Chestatee Golf Club
Dawsonville, Georgia · 18 holes · par 71 · Public. Designed by Denis Griffiths, opened 1999.
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 1,160 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 12, where the green sits 75 ft above the tee and plays about 25 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 10, where the green sits 120 ft below the tee and plays about 40 yards shorter.
- 12 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 | Black | Blue | White | Gold | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 5 | 580 | 545 | 520 | 487 | 428 |
| 2 | 4 | 9 | 333 | 314 | 292 | 269 | 225 |
| 3 | 3 | 17 | 152 | 136 | 118 | 101 | 88 |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | 442 | 418 | 393 | 360 | 313 |
| 5 | 4 | 7 | 387 | 362 | 337 | 289 | 252 |
| 6 | 4 | 15 | 336 | 317 | 298 | 278 | 261 |
| 7 | 3 | 13 | 192 | 168 | 150 | 127 | 105 |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | 448 | 439 | 417 | 401 | 334 |
| 9 | 5 | 11 | 515 | 490 | 464 | 437 | 418 |
| 10 | 5 | 12 | 566 | 546 | 515 | 476 | 442 |
| 11 | 3 | 16 | 177 | 163 | 143 | 127 | 114 |
| 12 | 4 | 6 | 397 | 371 | 354 | 348 | 318 |
| 13 | 4 | 2 | 434 | 412 | 390 | 367 | 314 |
| 14 | 4 | 8 | 396 | 379 | 353 | 328 | 290 |
| 15 | 3 | 18 | 160 | 147 | 141 | 126 | 101 |
| 16 | 5 | 10 | 543 | 516 | 487 | 416 | 375 |
| 17 | 3 | 14 | 185 | 164 | 157 | 133 | 113 |
| 18 | 4 | 4 | 420 | 390 | 364 | 354 | 294 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 6877 | 72.7 | 140 |
| Blue | Male | 6475 | 70.9 | 136 |
| Blue | Female | 6475 | 77 | 147 |
| White | Male | 6065 | 69 | 131 |
| White | Female | 6065 | 74.9 | 142 |
| Gold | Female | 5597 | 72.4 | 135 |
| Gold | Male | 5597 | 67.1 | 126 |
| Red | Female | 4947 | 68.8 | 124 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 561-57 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 565 · 580 · 594front · middle · back
- Green size
- 30 × 28yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 5%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker left: 439 to reach, 455 to carry
- 2 bunkers front-left of the green
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 19 yards shorter: the green sits 57 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 296 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- Best lay-up: 70 to 110 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 27 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 348+44 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 325 · 333 · 344front · middle · back
- Green size
- 24 × 26yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 51 ydswide at 209
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front-left
In play
- 2 bunkers left: 244 to reach, 285 to carry
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 322 to carry
- Bunker left of the green
- Bunker back-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 15 yards longer: the green sits 44 ft above the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 244 to reach, 285 to carry. Drives that finish short of 244 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 51 yards wide at 209 and narrows to 21 at 248.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 2%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 142-31 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 143 · 152 · 162front · middle · back
- Green size
- 27 × 25yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the front
In play
- Water across the hole in front of the green: 128 to carry
- Bunker right of the green
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 10 yards shorter: the green sits 31 ft below the tee.
- Water crosses the hole: 101 to reach, 128 to carry.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- Water short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- 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 46 · Par 47 · Par 38 · Par 49 · Par 510 · Par 511 · Par 312 · Par 413 · Par 414 · Par 415 · Par 316 · Par 517 · Par 318 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 44 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].