Lookout Mountain Golf Club
Lookout Mountain, Georgia · 18 holes · par 70 · Private. Designed by Seth Raynor, opened 1925.
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 1,690 ft the ball carries about 2% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 147. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
- Biggest climb: hole 14, where the green sits 64 ft above the tee and plays about 21 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 1, where the green sits 86 ft below the tee and plays about 29 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
| Hole | Par | Hcp | Blue | White | Gold | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 7 | 443 | 427 | 380 | 350 |
| 2 | 4 | 3 | 445 | 413 | 350 | 320 |
| 3 | 4 | 9 | 361 | 350 | 298 | 290 |
| 4 | 3 | 5 | 224 | 206 | 195 | 189 |
| 5 | 4 | 11 | 390 | 368 | 335 | 274 |
| 6 | 3 | 17 | 126 | 117 | 117 | 110 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | 455 | 410 | 395 | 337 |
| 8 | 4 | 15 | 358 | 312 | 307 | 275 |
| 9 | 4 | 13 | 375 | 361 | 270 | 262 |
| 10 | 5 | 4 | 570 | 531 | 432 | 424 |
| 11 | 4 | 16 | 418 | 387 | 290 | 247 |
| 12 | 4 | 18 | 334 | 322 | 252 | 237 |
| 13 | 3 | 14 | 203 | 185 | 150 | 150 |
| 14 | 5 | 6 | 490 | 463 | 419 | 415 |
| 15 | 4 | 2 | 456 | 422 | 338 | 333 |
| 16 | 3 | 8 | 170 | 166 | 137 | 136 |
| 17 | 4 | 10 | 410 | 376 | 320 | 315 |
| 18 | 4 | 12 | 385 | 352 | 340 | 329 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | Male | 6613 | 72 | 128 |
| White | Male | 6231 | 69.9 | 123 |
| Gold | Male | 5644 | 65.6 | 115 |
| Lookout | Male | 5302 | 67.3 | 121 |
| Red | Male | 5023 | 64.3 | 114 |
| Red | Female | 5023 | 69.4 | 119 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 414-86 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 430 · 443 · 456front · middle · back
- Green size
- 26 × 25yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 51 ydswide at 231
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the back-right
In play
- Bunker left: 90 to reach, 98 to carry
- Water left: 148 to reach, 209 to carry
- Bunker left: 214 to reach, 227 to carry
- 2 bunkers right: 241 to reach, 283 to carry
- Bunker right of the green
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 29 yards shorter: the green sits 86 ft below the tee.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 148 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 148 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 51 yards wide at 231 and narrows to 36 at 281.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from front-left to back-right, about 2%. Finish on the back-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 432-39 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 433 · 445 · 459front · middle · back
- Green size
- 27 × 24yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 38 ydswide at 236
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker right: 169 to reach, 180 to carry
- Bunker left: 196 to reach, 207 to carry
- Bunker left: 228 to reach, 240 to carry
- Bunker right: 242 to reach, 253 to carry
- Bunker left: 265 to reach, 279 to carry
- Bunker right: 302 to reach, 302 to carry
- Bunker right: 346 to reach, 360 to carry
- Bunker left: 385 to reach, 393 to carry
- Bunker right of the green
- 2 bunkers left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 13 yards shorter: the green sits 39 ft below the tee.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 169 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 169 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 38 yards wide at 236.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 2.5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 377+49 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 349 · 361 · 373front · middle · back
- Green size
- 24 × 30yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 44 ydswide at 225
- Green slope
- 4.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker right: 274 to reach, 285 to carry
- Bunker right: 306 to reach, 313 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker back-left of the green
- Bunker back of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 16 yards longer: the green sits 49 ft above the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 274 to reach, 285 to carry. Drives that finish short of 274 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 44 yards wide at 225 and narrows to 26 at 271.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 4.5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 35 · Par 46 · Par 37 · Par 48 · Par 49 · Par 410 · Par 511 · Par 412 · Par 413 · Par 314 · Par 515 · Par 416 · Par 317 · Par 418 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 64 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].