Purple Sage Municipal Golf Course
Caldwell, Idaho · 18 holes · par 71 · Public/Municipal. Opened 1963.
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 2,480 ft the ball carries about 3% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 146. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
- Biggest climb: hole 10, where the green sits 11 ft above the tee and plays about 4 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 18, where the green sits 15 ft below the tee and plays about 5 yards shorter.
- Driving-zone hazards sit on the right on 3 holes and on the left on 0: a tee shot missed right costs more here.
- 5 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 | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 7 | 375 | 282 | |
| 2 | 4 | 9 | 381 | 334 | |
| 3 | 5 | 1 | 541 | 446 | |
| 4 | 4 | 5 | 418 | 384 | |
| 5 | 3 | 17 | 166 | 140 | |
| 6 | 4 | 13 | 383 | 292 | |
| 7 | 4 | 11 | 408 | 270 | |
| 8 | 3 | 15 | 223 | 94 | |
| 9 | 5 | 3 | 533 | 419 | |
| 10 | 4 | 12 | 384 | 300 | |
| 11 | 4 | 8 | 410 | 307 | |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | 558 | 448 | |
| 13 | 3 | 14 | 177 | 134 | |
| 14 | 4 | 4 | 402 | 329 | |
| 15 | 4 | 10 | 417 | 349 | |
| 16 | 3 | 18 | 190 | 147 | |
| 17 | 4 | 6 | 400 | 323 | |
| 18 | 4 | 16 | 352 | 316 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | Male | 6753 | 70.8 | 123 |
| White | Male | 6337 | 68.8 | 117 |
| Red | Female | 5343 | 69.2 | 114 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 376+3 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 362 · 375 · 386front · middle · back
- Green size
- 26 × 30yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 22 ydswide at 228
- Green slope
- 4.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- Water right: 151 to reach, 328 to carry
- Water across the hole in front of the green: 354 to carry
- Water left of the green
Playing notes
- Water crosses the hole: 324 to reach, 354 to carry.
- Fairway water on the right: 151 to reach, 328 to carry. Drives that finish short of 151 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 22 yards wide at 228.
- The green is guarded on the left by water; miss right.
- Water short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- 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.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 380-2 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 370 · 381 · 393front · middle · back
- Green size
- 24 × 20yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 23 ydswide at 234
- Green slope
- 1%falls to the right
In play
- Water right: 83 to reach, 231 to carry
Playing notes
- Fairway water on the right: 83 to reach, 231 to carry. Drives that finish short of 83 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 23 yards wide at 234.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
- The green falls from left to right, about 1%. Finish on the right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 541-1 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 529 · 541 · 554front · middle · back
- Green size
- 25 × 21yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 29 ydswide at 260
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- No bunkers or water mapped on this hole
Playing notes
- Dogleg left at about 228 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 29 yards wide at 260.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 22 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 1.5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 36 · Par 47 · Par 48 · Par 39 · Par 510 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 513 · Par 314 · Par 415 · 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
- 24 hazards with reach and carry
- 9 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].