Crystal Falls Golf Club
Dawsonville, Georgia · 18 holes · par 72 · Private. Designed by Denis Griffiths, opened 1970.
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 1,270 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 18, where the green sits 44 ft above the tee and plays about 15 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 15, where the green sits 64 ft below the tee and plays about 21 yards shorter.
- 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 | Black | Blue | White | Gold | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 7 | 403 | 377 | 367 | 345 | 281 |
| 2 | 4 | 9 | 382 | 360 | 334 | 325 | 258 |
| 3 | 3 | 15 | 160 | 141 | 132 | 115 | 106 |
| 4 | 5 | 5 | 516 | 498 | 475 | 436 | 406 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | 456 | 438 | 406 | 387 | 342 |
| 6 | 3 | 17 | 137 | 122 | 107 | 99 | 67 |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | 461 | 438 | 410 | 371 | 341 |
| 8 | 5 | 13 | 537 | 517 | 493 | 471 | 465 |
| 9 | 4 | 11 | 377 | 353 | 333 | 287 | 237 |
| 10 | 5 | 14 | 528 | 498 | 467 | 437 | 388 |
| 11 | 3 | 18 | 160 | 123 | 115 | 94 | 72 |
| 12 | 4 | 16 | 304 | 280 | 255 | 237 | 166 |
| 13 | 4 | 4 | 434 | 408 | 382 | 327 | 290 |
| 14 | 4 | 6 | 390 | 374 | 346 | 258 | 206 |
| 15 | 4 | 8 | 399 | 380 | 359 | 335 | 270 |
| 16 | 4 | 2 | 442 | 397 | 373 | 363 | 313 |
| 17 | 3 | 12 | 189 | 173 | 168 | 152 | 136 |
| 18 | 5 | 10 | 550 | 533 | 513 | 490 | 393 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 7055 | 72.4 | 142 |
| Players | Male | 6790 | 71.6 | 139 |
| Players | Female | 6790 | 68.8 | 127 |
| Blue | Male | 6600 | 71 | 138 |
| Senior Players | Male | 6335 | 69.8 | 134 |
| White | Male | 6230 | 69.2 | 131 |
| White | Female | 6230 | 74.7 | 143 |
| Super Seniors | Male | 5910 | 68 | 126 |
| Gold | Male | 5730 | 66.8 | 123 |
| Gold | Female | 5730 | 72 | 136 |
| Red | Female | 4975 | 67.1 | 120 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 396-21 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 387 · 403 · 418front · middle · back
- Green size
- 34 × 25yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 40 ydswide at 224
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- 2 bunkers right: 265 to reach, 291 to carry
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 364 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 7 yards shorter: the green sits 21 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 273 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 265 to reach, 291 to carry. Drives that finish short of 265 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 40 yards wide at 224 and narrows to 28 at 274.
- 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.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 372-31 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 366 · 382 · 395front · middle · back
- Green size
- 34 × 28yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 73 ydswide at 244
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the left
In play
- Bunker across the hole: 216 to reach, 219 to carry
- 2 bunkers right: 228 to reach, 308 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker left of the green
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 10 yards shorter: the green sits 31 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 263 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 228 to reach, 308 to carry. Drives that finish short of 228 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 73 yards wide at 244 and narrows to 48 at 223.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from right to left, about 1.5%. Finish on the left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 159-3 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 145 · 160 · 173front · middle · back
- Green size
- 31 × 29yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 1%falls to the right
In play
- Bunker front of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from left to right, about 1%. Finish on the right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 55 · Par 46 · Par 37 · Par 48 · Par 59 · Par 410 · Par 511 · Par 312 · Par 413 · Par 414 · 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
- 46 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].