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Turtle Bay Resort Arnold Palmer Course

Kahuku, Hawaii · 18 holes · par 72 · Public/Resort. Designed by Arnold Palmer, opened 1992.

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

Altitude10 ftCarries about 0% farther
Bunkers139
Holes with water15 of 18
Average fairway width41 yds
Typical green6,900 sq ft
Sloped greens11 of 18Tilt 2% or more
  • At about 10 ft the ball carries about 0% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 150. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
  • Biggest climb: hole 3, where the green sits 8 ft above the tee and plays about 3 yards longer.
  • Biggest drop: hole 16, where the green sits 7 ft below the tee and plays about 2 yards shorter.
  • 11 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

HoleParHcpBlackBlueGoldWhiteRed
1415412383340244220
245390376338296250
351543530452388352
4311224204181162137
543414389381343279
6413433405357327312
749394388337317297
8317177168155142129
957574535511478397
1046416391359311268
1142457433396350304
12512529493442400370
1331020119017515294
14418379373364345299
1531617716214913693
16414450428397378321
1744452408375338289
1858577539506467440

Tees

TeeYardsRatingSlope
BlackMale719975.2134
BlueFemale6795143
BlueMale679572.3130
GoldMale621569.9127
GoldFemale621576.7134
WhiteMale557467.1120
WhiteFemale557472.5130
RedFemale485168.7119
RedMale485163.8109

Hole 1 · Par 4

412 (Black) · 383 (Blue) · 340 (Gold) · 244 (White) · 220 (Red) yards · Handicap 15

Plays like
412+1 ft
Green · Black tee
396 · 412 · 427front · middle · back
Green size
31 × 29yards deep × wide
Fairway
27 ydswide at 208

In play

  • 2 bunkers left: 180 to reach, 227 to carry
  • Bunker right: 351 to reach, 376 to carry
  • Bunker right of the green
  • Bunker back of the green

Playing notes

  • Dogleg right at about 172 yards.
  • Fairway bunkers on the left: 180 to reach, 227 to carry. Drives that finish short of 180 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
  • The fairway is about 27 yards wide at 208 and narrows to 20 at 198.
  • The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.

Hole 2 · Par 4

Green falls this way

390 (Black) · 376 (Blue) · 338 (Gold) · 296 (White) · 250 (Red) yards · Handicap 5

Plays like
389-3 ft
Green · Black tee
372 · 390 · 407front · middle · back
Green size
35 × 26yards deep × wide
Fairway
42 ydswide at 229
Green slope
2%falls to the front

In play

  • Bunker right: 187 to reach, 229 to carry
  • Bunker left: 265 to reach, 288 to carry

Playing notes

  • Dogleg right at about 241 yards.
  • Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 187 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 187 keeps them out of play.
  • The fairway is about 42 yards wide at 229 and narrows to 27 at 279.
  • No hazards mapped around the green.
  • The green falls from back to front, about 2%. Finish on the front 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 3 · Par 5

Lay-up zoneGreen falls this way

543 (Black) · 530 (Blue) · 452 (Gold) · 388 (White) · 352 (Red) yards · Handicap 1

Plays like
546+8 ft
Green · Black tee
527 · 543 · 558front · middle · back
Green size
32 × 30yards deep × wide
Fairway
48 ydswide at 238
Green slope
2.5%falls to the front

In play

  • Water left: 95 to reach, 443 to carry
  • Bunker right: 360 to reach, 399 to carry
  • Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 524 to carry
  • Bunker left of the green
  • Bunker back-right of the green

Playing notes

  • Plays about 3 yards longer: the green sits 8 ft above the tee.
  • Fairway water on the left: 95 to reach, 443 to carry. Drives that finish short of 95 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
  • The fairway is about 48 yards wide at 238 and narrows to 23 at 208.
  • Best lay-up: 70 to 130 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 39 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
  • Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
  • The green falls from back to front, about 2.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Holes 4 to 18

4 · Par 35 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 48 · Par 39 · Par 510 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 513 · Par 314 · Par 415 · Par 316 · Par 417 · Par 418 · Par 5

The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:

  • 15 plays-like yardages
  • 59 hazards with reach and carry
  • 14 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].

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