Blue Hills Country Club
Kansas City, Missouri · 18 holes · par 72 · Private. Opened 1963.
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 980 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 18, where the green sits 71 ft above the tee and plays about 24 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 17, where the green sits 40 ft below the tee and plays about 13 yards shorter.
- 12 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 | 5 | 7 | 540 | 513 | 496 | 483 | 458 |
| 2 | 4 | 13 | 419 | 402 | 380 | 349 | 299 |
| 3 | 4 | 3 | 405 | 387 | 365 | 360 | 305 |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | 446 | 440 | 417 | 390 | 302 |
| 5 | 3 | 15 | 197 | 185 | 162 | 134 | 100 |
| 6 | 5 | 5 | 567 | 556 | 529 | 483 | 422 |
| 7 | 4 | 9 | 417 | 398 | 378 | 351 | 347 |
| 8 | 3 | 17 | 223 | 208 | 195 | 167 | 132 |
| 9 | 4 | 11 | 441 | 433 | 403 | 387 | 277 |
| 10 | 4 | 14 | 397 | 382 | 352 | 315 | 306 |
| 11 | 4 | 8 | 384 | 361 | 321 | 320 | 311 |
| 12 | 3 | 16 | 188 | 178 | 166 | 141 | 137 |
| 13 | 5 | 2 | 560 | 532 | 502 | 454 | 444 |
| 14 | 3 | 18 | 188 | 180 | 155 | 120 | 108 |
| 15 | 4 | 4 | 460 | 450 | 424 | 403 | 332 |
| 16 | 4 | 6 | 456 | 446 | 420 | 384 | 346 |
| 17 | 4 | 12 | 449 | 412 | 387 | 360 | 274 |
| 18 | 5 | 10 | 627 | 562 | 528 | 462 | 412 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 7347 | 75.8 | 134 |
| Blue | Male | 7025 | 74.2 | 133 |
| Blue/White | Male | 6781 | 73.2 | 131 |
| White | Male | 6567 | 72.2 | 130 |
| White | Female | 6567 | 78.5 | 140 |
| White/Gold | Male | 6275 | 71.4 | 123 |
| White/Gold | Female | 6275 | 76.9 | 137 |
| Gold | Female | 6063 | 75.5 | 134 |
| Gold | Male | 6063 | 69.9 | 121 |
| Gold/Red | Female | 5730 | 73.8 | 129 |
| Gold/Red | Male | 5730 | 68.9 | 116 |
| Red | Male | 5312 | 66.8 | 112 |
| Red | Female | 5312 | 71.9 | 123 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 532-23 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 530 · 540 · 548front · middle · back
- Green size
- 22 × 29yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 28 ydswide at 241
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the front
In play
- 3 bunkers right: 274 to reach, 309 to carry
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 521 to carry
- Bunker right of the green
- Bunker back of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 8 yards shorter: the green sits 23 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 308 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 274 to reach, 309 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 28 yards wide at 241.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 32 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.
- The green falls from back to front, about 3%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 416-10 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 404 · 419 · 434front · middle · back
- Green size
- 34 × 29yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 34 ydswide at 237
In play
- Bunker left: 266 to reach, 285 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 3 yards shorter: the green sits 10 ft below the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 266 to reach, 285 to carry. Drives that finish short of 266 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 34 yards wide at 237 and narrows to 14 at 287.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 415+31 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 390 · 405 · 420front · middle · back
- Green size
- 31 × 27yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 31 ydswide at 228
In play
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker back of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 10 yards longer: the green sits 31 ft above the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 265 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 31 yards wide at 228 and narrows to 22 at 268.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 36 · Par 57 · Par 48 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 313 · Par 514 · Par 315 · 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
- 49 hazards with reach and carry
- 14 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].