Green Island Country Club
Columbus, Georgia · 18 holes · par 71 · Private. Opened 1961.
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 420 ft the ball carries about 0% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 149. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
- Biggest climb: hole 13, where the green sits 59 ft above the tee and plays about 20 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 3, where the green sits 97 ft below the tee and plays about 32 yards shorter.
- 17 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soutthern Open | Male | 6512 | 72.1 | 136 |
| Island | Male | 6186 | 71.1 | 133 |
| Swan | Male | 5828 | 69.5 | 129 |
| Dogwood | Female | 5333 | 72.5 | 129 |
| Jordan | Male | 5290 | 66.5 | 124 |
| Azalea | Female | 5086 | 70.8 | 126 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 388+39 ft
- Green
- 363 · 375 · 387front · middle · back
- Green size
- 30 × 26yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 33 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker right: 206 to reach, 225 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 13 yards longer: the green sits 39 ft above the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 256 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 206 to reach, 225 to carry. Drives that finish short of 206 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 33 yards wide at 230.
- 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 2 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 159+18 ft
- Green
- 138 · 153 · 168front · middle · back
- Green size
- 32 × 27yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 3.5%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 6 yards longer: the green sits 18 ft above the tee.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from back to front, about 3.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 547-97 ft
- Green
- 569 · 579 · 594front · middle · back
- Green size
- 32 × 25yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 43 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 3.5%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker right: 412 to reach, 436 to carry
- Water left: 566 to reach, 571 to carry
- Water across the hole in front of the green: 552 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 32 yards shorter: the green sits 97 ft below the tee.
- Water crosses the hole: 520 to reach, 552 to carry.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 43 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 35 at 280.
- Best lay-up: 90 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 40 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- 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 3.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 48 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 413 · Par 414 · Par 515 · Par 416 · Par 317 · Par 518 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 42 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].