| Tee 3 | Female | 6528 | 76.8 | 143 |
| Tee 3/4 | Male | 6252 | 68.4 | 119 |
| Tee 3/4 | Female | 6252 | 75.4 | 140 |
| Tee 4 | Female | 5975 | 73.9 | 137 |
| Tee 4 | Male | 5975 | 67.1 | 115 |
| Tee 5 | Female | 5227 | 69.4 | 129 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 380-40 ft
- Green
- 378 · 393 · 407front · middle · back
- Green size
- 29 × 29yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 40 ydswide at 230
In play
- Bunker right: 299 to reach, 310 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 13 yards shorter: the green sits 40 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 249 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 299 to reach, 310 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 40 yards wide at 230.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 402+10 ft
- Green
- 382 · 399 · 415front · middle · back
- Green size
- 34 × 32yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 44 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- 2 bunkers right: 255 to reach, 283 to carry
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 3 yards longer: the green sits 10 ft above the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 255 to reach, 283 to carry. Drives that finish short of 255 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 44 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 39 at 260.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 1.5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 594-6 ft
- Green
- 579 · 596 · 613front · middle · back
- Green size
- 34 × 27yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 12 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front-left
In play
- 3 bunkers left: 269 to reach, 341 to carry
- Bunker left: 471 to reach, 486 to carry
- Bunker right: 505 to reach, 519 to carry
- Bunker left: 564 to reach, 578 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker left of the green
- Bunker back-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 2 yards shorter: the green sits 6 ft below the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 269 to reach, 303 to carry. Drives that finish short of 269 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 12 yards wide at 230.
- Best lay-up: 110 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 22 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 2%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 35 · Par 46 · Par 57 · Par 38 · Par 49 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 413 · Par 514 · Par 315 · Par 416 · Par 417 · Par 318 · Par 5
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 63 hazards with reach and carry
- 14 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].