Purgatory Golf Club
Strawtown, Indiana · 18 holes · par 72 · Public. Designed by Bobby Weed, opened 2000.
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 810 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 9, where the green sits 12 ft above the tee and plays about 4 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 8, where the green sits 12 ft below the tee and plays about 4 yards shorter.
- 10 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 | Blue | White | Green |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 18 | 361 | 332 | 328 | 260 |
| 2 | 4 | 8 | 442 | 409 | 394 | 338 |
| 3 | 3 | 16 | 173 | 156 | 142 | 109 |
| 4 | 4 | 2 | 445 | 421 | 408 | 380 |
| 5 | 5 | 6 | 533 | 508 | 489 | 454 |
| 6 | 4 | 10 | 417 | 395 | 372 | 313 |
| 7 | 3 | 12 | 212 | 183 | 156 | 136 |
| 8 | 4 | 4 | 481 | 455 | 423 | 338 |
| 9 | 5 | 14 | 561 | 544 | 519 | 450 |
| 10 | 4 | 7 | 449 | 424 | 396 | 339 |
| 11 | 4 | 15 | 390 | 356 | 328 | 291 |
| 12 | 3 | 11 | 202 | 184 | 170 | 120 |
| 13 | 5 | 5 | 590 | 558 | 528 | 490 |
| 14 | 4 | 3 | 454 | 436 | 430 | 331 |
| 15 | 4 | 9 | 434 | 397 | 378 | 326 |
| 16 | 4 | 1 | 441 | 409 | 384 | 380 |
| 17 | 3 | 17 | 159 | 145 | 120 | 115 |
| 18 | 5 | 13 | 524 | 484 | 457 | 417 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Purgatory | Male | 7754 | 78.1 | 142 |
| Black | Male | 7268 | 76.1 | 137 |
| Blue | Male | 6796 | 73.8 | 131 |
| White | Male | 6422 | 72 | 128 |
| Green | Male | 5683 | 68.5 | 121 |
| Green | Female | 5683 | 73.4 | 126 |
| Yellow | Female | 4562 | 66.9 | 115 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 362+2 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 340 · 361 · 375front · middle · back
- Green size
- 39 × 32yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 55 ydswide at 223
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front-right
In play
- 3 bunkers left: 232 to reach, 320 to carry
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Dogleg left at about 254 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 232 to reach, 320 to carry. Drives that finish short of 232 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 55 yards wide at 223 and narrows to 34 at 269.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 2%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- 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
- 441-4 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 429 · 442 · 462front · middle · back
- Green size
- 42 × 32yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 43 ydswide at 255
In play
- 2 bunkers right: 299 to reach, 325 to carry
- Bunker right: 371 to reach, 386 to carry
- Water across the hole in front of the green: 275 to carry
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 419 to carry
Playing notes
- Dogleg left at about 319 yards.
- Water crosses the hole: 153 to reach, 275 to carry.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 299 to reach, 319 to carry. Drives that finish short of 299 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 43 yards wide at 255 and narrows to 38 at 305.
- The green is guarded on the left by water; miss right.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green is 42 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 3 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 174+2 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 136 · 173 · 190front · middle · back
- Green size
- 56 × 27yards deep × wide
In play
- Water left: 4 to reach, 94 to carry
- Bunker across the hole: 88 to reach, 103 to carry
- Bunker right: 90 to reach, 109 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green is 56 yards deep: a back pin can play about 4 clubs more than a front pin.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 56 · Par 47 · Par 38 · Par 49 · Par 510 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 313 · Par 514 · Par 415 · Par 416 · Par 417 · Par 318 · Par 5
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 104 hazards with reach and carry
- 12 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].