Idle Hour Country Club
Lexington, Kentucky · 18 holes · par 75 · Private. Designed by Donald Ross, Bob Lohmann.
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 1,020 ft the ball carries about 1% 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 8, where the green sits 36 ft above the tee and plays about 12 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 7, where the green sits 38 ft below the tee and plays about 13 yards shorter.
- 10 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ross | Male | 7018 | 73.8 | 134 |
| Back | Male | 6734 | 72 | 130 |
| Middle | Male | 6217 | 69.6 | 125 |
| Forward | Female | 5336 | 65.8 | 119 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 430-15 ft
- Green
- 421 · 435 · 448front · middle · back
- Green size
- 28 × 23yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 36 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker left: 158 to reach, 171 to carry
- Bunker right: 217 to reach, 230 to carry
- 2 bunkers left: 287 to reach, 311 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker right of the green
- Bunker back of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 5 yards shorter: the green sits 15 ft below the tee.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 217 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 217 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 36 yards wide at 230.
- 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.
Hole 2 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 192+11 ft
- Green
- 173 · 188 · 203front · middle · back
- Green size
- 31 × 29yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 4%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker right: 150 to reach, 160 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 4 yards longer: the green sits 11 ft above the tee.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back to front, about 4%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 450-27 ft
- Green
- 445 · 459 · 477front · middle · back
- Green size
- 32 × 24yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 31 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 4%falls to the front
In play
- Water right: 228 to reach, 292 to carry
- Water left: 276 to reach, 363 to carry
- Bunker right: 336 to reach, 352 to carry
- Bunker left: 393 to reach, 405 to carry
Playing notes
- Plays about 9 yards shorter: the green sits 27 ft below the tee.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 228 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 228 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 31 yards wide at 230.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
- The green falls from back to front, about 4%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 35 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 48 · Par 59 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 513 · Par 314 · Par 415 · 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
- 64 hazards with reach and carry
- 12 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].