Old Top Farm
Bull Valley, Illinois · 9 holes · par 38 · Public. Opened 1998.
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 820 ft the ball carries about 1% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 149. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
- Biggest climb: hole 4, where the green sits 36 ft above the tee and plays about 12 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 1, where the green sits 26 ft below the tee and plays about 9 yards shorter.
- 7 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 | 17 | 230 | 220 | 171 |
| 2 | 5 | 3 | 441 | 422 | 317 |
| 3 | 3 | 5 | 180 | 150 | 140 |
| 4 | 5 | 11 | 475 | 456 | 233 |
| 5 | 3 | 7 | 105 | 105 | 100 |
| 6 | 4 | 15 | 250 | 240 | 180 |
| 7 | 5 | 13 | 411 | 383 | 256 |
| 8 | 4 | 9 | 356 | 333 | 157 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | 443 | 390 | 170 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | Male | 2891 | 119 | |
| White | Male | 2700 | 116 | |
| Red | Female | 1724 | 117 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 221-26 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 219 · 230 · 242front · middle · back
- Green size
- 25 × 25yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 29 ydswide at 142
- Green slope
- 3.5%falls to the back-right
In play
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 9 yards shorter: the green sits 26 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 207 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 29 yards wide at 142.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- The green falls from front-left to back-right, about 3.5%. Finish on the back-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 436-16 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 434 · 441 · 453front · middle · back
- Green size
- 27 × 35yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 36 ydswide at 224
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 5 yards shorter: the green sits 16 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 302 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 36 yards wide at 224 and narrows to 30 at 194.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 33 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- 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.
Hole 3 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 181+2 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 167 · 180 · 192front · middle · back
- Green size
- 30 × 25yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the front
In play
- Water across the hole: 56 to reach, 97 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker back-left of the green
Playing notes
- Water crosses the hole: 56 to reach, 97 to carry.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back to front, about 1.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 9
4 · Par 55 · Par 36 · Par 47 · Par 58 · Par 49 · Par 5
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 6 plays-like yardages
- 10 hazards with reach and carry
- 6 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].