Steel Canyon Golf Club
Sandy Springs, Georgia · 18 holes · par 61 · Public. Opened 2002.
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 970 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 8, where the green sits 12 ft above the tee and plays about 4 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 4, where the green sits 63 ft below the tee and plays about 21 yards shorter.
- 12 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 | White | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 3 | 317 | 289 | 262 |
| 2 | 4 | 5 | 279 | 257 | 214 |
| 3 | 3 | 15 | 121 | 100 | 67 |
| 4 | 3 | 9 | 187 | 171 | 105 |
| 5 | 3 | 17 | 123 | 103 | 86 |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | 501 | 486 | 397 |
| 7 | 3 | 11 | 155 | 135 | 92 |
| 8 | 3 | 7 | 185 | 145 | 115 |
| 9 | 3 | 13 | 153 | 125 | 119 |
| 10 | 3 | 12 | 137 | 113 | 90 |
| 11 | 4 | 4 | 293 | 254 | 122 |
| 12 | 3 | 16 | 138 | 127 | 115 |
| 13 | 3 | 18 | 95 | 89 | 71 |
| 14 | 3 | 8 | 170 | 148 | 117 |
| 15 | 4 | 6 | 301 | 270 | 233 |
| 16 | 4 | 2 | 351 | 333 | 316 |
| 17 | 3 | 14 | 140 | 114 | 98 |
| 18 | 3 | 10 | 153 | 116 | 83 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 3842 | 60.2 | 107 |
| Black | Female | 3842 | 62 | 109 |
| White | Female | 3397 | 59.8 | 104 |
| White | Male | 3397 | 58.9 | 104 |
| Red | Male | 2834 | 57.3 | 97 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 305-36 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 301 · 317 · 335front · middle · back
- Green size
- 35 × 21yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 32 ydswide at 198
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the left
In play
- Bunker right: 247 to reach, 256 to carry
- Bunker left: 277 to reach, 292 to carry
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 12 yards shorter: the green sits 36 ft below the tee.
- 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 32 yards wide at 198.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from right to left, about 2.5%. Finish on the left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 35 yards deep: a back pin can play about 2 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 261-54 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 264 · 279 · 295front · middle · back
- Green size
- 32 × 21yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 26 ydswide at 169
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the right
In play
- Water right of the green
- 2 bunkers front of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 18 yards shorter: the green sits 54 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 200 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 26 yards wide at 169.
- The green is guarded on the right by water; miss left.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from left to right, about 3%. Finish on the right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 122+3 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 112 · 121 · 130front · middle · back
- Green size
- 24 × 28yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Water across the hole in front of the green: 95 to carry
- Bunker front of the green
- Bunker back-left of the green
Playing notes
- Water crosses the hole: 65 to reach, 95 to carry.
- 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 1.5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 35 · Par 36 · Par 57 · Par 38 · Par 39 · Par 310 · Par 311 · Par 412 · Par 313 · Par 314 · Par 315 · Par 416 · Par 417 · Par 318 · Par 3
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 40 hazards with reach and carry
- 11 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].