Key West Golf Club
Key West, Florida · 18 holes · par 70 · Public. Designed by Rees Jones, opened 1924.
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 10 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 17, where the green sits 6 ft above the tee and plays about 2 yards longer.
- Driving-zone hazards sit on the left on 11 holes and on the right on 4: a tee shot missed left costs more here.
- 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
| Hole | Par | Hcp | Blue | White | Gold | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 13 | 373 | 361 | 340 | 306 |
| 2 | 4 | 3 | 440 | 430 | 392 | 322 |
| 3 | 5 | 5 | 480 | 441 | 416 | 376 |
| 4 | 4 | 15 | 354 | 336 | 323 | 307 |
| 5 | 3 | 17 | 156 | 133 | 111 | 91 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | 416 | 393 | 374 | 352 |
| 7 | 4 | 7 | 365 | 345 | 324 | 291 |
| 8 | 3 | 9 | 167 | 140 | 128 | 120 |
| 9 | 4 | 11 | 385 | 352 | 327 | 274 |
| 10 | 4 | 8 | 389 | 359 | 339 | 273 |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | 440 | 419 | 402 | 371 |
| 12 | 4 | 12 | 370 | 344 | 318 | 292 |
| 13 | 3 | 14 | 183 | 158 | 140 | 118 |
| 14 | 4 | 10 | 349 | 330 | 311 | 274 |
| 15 | 4 | 6 | 396 | 375 | 356 | 289 |
| 16 | 3 | 18 | 151 | 128 | 107 | 74 |
| 17 | 4 | 16 | 345 | 299 | 287 | 276 |
| 18 | 5 | 4 | 549 | 534 | 496 | 434 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | Male | 6531 | 71.7 | 131 |
| White | Male | 6035 | 69.5 | 129 |
| Gold | Male | 5448 | 67.7 | 124 |
| Red | Female | 5025 | 69 | 126 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 373+1 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 357 · 373 · 386front · middle · back
- Green size
- 29 × 26yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 24 ydswide at 207
- Green slope
- 1%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker across the hole: 188 to reach, 219 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Dogleg right at about 253 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 24 yards wide at 207.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back to front, about 1%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 441+4 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 425 · 440 · 454front · middle · back
- Green size
- 29 × 20yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 36 ydswide at 226
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front
In play
- Water across the hole: 68 to reach, 113 to carry
- Bunker right: 216 to reach, 246 to carry
- Bunker front of the green
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Water crosses the hole: 68 to reach, 112 to carry.
- Water crosses the hole: 70 to reach, 104 to carry.
- Water crosses the hole: 75 to reach, 113 to carry.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 216 to reach, 246 to carry. Drives that finish short of 216 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 36 yards wide at 226.
- 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 2%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 480level
- Green · Blue tee
- 465 · 480 · 495front · middle · back
- Green size
- 30 × 27yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 29 ydswide at 227
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the front-left
In play
- 2 bunkers left: 194 to reach, 259 to carry
- Water left: 375 to reach, 425 to carry
- Water front-left of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker back of the green
Playing notes
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 194 to reach, 259 to carry. Drives that finish short of 194 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 29 yards wide at 227.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 32 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 3%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 36 · Par 47 · Par 48 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 413 · Par 314 · Par 415 · Par 416 · Par 317 · Par 418 · Par 5
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 60 hazards with reach and carry
- 14 green slope reads
- 1 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].