Links On The Bayou
Alexandria, Louisiana · 18 holes · par 72 · Municipal. Designed by Mike Young, opened 2002.
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 80 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.
- 9 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 | Green | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 3 | 547 | 506 | 485 | 449 | |
| 2 | 4 | 13 | 356 | 334 | 301 | 252 | |
| 3 | 4 | 11 | 457 | 424 | 390 | 349 | |
| 4 | 4 | 5 | 442 | 402 | 383 | 347 | |
| 5 | 4 | 15 | 363 | 337 | 293 | 235 | |
| 6 | 3 | 17 | 156 | 131 | 122 | 97 | |
| 7 | 5 | 7 | 522 | 504 | 473 | 435 | |
| 8 | 3 | 9 | 191 | 173 | 159 | 144 | |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | 389 | 359 | 330 | 308 | |
| 10 | 4 | 8 | 405 | 371 | 350 | 322 | |
| 11 | 4 | 6 | 440 | 415 | 391 | 355 | |
| 12 | 4 | 14 | 412 | 374 | 348 | 291 | |
| 13 | 5 | 12 | 537 | 517 | 493 | 464 | |
| 14 | 3 | 10 | 176 | 161 | 142 | 118 | |
| 15 | 5 | 4 | 511 | 489 | 465 | 411 | |
| 16 | 4 | 18 | 343 | 324 | 316 | 279 | |
| 17 | 4 | 16 | 317 | 297 | 262 | 233 | |
| 18 | 3 | 2 | 203 | 181 | 163 | 111 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 6842 | 73.6 | 136 |
| Blue | Male | 6252 | 70.8 | 128 |
| White | Male | 5884 | 69.2 | 122 |
| Green | Male | 5465 | 67.4 | 117 |
| Red | Female | 5305 | 71.5 | 123 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 546-4 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 541 · 547 · 555front · middle · back
- Green size
- 21 × 31yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 57 ydswide at 228
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker right: 262 to reach, 275 to carry
- Bunker left: 285 to reach, 305 to carry
- Water across the hole in front of the green: 509 to carry
Playing notes
- Water crosses the hole: 500 to reach, 509 to carry.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 262 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 262 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 57 yards wide at 228 and narrows to 41 at 198.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 37 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- The green is guarded on the right by water; 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.
- Shallow green, 21 yards deep and 31 wide: distance control matters more than line.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 356-1 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 344 · 356 · 369front · middle · back
- Green size
- 27 × 26yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 35 ydswide at 234
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the right
In play
- Water right: 29 to reach, 355 to carry
- Water front of the green
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Dogleg left at about 244 yards.
- Fairway water on the right: 29 to reach, 355 to carry. Drives that finish short of 29 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 35 yards wide at 234.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- Water short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from left to right, about 1.5%. Finish on the right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 457level
- Green · Black tee
- 442 · 457 · 470front · middle · back
- Green size
- 29 × 27yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 49 ydswide at 229
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front
In play
- Water right: -1 to reach, 122 to carry
Playing notes
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 49 yards wide at 229 and narrows to 39 at 199.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
- The green falls from back to front, about 2%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 46 · Par 37 · Par 58 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 413 · Par 514 · Par 315 · Par 516 · Par 417 · Par 418 · Par 3
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 38 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].