Idle Hour Golf Country Club
Macon, Georgia · 18 holes · par 70 · Private. Opened 1919.
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 440 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 3, where the green sits 45 ft above the tee and plays about 15 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 4, where the green sits 55 ft below the tee and plays about 18 yards shorter.
- Driving-zone hazards sit on the left on 3 holes and on the right on 1: a tee shot missed left costs more here.
- 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
| Hole | Par | Hcp | Black | Gold | Blue | White | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 17 | 339 | 339 | 332 | 313 | 310 |
| 2 | 3 | 11 | 203 | 176 | 149 | 130 | 103 |
| 3 | 5 | 15 | 540 | 527 | 455 | 401 | 391 |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | 486 | 447 | 427 | 403 | 379 |
| 5 | 4 | 9 | 392 | 384 | 369 | 316 | 313 |
| 6 | 4 | 5 | 455 | 430 | 415 | 347 | 332 |
| 7 | 4 | 7 | 454 | 432 | 390 | 323 | 317 |
| 8 | 3 | 13 | 177 | 177 | 164 | 151 | 138 |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | 454 | 429 | 404 | 352 | 349 |
| 10 | 4 | 18 | 319 | 319 | 311 | 295 | 290 |
| 11 | 4 | 6 | 412 | 392 | 370 | 313 | 308 |
| 12 | 3 | 16 | 167 | 167 | 160 | 141 | 137 |
| 13 | 4 | 14 | 291 | 291 | 281 | 207 | 203 |
| 14 | 4 | 8 | 351 | 351 | 341 | 303 | 298 |
| 15 | 5 | 4 | 629 | 603 | 588 | 518 | 463 |
| 16 | 4 | 10 | 400 | 400 | 377 | 363 | 349 |
| 17 | 4 | 2 | 466 | 418 | 388 | 362 | 348 |
| 18 | 3 | 12 | 192 | 192 | 169 | 155 | 139 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 6727 | 73.3 | 139 |
| Gold | Male | 6474 | 71.7 | 134 |
| Member | Male | 6306 | 70.8 | 130 |
| Blue | Male | 6090 | 70.2 | 128 |
| Senior/Member | Male | 5712 | 69 | 124 |
| White | Female | 5393 | 72.2 | 128 |
| White | Male | 5393 | 67 | 120 |
| Red | Female | 5167 | 71.4 | 126 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 343+11 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 324 · 339 · 348front · middle · back
- Green size
- 25 × 21yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 34 ydswide at 209
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 4 yards longer: the green sits 11 ft above the tee.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 34 yards wide at 209.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 2%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 194-26 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 192 · 203 · 219front · middle · back
- Green size
- 37 × 27yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the front-left
In play
- Water right: 154 to reach, 163 to carry
- Water across the hole in front of the green: 180 to carry
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 190 to carry
- Bunker back of the green
- Bunker back-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 9 yards shorter: the green sits 26 ft below the tee.
- Water crosses the hole: 152 to reach, 180 to carry.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers and water; miss right.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 3%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 37 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 3 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 555+45 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 525 · 540 · 552front · middle · back
- Green size
- 27 × 28yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 33 ydswide at 236
- Green slope
- 4%falls to the front
In play
- Water across the hole: 53 to reach, 108 to carry
- Bunker right: 73 to reach, 112 to carry
- 2 bunkers front of the green
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 15 yards longer: the green sits 45 ft above the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 237 yards.
- Water crosses the hole: 53 to reach, 108 to carry.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 33 yards wide at 236.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 23 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- 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 to front, about 4%. 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 412 · Par 313 · Par 414 · Par 415 · Par 516 · Par 417 · Par 418 · Par 3
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 30 hazards with reach and carry
- 13 green slope reads
- 1 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].