Horseshoe Bend Country Club
Roswell, Georgia · 18 holes · par 72 · Private. Designed by Joe Lee, opened 1974.
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 900 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 2, where the green sits 21 ft above the tee and plays about 7 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 9, where the green sits 91 ft below the tee and plays about 30 yards shorter.
- 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
| Hole | Par | Hcp | Gold | Blue | White | Green | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 11 | 383 | 343 | 318 | 261 | 231 |
| 2 | 3 | 17 | 135 | 125 | 115 | 105 | 95 |
| 3 | 4 | 3 | 465 | 415 | 387 | 354 | 331 |
| 4 | 5 | 1 | 577 | 547 | 523 | 491 | 458 |
| 5 | 4 | 15 | 340 | 277 | 247 | 212 | 197 |
| 6 | 4 | 7 | 456 | 441 | 409 | 389 | 345 |
| 7 | 3 | 13 | 210 | 182 | 165 | 143 | 107 |
| 8 | 4 | 5 | 400 | 375 | 355 | 265 | 255 |
| 9 | 5 | 9 | 535 | 520 | 495 | 475 | 450 |
| 10 | 4 | 8 | 417 | 388 | 380 | 360 | 342 |
| 11 | 3 | 18 | 200 | 165 | 143 | 119 | 107 |
| 12 | 4 | 10 | 421 | 390 | 355 | 331 | 311 |
| 13 | 4 | 4 | 466 | 440 | 403 | 372 | 345 |
| 14 | 5 | 2 | 541 | 507 | 487 | 402 | 394 |
| 15 | 4 | 12 | 403 | 365 | 350 | 335 | 300 |
| 16 | 4 | 16 | 417 | 357 | 329 | 293 | 268 |
| 17 | 3 | 14 | 230 | 201 | 181 | 150 | 103 |
| 18 | 5 | 6 | 510 | 485 | 465 | 425 | 395 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Male | 7106 | 74 | 141 |
| Player's | Male | 6613 | 72 | 135 |
| Blue | Male | 6523 | 71.9 | 135 |
| White | Female | 6107 | 75.5 | 137 |
| White | Male | 6107 | 69.7 | 128 |
| Green | Female | 5482 | 72.2 | 129 |
| Player's | Female | 5237 | 70.7 | 126 |
| Red | Female | 5034 | 69.3 | 122 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 386+8 ft
- Green · Gold tee
- 368 · 383 · 406front · middle · back
- Green size
- 38 × 32yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 29 ydswide at 252
- Green slope
- 5.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Water across the hole: 84 to reach, 106 to carry
- Water right: 88 to reach, 198 to carry
- Bunker right: 279 to reach, 295 to carry
- Bunker front of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker back-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 3 yards longer: the green sits 8 ft above the tee.
- Water crosses the hole: 84 to reach, 106 to carry.
- Water crosses the hole: 86 to reach, 100 to carry.
- Fairway bunkers and water on the right: 88 to reach, 295 to carry. Drives that finish short of 88 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 29 yards wide at 252 and narrows to 22 at 280.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 5.5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 38 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 2 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 142+21 ft
- Green · Gold tee
- 127 · 135 · 143front · middle · back
- Green size
- 22 × 32yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker front of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 7 yards longer: the green sits 21 ft above the tee.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 3%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 451-41 ft
- Green · Gold tee
- 449 · 465 · 480front · middle · back
- Green size
- 31 × 20yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 36 ydswide at 281
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the back
In play
- Bunker right: 282 to reach, 302 to carry
- Bunker left: 327 to reach, 342 to carry
- Bunker front of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 14 yards shorter: the green sits 41 ft below the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 282 to reach, 302 to carry. Drives that finish short of 282 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 36 yards wide at 281 and narrows to 28 at 331.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from front to back, about 2%. Finish on the back side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 55 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 38 · Par 49 · Par 510 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 413 · Par 414 · Par 515 · 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
- 49 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].