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Atlanta Athletic Club Highlands Course

Johns Creek, Georgia · 18 holes · par 72 · Private. Designed by Robert Trent Jones, ASGCA/(R) Reese Jones, ASGCA, opened 1966.

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

Altitude950 ftCarries about 1% farther
Bunkers122
Holes with water11 of 18
Average fairway width29 yds
Typical green6,300 sq ft
Sloped greens18 of 18Tilt 2% or more
  • At about 950 ft the ball carries about 1% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 148. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
  • Biggest climb: hole 16, where the green sits 32 ft above the tee and plays about 11 yards longer.
  • Biggest drop: hole 11, where the green sits 53 ft below the tee and plays about 18 yards shorter.
  • Driving-zone hazards sit on the right on 12 holes and on the left on 6: a tee shot missed right costs more here.
  • 18 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

HoleParHcpGoldBlueWhiteGreenBlack
147442398368324310
2517540512471448441
341475445407363322
431519416514212892
5511548541501469436
645425403370330298
731318317916213593
843446421376349289
949426407372351310
10412421405379362353
1142443421393339318
12516523495474448389
13414387364339307292
1446451413365335323
15310227204175145103
1644409373336296266
17318207186154124103
1858557528500462397

Tees

TeeYardsRatingSlope
ChampionshipMale761377.4152
GoldMale730476.1149
BlueMale686074.1142
WhiteMale628471.5135
GreenMale571569128
GreenFemale571574.7143
BlackFemale513571.8132
BlackMale513571.8132
SilverMale483870.1129

Hole 1 · Par 4

Green falls this way

442 (Gold) · 398 (Blue) · 368 (White) · 324 (Green) · 310 (Black) yards · Handicap 7

Plays like
440-6 ft
Green · Gold tee
424 · 442 · 454front · middle · back
Green size
32 × 31yards deep × wide
Fairway
31 ydswide at 257
Green slope
3%falls to the front

In play

  • 2 bunkers right: 276 to reach, 317 to carry
  • Bunker front-left of the green
  • Bunker front-right of the green
  • Bunker back of the green

Playing notes

  • Plays about 2 yards shorter: the green sits 6 ft below the tee.
  • Dogleg left at about 85 yards.
  • Fairway bunkers on the right: 276 to reach, 317 to carry. Drives that finish short of 276 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
  • The fairway is about 31 yards wide at 257.
  • Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
  • The green falls from back to front, about 3%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 2 · Par 5

Lay-up zoneGreen falls this way

540 (Gold) · 512 (Blue) · 471 (White) · 448 (Green) · 441 (Black) yards · Handicap 17

Plays like
537-8 ft
Green · Gold tee
526 · 540 · 554front · middle · back
Green size
34 × 36yards deep × wide
Fairway
35 ydswide at 226
Green slope
3%falls to the front

In play

  • Bunker right: 281 to reach, 300 to carry
  • 2 bunkers right: 322 to reach, 366 to carry
  • Bunker front-left of the green
  • 2 bunkers across the hole in front of the green: 524 to carry
  • Bunker left of the green

Playing notes

  • Plays about 3 yards shorter: the green sits 8 ft below the tee.
  • Fairway bunkers on the right: 281 to reach, 300 to carry. Drives that finish short of 281 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
  • The fairway is about 35 yards wide at 226 and narrows to 30 at 196.
  • Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 29 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.
  • The green falls from back to front, about 3%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 3 · Par 4

Green falls this way

475 (Gold) · 445 (Blue) · 407 (White) · 363 (Green) · 322 (Black) yards · Handicap 1

Plays like
476+4 ft
Green · Gold tee
460 · 475 · 489front · middle · back
Green size
32 × 32yards deep × wide
Fairway
20 ydswide at 226
Green slope
3%falls to the front

In play

  • Bunker right: 257 to reach, 293 to carry
  • Bunker right: 320 to reach, 341 to carry
  • Bunker front-right of the green
  • Bunker left of the green

Playing notes

  • Fairway bunkers on the right: 257 to reach, 293 to carry. Drives that finish short of 257 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
  • The fairway is about 20 yards wide at 226.
  • Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
  • 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 35 · Par 56 · Par 47 · Par 38 · Par 49 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 513 · Par 414 · Par 415 · Par 316 · Par 417 · Par 318 · Par 5

The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:

  • 15 plays-like yardages
  • 69 hazards with reach and carry
  • 15 green slope reads
  • 2 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].

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