Fort Walton Beach Golf Club - Oaks Course
Fort Walton Beach, Florida · 18 holes · par 72 · municipal. Designed by Jim Hughes, opened 1975.
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 50 ft the ball carries about 0% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 150. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
- Biggest climb: hole 3, where the green sits 12 ft above the tee and plays about 4 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 6, where the green sits 11 ft below the tee and plays about 4 yards shorter.
- Driving-zone hazards sit on the left on 3 holes and on the right on 1: a tee shot missed left costs more here.
- 13 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 | Blue | White | Gold | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 5 | 475 | 432 | 361 | 344 |
| 2 | 3 | 17 | 185 | 149 | 134 | 119 |
| 3 | 4 | 7 | 374 | 365 | 350 | 335 |
| 4 | 5 | 9 | 472 | 459 | 436 | 389 |
| 5 | 4 | 15 | 336 | 298 | 285 | 272 |
| 6 | 4 | 3 | 338 | 327 | 308 | 289 |
| 7 | 3 | 13 | 208 | 193 | 168 | 121 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | 388 | 376 | 357 | 270 |
| 9 | 4 | 11 | 368 | 357 | 338 | 319 |
| 10 | 4 | 16 | 324 | 313 | 295 | 277 |
| 11 | 4 | 12 | 387 | 330 | 319 | 308 |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | 496 | 447 | 433 | 419 |
| 13 | 3 | 14 | 170 | 156 | 133 | 110 |
| 14 | 4 | 10 | 380 | 312 | 283 | 272 |
| 15 | 4 | 4 | 411 | 397 | 374 | 325 |
| 16 | 4 | 6 | 412 | 397 | 372 | 327 |
| 17 | 3 | 18 | 130 | 123 | 112 | 101 |
| 18 | 5 | 8 | 504 | 449 | 437 | 418 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | Male | 6358 | 70.2 | 116 |
| White | Male | 5880 | 67.8 | 112 |
| Gold | Male | 5495 | 66.2 | 109 |
| Red | Female | 5015 | 69 | 118 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 473-7 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 459 · 475 · 486front · middle · back
- Green size
- 28 × 26yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 24 ydswide at 232
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker across the hole: 221 to reach, 233 to carry
- 2 bunkers left: 282 to reach, 320 to carry
- Bunker right: 301 to reach, 316 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 2 yards shorter: the green sits 7 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 322 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 282 to reach, 289 to carry. Drives that finish short of 282 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 24 yards wide at 232.
- 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-left to front-right, about 2.5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 185level
- Green · Blue tee
- 168 · 185 · 201front · middle · back
- Green size
- 33 × 20yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front
In play
- No bunkers or water mapped on this hole
Playing notes
- No hazards mapped around the green.
- The green falls from back to front, about 2.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 378+12 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 360 · 374 · 388front · middle · back
- Green size
- 29 × 26yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 30 ydswide at 237
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the front
In play
- No bunkers or water mapped on this hole
Playing notes
- Plays about 4 yards longer: the green sits 12 ft above the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 223 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 30 yards wide at 237 and narrows to 9 at 272.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
- The green falls from back to front, about 3%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 55 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 38 · Par 49 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 513 · Par 314 · Par 415 · 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
- 19 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].