University Club
Baton Rouge, Louisiana · 18 holes · par 72 · Private. Designed by David Toms and Jim Lipe, opened 1998.
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 20 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 8, where the green sits 8 ft below the tee and plays about 3 yards shorter.
- Driving-zone hazards sit on the right on 9 holes and on the left on 4: a tee shot missed right costs more here.
- 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
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tiger | Male | 7700 | 78.3 | 148 |
| Scratch | Male | 7234 | 75.5 | 135 |
| Member | Male | 6602 | 72.3 | 130 |
| Ladies Back | Male | 5978 | 75.2 | 124 |
| Senior | Male | 5978 | 69.5 | 129 |
| BenGal | Female | 5303 | 71.2 | 122 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 456level
- Green
- 439 · 456 · 475front · middle · back
- Green size
- 36 × 24yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 15 ydswide at 230
In play
- Water right: 0 to reach, 213 to carry
- Bunker left: 340 to reach, 350 to carry
- 2 bunkers front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Dogleg right at about 329 yards.
- Fairway water on the right: 0 to reach, 213 to carry. Drives that finish short of 0 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 15 yards wide at 230.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green is 36 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 445-3 ft
- Green
- 435 · 446 · 461front · middle · back
- Green size
- 31 × 30yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 39 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker right: 270 to reach, 296 to carry
- Bunker left: 297 to reach, 306 to carry
- 2 bunkers right: 326 to reach, 333 to carry
- Bunker front of the green
- Bunker left of the green
- Bunker back-right of the green
Playing notes
- Dogleg right at about 291 yards.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 270 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 270 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 39 yards wide at 230.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- 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 3 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 623+4 ft
- Green
- 613 · 622 · 630front · middle · back
- Green size
- 32 × 32yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 40 ydswide at 230
In play
- Water across the hole: 20 to reach, 277 to carry
- Bunker right: 490 to reach, 515 to carry
- Bunker left: 525 to reach, 546 to carry
- 2 bunkers across the hole in front of the green: 594 to carry
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Water crosses the hole: 20 to reach, 271 to carry.
- Water crosses the hole: 34 to reach, 277 to carry.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 40 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 33 at 210.
- Best lay-up: 100 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 35 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 36 · Par 57 · Par 48 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 512 · Par 413 · Par 314 · Par 415 · Par 416 · Par 317 · Par 518 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 78 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].