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Trails West Golf Course

Fort Leavenworth, Kansas · 18 holes · par 71 · Military. Opened 1900.

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

Altitude860 ftCarries about 1% farther
Bunkers18
Holes with water4 of 18
Average fairway width28 yds
Typical green4,300 sq ft
Sloped greens17 of 18Tilt 2% or more
  • At about 860 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 17, where the green sits 32 ft above the tee and plays about 11 yards longer.
  • Biggest drop: hole 2, where the green sits 23 ft below the tee and plays about 8 yards shorter.
  • 17 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

HoleParHcpBlueWhiteGoldRed
1417282282245240
255574534483406
357506479396361
43915615613294
5411348318289250
643371363327311
7315153129119110
831315513011292
941425387375282
1056527517498458
1132215199179143
12418256256230223
13512546512492453
14410365346331295
15416312312267263
16314200184177121
1748378364350299
1844401348300275

Tees

TeeYardsRatingSlope
BlueMale615570120
WhiteFemale578373.4123
WhiteMale578367.6117
GoldMale536966.4112
GoldFemale536970.7117
RedFemale467666.8109
RedMale467663.4105

Hole 1 · Par 4

Green falls this way

282 (Blue) · 282 (White) · 245 (Gold) · 240 (Red) yards · Handicap 17

Plays like
280-6 ft
Green · Blue tee
270 · 282 · 293front · middle · back
Green size
23 × 20yards deep × wide
Fairway
21 ydswide at 176
Green slope
3.5%falls to the front

In play

  • Bunker across the hole: 230 to reach, 233 to carry
  • Bunker front-left of the green

Playing notes

  • Plays about 2 yards shorter: the green sits 6 ft below the tee.
  • No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
  • The fairway is about 21 yards wide at 176 and narrows to 12 at 208.
  • The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
  • The green falls from back to front, about 3.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 2 · Par 5

Lay-up zoneGreen falls this way

574 (Blue) · 534 (White) · 483 (Gold) · 406 (Red) yards · Handicap 5

Plays like
566-23 ft
Green · Blue tee
562 · 574 · 585front · middle · back
Green size
23 × 25yards deep × wide
Fairway
31 ydswide at 276
Green slope
2.5%falls to the front

In play

  • No bunkers or water mapped on this hole

Playing notes

  • Plays about 8 yards shorter: the green sits 23 ft below the tee.
  • No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
  • The fairway is about 31 yards wide at 276 and narrows to 23 at 296.
  • Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 27 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
  • No hazards mapped around the green.
  • The green falls from back to front, about 2.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 3 · Par 5

Lay-up zoneGreen falls this way

506 (Blue) · 479 (White) · 396 (Gold) · 361 (Red) yards · Handicap 7

Plays like
508+6 ft
Green · Blue tee
492 · 506 · 520front · middle · back
Green size
29 × 18yards deep × wide
Fairway
29 ydswide at 258
Green slope
2%falls to the front-left

In play

  • No bunkers or water mapped on this hole

Playing notes

  • Plays about 2 yards longer: the green sits 6 ft above the tee.
  • No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
  • The fairway is about 29 yards wide at 258.
  • Best lay-up: 140 to 160 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 21 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
  • No hazards mapped around the green.
  • The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 2%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Holes 4 to 18

4 · Par 35 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 38 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par 511 · Par 312 · Par 413 · Par 514 · Par 415 · Par 416 · Par 317 · Par 418 · Par 4

The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:

  • 15 plays-like yardages
  • 20 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].

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