Heron Bay Golf Country Club
Locust Grove, Georgia · 18 holes · par 72 · Private. Opened 2004.
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 760 ft the ball carries about 1% 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 14, where the green sits 36 ft above the tee and plays about 12 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 17, where the green sits 39 ft below the tee and plays about 13 yards shorter.
- 13 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | Male | 7306 | 75.2 | 141 |
| Back | Male | 6900 | 73.2 | 137 |
| Member | Male | 6547 | 71.6 | 133 |
| Senior | Male | 6003 | 68.3 | 124 |
| Forward | Female | 5151 | 69.6 | 122 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 373-32 ft
- Green
- 373 · 384 · 397front · middle · back
- Green size
- 32 × 35yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 50 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the back-left
In play
- 2 bunkers right: 237 to reach, 289 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 11 yards shorter: the green sits 32 ft below the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 237 to reach, 289 to carry. Drives that finish short of 237 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 50 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 33 at 280.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from front-right to back-left, about 1.5%. Finish on the back-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 389level
- Green
- 377 · 389 · 404front · middle · back
- Green size
- 31 × 35yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 33 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- 2 bunkers right: 247 to reach, 293 to carry
- Bunker left: 254 to reach, 274 to carry
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 372 to carry
- Bunker right of the green
- Bunker back of the green
Playing notes
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 247 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 247 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 33 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 28 at 200.
- 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 back-right to front-left, about 2.5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 204-18 ft
- Green
- 190 · 210 · 229front · middle · back
- Green size
- 40 × 24yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 3.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Water across the hole in front of the green: 148 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 6 yards shorter: the green sits 18 ft below the tee.
- Water crosses the hole: 123 to reach, 148 to carry.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 3.5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 40 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 56 · Par 47 · Par 38 · Par 49 · Par 510 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 513 · Par 314 · Par 415 · Par 416 · Par 517 · Par 318 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 63 hazards with reach and carry
- 15 green slope reads
- 4 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].