The Palencia Club
St. Augustine, Florida · 18 holes · par 72 · private. Designed by Arthur Hills, opened 2002.
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 20 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 drop: hole 5, where the green sits 12 ft below the tee and plays about 4 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Male | 7023 | 75.1 | 143 |
| Green | Male | 6642 | 73.3 | 140 |
| Green/Black | Male | 6485 | 72.6 | 138 |
| Black | Male | 6285 | 71.7 | 134 |
| Blue | Male | 5996 | 70.4 | 130 |
| Blue/White | Male | 5778 | 69.4 | 124 |
| White | Female | 5561 | 73.2 | 128 |
| White | Male | 5561 | 68.6 | 119 |
| White/Red | Male | 5123 | 67.1 | 115 |
| White/Red | Female | 5123 | 71.3 | 119 |
| Red | Female | 4839 | 69.4 | 117 |
| Red | Male | 4839 | 64.8 | 112 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 470-4 ft
- Green
- 452 · 471 · 487front · middle · back
- Green size
- 36 × 19yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 41 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker left: 306 to reach, 314 to carry
- 2 bunkers front of the green
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 41 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 21 at 200.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- 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.
- The green is 36 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 335-7 ft
- Green
- 323 · 337 · 349front · middle · back
- Green size
- 26 × 28yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 53 ydswide at 208
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the left
In play
- Bunker across the hole: 209 to reach, 216 to carry
- Bunker right: 221 to reach, 239 to carry
- 2 bunkers right: 271 to reach, 290 to carry
- Water across the hole in front of the green: 312 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 2 yards shorter: the green sits 7 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 247 yards.
- Water crosses the hole: 95 to reach, 312 to carry.
- Water crosses the hole: 304 to reach, 318 to carry.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 221 to reach, 290 to carry. Drives that finish short of 221 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 53 yards wide at 208.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from right to left, about 3%. Finish on the left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 216+4 ft
- Green
- 198 · 215 · 227front · middle · back
- Green size
- 38 × 28yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- 2 bunkers front of the green
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 1.5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 38 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 55 · Par 36 · Par 47 · Par 48 · Par 49 · Par 510 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 313 · Par 514 · Par 415 · Par 316 · Par 417 · Par 418 · Par 5
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 48 hazards with reach and carry
- 13 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].