Flint Hills National Golf Club
Andover, Kansas · 18 holes · par 71 · Private. Designed by Tom Fazio, opened 1997.
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 1,310 ft the ball carries about 2% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 148. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
- Biggest climb: hole 5, where the green sits 15 ft above the tee and plays about 5 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 6, where the green sits 22 ft below the tee and plays about 7 yards shorter.
- Driving-zone hazards sit on the right on 9 holes and on the left on 3: a tee shot missed right costs more here.
- 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 | Black | Green | SilverRed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 11 | 585 | 545 | 383 |
| 2 | 4 | 7 | 422 | 400 | 313 |
| 3 | 4 | 9 | 373 | 373 | 277 |
| 4 | 3 | 13 | 227 | 185 | 113 |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 599 | 514 | 402 |
| 6 | 4 | 17 | 336 | 336 | 271 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | 439 | 430 | 343 |
| 8 | 3 | 15 | 184 | 172 | 118 |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | 488 | 430 | 354 |
| 10 | 3 | 18 | 211 | 150 | 88 |
| 11 | 5 | 14 | 600 | 541 | 379 |
| 12 | 4 | 2 | 512 | 429 | 348 |
| 13 | 4 | 10 | 377 | 377 | 288 |
| 14 | 3 | 12 | 216 | 190 | 115 |
| 15 | 4 | 4 | 474 | 440 | 352 |
| 16 | 4 | 8 | 450 | 407 | 325 |
| 17 | 3 | 16 | 201 | 180 | 109 |
| 18 | 5 | 6 | 520 | 486 | 410 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 7080 | 75.2 | 144 |
| Green | Male | 6585 | 72.3 | 139 |
| Tan | Male | 6100 | 70.3 | 132 |
| Tan | Female | 6100 | 76.8 | 145 |
| Silver | Female | 5666 | 73.9 | 137 |
| Silver | Male | 5666 | 69.2 | 128 |
| SilverRed | Female | 5249 | 71.9 | 130 |
| Red | Female | 4988 | 70.1 | 125 |
| Red | Male | 4988 | 65.6 | 125 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 580-14 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 573 · 585 · 599front · middle · back
- Green size
- 27 × 28yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 29 ydswide at 292
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- Water left: 191 to reach, 719 to carry
- Bunker right: 290 to reach, 301 to carry
- Bunker left: 541 to reach, 551 to carry
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 569 to carry
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 5 yards shorter: the green sits 14 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 341 yards.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 191 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 191 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 29 yards wide at 292.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 32 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 2.5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 420-5 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 403 · 422 · 441front · middle · back
- Green size
- 41 × 26yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 55 ydswide at 238
- Green slope
- 4%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker right: 261 to reach, 261 to carry
- 2 bunkers left: 279 to reach, 312 to carry
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Dogleg left at about 261 yards.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 261 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 261 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 55 yards wide at 238 and narrows to 37 at 288.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 4%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 41 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 369-13 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 361 · 373 · 386front · middle · back
- Green size
- 26 × 36yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 39 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 4%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker right: 248 to reach, 266 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 4 yards shorter: the green sits 13 ft below the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 248 to reach, 266 to carry. Drives that finish short of 248 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 39 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 24 at 280.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 4%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 35 · Par 56 · Par 47 · Par 48 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par 311 · Par 512 · Par 413 · Par 414 · Par 315 · 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
- 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].