Contraband Bayou Golf Club At Lauberge Du Lac
Lake Charles, Louisiana · 18 holes · par 71 · Public/Resort. Opened 2005.
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 10 ft the ball carries about 0% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 150. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
- Biggest drop: hole 3, where the green sits 9 ft below the tee and plays about 3 yards shorter.
- 6 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 | 7077 | 74 | 130 |
| Middle Back | Male | 6531 | 71.2 | 120 |
| Middle Front | Male | 6015 | 69 | 116 |
| Forward | Female | 5091 | 69.2 | 114 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 598-4 ft
- Green
- 583 · 599 · 618front · middle · back
- Green size
- 38 × 23yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 19 ydswide at 230
In play
- Water across the hole: 23 to reach, 121 to carry
- Bunker left: 274 to reach, 301 to carry
- Bunker right: 275 to reach, 294 to carry
- Bunker left: 455 to reach, 472 to carry
- Water left of the green
- 2 bunkers left of the green
Playing notes
- Water crosses the hole: 23 to reach, 121 to carry.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 274 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 274 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 19 yards wide at 230.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 33 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers and water; miss right.
- The green is 38 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 431+4 ft
- Green
- 413 · 430 · 446front · middle · back
- Green size
- 34 × 28yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 28 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- Water left: 32 to reach, 188 to carry
- Bunker left: 282 to reach, 301 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Fairway bunkers and water on the left: 32 to reach, 301 to carry. Drives that finish short of 32 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 28 yards wide at 230.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 2.5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 448-9 ft
- Green
- 435 · 451 · 468front · middle · back
- Green size
- 34 × 22yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 35 ydswide at 230
In play
- Bunker right: 276 to reach, 286 to carry
- Bunker right: 307 to reach, 322 to carry
- Water left: 427 to reach, 554 to carry
- Water back-left of the green
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 3 yards shorter: the green sits 9 ft below the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 276 to reach, 286 to carry. Drives that finish short of 276 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 35 yards wide at 230.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers and water; miss right.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 35 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 48 · Par 39 · Par 510 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 413 · Par 314 · Par 415 · Par 516 · Par 417 · Par 418 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 62 hazards with reach and carry
- 13 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].