The Habitat Golf Course
Malabar, Florida · 18 holes · par 72 · resort. Designed by Palmer Enterprises, opened 1977.
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 30 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.
- 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 6751 | 73.3 | 146 |
| Gold | Male | 6448 | 71.9 | 143 |
| Blue | Male | 6032 | 70.2 | 136 |
| Blue | Female | 6032 | 75.9 | 142 |
| Blue/White | Male | 5652 | 68.5 | 128 |
| Blue/White | Female | 5652 | 73.8 | 138 |
| White | Male | 5336 | 67.1 | 120 |
| White | Female | 5336 | 72 | 134 |
| White/Green | Male | 5173 | 66.2 | 119 |
| White/Green | Female | 5173 | 71.1 | 131 |
| Green | Male | 4922 | 64.7 | 117 |
| Green | Female | 4922 | 69.7 | 125 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 521+1 ft
- Green
- 512 · 521 · 530front · middle · back
- Green size
- 28 × 30yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 18 ydswide at 230
In play
- Water across the hole: 59 to reach, 149 to carry
- Bunker left: 219 to reach, 249 to carry
- Water left: 308 to reach, 570 to carry
- Bunker right: 405 to reach, 429 to carry
- Bunker left: 436 to reach, 487 to carry
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 505 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Dogleg left at about 242 yards.
- Water crosses the hole: 59 to reach, 143 to carry.
- Water crosses the hole: 59 to reach, 149 to carry.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 219 to reach, 249 to carry. Drives that finish short of 219 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 18 yards wide at 230.
- Best lay-up: 150 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 26 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 370+2 ft
- Green
- 356 · 369 · 382front · middle · back
- Green size
- 26 × 21yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 38 ydswide at 229
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker left: 184 to reach, 280 to carry
- Bunker right: 254 to reach, 273 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Dogleg left at about 229 yards.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 184 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 184 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 38 yards wide at 229 and narrows to 32 at 270.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from back to front, about 2%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 175level
- Green
- 165 · 175 · 184front · middle · back
- Green size
- 24 × 28yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the front
In play
- Water across the hole in front of the green: 144 to carry
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Water crosses the hole: 52 to reach, 144 to carry.
- Water crosses the hole: 55 to reach, 141 to carry.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- Water short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- 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 45 · Par 36 · Par 47 · Par 48 · Par 59 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 413 · Par 514 · 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
- 53 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].