Courses · Kentucky

Ben Hawes At Ben Hawes State Park

Owensboro, Kentucky · 18 holes · par 71 · Public/Municipal. Opened 1964.

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 390 ft the ball carries about 0% 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 2, where the green sits 18 ft above the tee and plays about 6 yards longer.
• Biggest drop: hole 8, where the green sits 42 ft below the tee and plays about 14 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

Hole 1 · Par 4

383 (Black) · 374 (Blue) · 293 (Green) yards · Handicap 12

Plays like

379-12 ft

Green · Black tee

369 · 383 · 395front · middle · back

Green size

27 × 22yards deep × wide

Fairway

28 ydswide at 246

Green slope

2%falls to the front-right

In play

• No bunkers or water mapped on this hole

Playing notes

• Plays about 4 yards shorter: the green sits 12 ft below the tee.
• No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
• The fairway is about 28 yards wide at 246.
• No hazards mapped around the green.
• The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 2%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 2 · Par 4

444 (Black) · 435 (Blue) · 354 (Green) yards · Handicap 2

Plays like

450+18 ft

Green · Black tee

431 · 444 · 459front · middle · back

Green size

28 × 30yards deep × wide

Fairway

38 ydswide at 251

Green slope

1.5%falls to the front-right

In play

• No bunkers or water mapped on this hole

Playing notes

• Plays about 6 yards longer: the green sits 18 ft above the tee.
• No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
• The fairway is about 38 yards wide at 251.
• No hazards mapped around the green.
• 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.

Hole 3 · Par 3

163 (Black) · 153 (Blue) · 129 (Green) yards · Handicap 18

Plays like

157-19 ft

Green · Black tee

149 · 163 · 180front · middle · back

Green size

32 × 29yards deep × wide

Green slope

3%falls to the right

In play

• Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 142 to carry

Playing notes

• Plays about 6 yards shorter: the green sits 19 ft below the tee.
• Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
• The green falls from left to right, about 3%. Finish on the right side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Holes 4 to 18

4 · Par 45 · Par 56 · Par 37 · Par 48 · Par 49 · Par 410 · Par 511 · Par 412 · Par 313 · Par 414 · Par 415 · Par 316 · Par 417 · Par 418 · Par 5

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

• 15 plays-like yardages
• 30 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].

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