Sand Creek Station Golf Club
Newton, Kansas · 18 holes · par 72 · Public. Opened 2006.
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 1,420 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 12, where the green sits 8 ft above the tee and plays about 3 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 16, where the green sits 22 ft below the tee and plays about 7 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
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | Male | 7367 | 76.3 | 136 |
| Tournament | Male | 6733 | 73.4 | 130 |
| Medal | Male | 6103 | 70.4 | 124 |
| Front | Female | 5165 | 71.9 | 124 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 387+2 ft
- Green
- 369 · 386 · 402front · middle · back
- Green size
- 34 × 27yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 33 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 4.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Water across the hole: 39 to reach, 92 to carry
- 2 bunkers left of the green
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Water crosses the hole: 39 to reach, 92 to carry.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 33 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 18 at 260.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 4.5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 547+1 ft
- Green
- 532 · 547 · 559front · middle · back
- Green size
- 29 × 32yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 33 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the front
In play
- Water across the hole: 411 to reach, 424 to carry
- Water left: 471 to reach, 471 to carry
Playing notes
- Dogleg right at about 238 yards.
- Water crosses the hole: 411 to reach, 424 to carry.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 33 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 20 at 270.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 90 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 22 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
- The green falls from back to front, about 1.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 150+2 ft
- Green
- 131 · 149 · 166front · middle · back
- Green size
- 41 × 30yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the front-left
In play
- Water right: 20 to reach, 112 to carry
- Bunker right: 84 to reach, 105 to carry
- Water front-right of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker back-left of the green
- Bunker back of the green
Playing notes
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 3%. Finish on the front-left 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.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 55 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 38 · Par 49 · Par 410 · Par 511 · Par 412 · Par 413 · Par 314 · Par 415 · Par 416 · Par 517 · Par 318 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 49 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].