The Golf Club At Southwind
Garden City, Kansas · 18 holes · par 71 · Private. Designed by Donald Sechrest, opened 1980.
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 2,860 ft the ball carries about 3% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 145. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
- Biggest climb: hole 14, where the green sits 13 ft above the tee and plays about 4 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 5, where the green sits 18 ft below the tee and plays about 6 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 | 6935 | 74 | 129 |
| Member | Male | 6332 | 71.4 | 122 |
| Intermediate | Male | 5902 | 69.9 | 119 |
| Intermediate | Female | 5902 | 75.2 | 132 |
| Forward | Female | 5274 | 71.5 | 124 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 460-2 ft
- Green
- 441 · 461 · 479front · middle · back
- Green size
- 40 × 25yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 39 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker left: 328 to reach, 351 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Dogleg left at about 317 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 39 yards wide at 230.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back to front, about 2.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 40 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 415+2 ft
- Green
- 396 · 414 · 428front · middle · back
- Green size
- 32 × 26yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 40 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker right: 73 to reach, 78 to carry
- Bunker left: 219 to reach, 239 to carry
- Bunker right: 248 to reach, 251 to carry
- 2 bunkers front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 219 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 219 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 40 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 30 at 280.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from back to front, about 2%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 514+3 ft
- Green
- 497 · 513 · 533front · middle · back
- Green size
- 42 × 25yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 43 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- 2 bunkers right: 222 to reach, 265 to carry
- Bunker across the hole: 465 to reach, 469 to carry
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Dogleg right at about 280 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 222 to reach, 265 to carry. Drives that finish short of 222 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 43 yards wide at 230.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 110 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 20 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 1.5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 42 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 35 · Par 56 · Par 37 · Par 48 · Par 49 · Par 310 · Par 511 · Par 412 · Par 413 · Par 314 · Par 415 · Par 516 · Par 317 · Par 418 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 43 hazards with reach and carry
- 15 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].