Palmetto Golf Course
Palmetto Bay, Florida · 18 holes · par 70 · Public. Designed by Dick Wilson, opened 1959.
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 9, where the green sits 9 ft above the tee and plays about 3 yards longer.
- 7 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 | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 7 | 536 | 489 | 399 |
| 2 | 4 | 3 | 420 | 405 | 299 |
| 3 | 4 | 1 | 427 | 412 | 325 |
| 4 | 4 | 17 | 317 | 292 | 193 |
| 5 | 3 | 11 | 188 | 165 | 115 |
| 6 | 4 | 15 | 364 | 338 | 260 |
| 7 | 3 | 13 | 171 | 155 | 108 |
| 8 | 4 | 5 | 431 | 385 | 311 |
| 9 | 5 | 9 | 523 | 504 | 388 |
| 10 | 4 | 8 | 399 | 387 | 303 |
| 11 | 3 | 10 | 197 | 181 | 120 |
| 12 | 4 | 2 | 444 | 412 | 310 |
| 13 | 4 | 14 | 377 | 357 | 280 |
| 14 | 4 | 12 | 355 | 330 | 235 |
| 15 | 4 | 16 | 397 | 386 | 278 |
| 16 | 4 | 6 | 384 | 364 | 307 |
| 17 | 3 | 18 | 172 | 150 | 104 |
| 18 | 4 | 4 | 430 | 412 | 295 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | Male | 6648 | 72.2 | 128 |
| White | Male | 6214 | 70.2 | 123 |
| Red | Female | 5710 | 73.4 | 125 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 536-1 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 525 · 536 · 548front · middle · back
- Green size
- 24 × 25yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 29 ydswide at 224
- Green slope
- 1%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker right: 210 to reach, 226 to carry
- Water across the hole: 286 to reach, 321 to carry
- Water right: 347 to reach, 350 to carry
- Bunker right: 391 to reach, 408 to carry
- Bunker right: 432 to reach, 451 to carry
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 519 to carry
- Bunker left of the green
- Bunker back-right of the green
Playing notes
- Dogleg left at about 359 yards.
- Water crosses the hole: 286 to reach, 321 to carry.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 210 to reach, 226 to carry. Drives that finish short of 210 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 29 yards wide at 224.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 34 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 1%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 421+2 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 406 · 420 · 432front · middle · back
- Green size
- 32 × 26yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 28 ydswide at 242
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the front-right
In play
- Water across the hole: 73 to reach, 101 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker back of the green
Playing notes
- Water crosses the hole: 73 to reach, 101 to carry.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 28 yards wide at 242.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 3%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 427-1 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 419 · 427 · 436front · middle · back
- Green size
- 27 × 33yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 31 ydswide at 239
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the front
In play
- Water left: 257 to reach, 315 to carry
- Water right: 383 to reach, 400 to carry
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 414 to carry
- Bunker left of the green
- Bunker right of the green
- Bunker back-left of the green
Playing notes
- Fairway water on the left: 257 to reach, 315 to carry. Drives that finish short of 257 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 31 yards wide at 239.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- 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 36 · Par 47 · Par 38 · Par 49 · Par 510 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 413 · Par 414 · Par 415 · Par 416 · Par 417 · Par 318 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 72 hazards with reach and carry
- 12 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].