Columbia Country Club
Chevy Chase, Maryland · 18 holes · par 70 · Private. Designed by Walter Travis, opened 1911.
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 300 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 3, where the green sits 36 ft above the tee and plays about 12 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 12, where the green sits 52 ft below the tee and plays about 17 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 | Gold | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 11 | 402 | 375 | 347 | 330 | 312 |
| 2 | 4 | 9 | 453 | 401 | 350 | 301 | 301 |
| 3 | 4 | 7 | 421 | 348 | 335 | 305 | 330 |
| 4 | 3 | 15 | 240 | 212 | 183 | 169 | 146 |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 545 | 545 | 530 | 478 | 478 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | 460 | 445 | 445 | 373 | 437 |
| 7 | 4 | 13 | 322 | 322 | 310 | 252 | 301 |
| 8 | 3 | 17 | 192 | 178 | 178 | 165 | 160 |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | 443 | 416 | 402 | 347 | 382 |
| 10 | 4 | 10 | 433 | 424 | 409 | 362 | 405 |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | 440 | 425 | 407 | 333 | 403 |
| 12 | 5 | 4 | 526 | 517 | 517 | 462 | 462 |
| 13 | 3 | 16 | 193 | 178 | 164 | 135 | 130 |
| 14 | 4 | 6 | 440 | 396 | 384 | 338 | 338 |
| 15 | 4 | 12 | 375 | 367 | 350 | 325 | 346 |
| 16 | 3 | 18 | 167 | 159 | 151 | 116 | 116 |
| 17 | 4 | 14 | 323 | 292 | 256 | 223 | 209 |
| 18 | 4 | 8 | 433 | 412 | 400 | 360 | 388 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 6603 | 72.2 | 139 |
| Blue | Male | 6485 | 70.7 | 135 |
| White | Female | 6110 | 75.6 | 138 |
| White | Male | 6110 | 69.7 | 132 |
| Gold | Male | 5372 | 65.8 | 125 |
| Gold | Female | 5372 | 73.1 | 129 |
| Red | Female | 5338 | 70.5 | 127 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 396-17 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 389 · 402 · 419front · middle · back
- Green size
- 32 × 21yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 38 ydswide at 248
- Green slope
- 3.5%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker left: 252 to reach, 272 to carry
- Bunker right: 287 to reach, 323 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 6 yards shorter: the green sits 17 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 307 yards.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 252 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 252 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 38 yards wide at 248 and narrows to 32 at 298.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from back to front, about 3.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 440-38 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 439 · 453 · 465front · middle · back
- Green size
- 27 × 19yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 56 ydswide at 316
- Green slope
- 4.5%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker right: 274 to reach, 299 to carry
- Bunker right of the green
- Bunker back-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 13 yards shorter: the green sits 38 ft below the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 274 to reach, 299 to carry. Drives that finish short of 274 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 56 yards wide at 316 and narrows to 32 at 354.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back to front, about 4.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 433+36 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 403 · 421 · 436front · middle · back
- Green size
- 34 × 23yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 33 ydswide at 276
- Green slope
- 4.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker left: 326 to reach, 342 to carry
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 388 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 12 yards longer: the green sits 36 ft above the tee.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 33 yards wide at 276 and narrows to 23 at 316.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 4.5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 35 · Par 56 · Par 47 · Par 48 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 513 · Par 314 · Par 415 · Par 416 · Par 317 · Par 418 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 56 hazards with reach and carry
- 15 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].