Country Club of Paducah
Paducah, Kentucky · 18 holes · par 72 · Private. Designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr., opened 1984.
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 420 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 17, where the green sits 64 ft above the tee and plays about 21 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 1, where the green sits 40 ft below the tee and plays about 13 yards shorter.
- 16 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 | Black | Blue | White | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 9 | 551 | 508 | 462 | 425 |
| 2 | 3 | 17 | 183 | 154 | 124 | 94 |
| 3 | 4 | 15 | 389 | 368 | 334 | 272 |
| 4 | 4 | 5 | 428 | 379 | 359 | 301 |
| 5 | 5 | 11 | 479 | 462 | 436 | 401 |
| 6 | 3 | 7 | 240 | 204 | 180 | 146 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | 430 | 414 | 384 | 300 |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | 452 | 409 | 371 | 312 |
| 9 | 4 | 13 | 391 | 375 | 329 | 284 |
| 10 | 4 | 8 | 408 | 396 | 359 | 291 |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | 532 | 512 | 469 | 444 |
| 12 | 3 | 12 | 187 | 155 | 127 | 83 |
| 13 | 4 | 4 | 466 | 421 | 395 | 332 |
| 14 | 3 | 14 | 186 | 159 | 132 | 102 |
| 15 | 4 | 18 | 344 | 327 | 303 | 251 |
| 16 | 4 | 16 | 457 | 379 | 326 | 308 |
| 17 | 4 | 6 | 376 | 359 | 330 | 236 |
| 18 | 5 | 10 | 515 | 479 | 418 | 344 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 6896 | 74.5 | 136 |
| Black/Blue | Male | 6688 | 73.6 | 135 |
| Blue | Male | 6460 | 71.8 | 134 |
| Blue/White | Male | 6125 | 70.3 | 133 |
| White | Male | 5838 | 68.8 | 132 |
| Red | Female | 4926 | 69.3 | 127 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 538-40 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 539 · 551 · 569front · middle · back
- Green size
- 34 × 32yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 29 ydswide at 271
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker right: 248 to reach, 277 to carry
- Water across the hole in front of the green: 530 to carry
- Bunker left of the green
- Bunker back of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 13 yards shorter: the green sits 40 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 292 yards.
- Water crosses the hole: 504 to reach, 530 to carry.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 248 to reach, 277 to carry. Drives that finish short of 248 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 29 yards wide at 271 and narrows to 21 at 311.
- Best lay-up: 80 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 36 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- Water short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 2.5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 181-7 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 172 · 183 · 199front · middle · back
- Green size
- 37 × 27yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 4%falls to the front-right
In play
- Water across the hole in front of the green: 158 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 2 yards shorter: the green sits 7 ft below the tee.
- Water crosses the hole: 86 to reach, 158 to carry.
- Water crosses the hole: 94 to reach, 154 to carry.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 4%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 37 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 398+28 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 370 · 389 · 409front · middle · back
- Green size
- 41 × 24yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 40 ydswide at 253
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front
In play
- 2 bunkers left: 230 to reach, 288 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 9 yards longer: the green sits 28 ft above the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 230 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 230 to reach, 288 to carry. Drives that finish short of 230 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 40 yards wide at 253 and narrows to 27 at 282.
- 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 41 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 56 · Par 37 · Par 48 · Par 49 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 512 · Par 313 · Par 414 · Par 315 · Par 416 · Par 417 · Par 418 · Par 5
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 46 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].