Prairie Dunes Country Club
Hutchinson, Kansas · 18 holes · par 70 · Private. Designed by Perry Maxwell, 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 1,620 ft the ball carries about 2% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 147. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
- Biggest climb: hole 4, where the green sits 19 ft above the tee and plays about 6 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 3, where the green sits 35 ft below the tee and plays about 12 yards shorter.
- Driving-zone hazards sit on the left on 6 holes and on the right on 3: a tee shot missed left 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 | Gold | Blue | White |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 7 | 467 | 445 | 401 |
| 2 | 3 | 15 | 170 | 170 | 142 |
| 3 | 4 | 13 | 365 | 330 | 308 |
| 4 | 3 | 17 | 174 | 174 | 150 |
| 5 | 4 | 3 | 482 | 430 | 402 |
| 6 | 4 | 11 | 403 | 385 | 360 |
| 7 | 5 | 9 | 521 | 521 | 487 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | 471 | 440 | 417 |
| 9 | 4 | 5 | 474 | 430 | 400 |
| 10 | 3 | 16 | 185 | 175 | 160 |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | 538 | 495 | 426 |
| 12 | 4 | 8 | 395 | 395 | 371 |
| 13 | 4 | 10 | 452 | 395 | 357 |
| 14 | 4 | 12 | 409 | 375 | 324 |
| 15 | 3 | 18 | 204 | 180 | 169 |
| 16 | 4 | 4 | 431 | 420 | 396 |
| 17 | 5 | 6 | 531 | 500 | 477 |
| 18 | 4 | 14 | 396 | 396 | 372 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Male | 6947 | 75.5 | 148 |
| Blue | Male | 6563 | 74.1 | 144 |
| White | Male | 6119 | 72.3 | 141 |
| White | Female | 6119 | 76.9 | 137 |
| Silver | Male | 5462 | 69.2 | 135 |
| Silver | Female | 5462 | 72.8 | 130 |
| Bronze | Male | 4867 | 67.4 | 131 |
| Bronze | Female | 4867 | 69.2 | 123 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 464-10 ft
- Green · Gold tee
- 448 · 467 · 481front · middle · back
- Green size
- 34 × 27yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 4.5%falls to the front
In play
- 2 bunkers right: 364 to reach, 391 to carry
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 3 yards shorter: the green sits 10 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 385 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from back to front, about 4.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 172+7 ft
- Green · Gold tee
- 156 · 170 · 183front · middle · back
- Green size
- 30 × 26yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 6.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 152 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
- 2 bunkers left of the green
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 2 yards longer: the green sits 7 ft above the tee.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 6.5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 353-35 ft
- Green · Gold tee
- 352 · 365 · 385front · middle · back
- Green size
- 33 × 25yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 26 ydswide at 235
- Green slope
- 1%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker right: 292 to reach, 293 to carry
- 2 bunkers front of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 12 yards shorter: the green sits 35 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 314 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 292 to reach, 293 to carry. Drives that finish short of 292 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 26 yards wide at 235.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back to front, about 1%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 35 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 58 · Par 49 · Par 410 · Par 311 · Par 412 · Par 413 · Par 414 · Par 415 · Par 316 · Par 417 · Par 518 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 59 hazards with reach and carry
- 15 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].