Trail Creek Course At Sun Valley Resort
Sun Valley, Idaho · 18 holes · par 72 · Resort. Opened 1937.
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 5,980 ft the ball carries about 7% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 140. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
- Biggest climb: hole 14, where the green sits 55 ft above the tee and plays about 18 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 15, where the green sits 37 ft below the tee and plays about 12 yards shorter.
- 15 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 | Championship Black | Championship Blue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 3 | ||
| 2 | 4 | 15 | ||
| 3 | 4 | 11 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 5 | 13 | ||
| 6 | 3 | 17 | ||
| 7 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 4 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 4 | 1 | ||
| 10 | 3 | 18 | ||
| 11 | 4 | 6 | ||
| 12 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 13 | 4 | 8 | ||
| 14 | 4 | 14 | ||
| 15 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 16 | 5 | 12 | ||
| 17 | 3 | 16 | ||
| 18 | 5 | 10 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship Black | Male | 6968 | 72.5 | 141 |
| Championship Blue | Male | 6769 | 71.8 | 137 |
| Middle | Male | 6294 | 69.4 | 129 |
| Middle | Female | 6294 | 74.4 | 139 |
| Resort | Male | 5946 | 67.7 | 125 |
| Resort | Female | 5946 | 72.8 | 136 |
| Forward | Female | 5380 | 69.6 | 127 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 469-33 ft
- Green
- 463 · 480 · 502front · middle · back
- Green size
- 39 × 23yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 42 ydswide at 230
In play
- Bunker right: 233 to reach, 254 to carry
- Water left: 242 to reach, 265 to carry
- Water front-left of the green
- 2 bunkers right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 11 yards shorter: the green sits 33 ft below the tee.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 233 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 233 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 42 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 33 at 250.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 45 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green is 39 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 344-1 ft
- Green
- 324 · 344 · 364front · middle · back
- Green size
- 42 × 21yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 17 ydswide at 209
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker right: 192 to reach, 224 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker back-left of the green
- Bunker back-right of the green
Playing notes
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 192 to reach, 224 to carry. Drives that finish short of 192 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 17 yards wide at 209.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back to front, about 2%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 42 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 420-33 ft
- Green
- 420 · 431 · 444front · middle · back
- Green size
- 25 × 23yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 46 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker back-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 11 yards shorter: the green sits 33 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 215 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 46 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 40 at 280.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 2%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 35 · Par 56 · Par 37 · Par 48 · Par 49 · Par 410 · Par 311 · Par 412 · Par 413 · Par 414 · Par 415 · Par 416 · Par 517 · Par 318 · Par 5
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 63 hazards with reach and carry
- 14 green slope reads
- 3 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].