Castlewoods Country Club The Bear Course
Brandon, Mississippi · 18 holes · par 72 · Private. Designed by Niklaus Design, opened 1982.
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 340 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 8, where the green sits 24 ft above the tee and plays about 8 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 9, where the green sits 42 ft below the tee and plays about 14 yards shorter.
- 10 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 | 7 | 382 | 375 | 353 | 295 | 216 |
| 2 | 4 | 9 | 394 | 390 | 350 | 305 | 235 |
| 3 | 5 | 13 | 526 | 520 | 482 | 434 | 342 |
| 4 | 3 | 17 | 196 | 178 | 160 | 148 | 99 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | 452 | 446 | 423 | 373 | 249 |
| 6 | 4 | 3 | 463 | 442 | 412 | 372 | 265 |
| 7 | 3 | 11 | 222 | 219 | 175 | 161 | 116 |
| 8 | 4 | 5 | 393 | 387 | 364 | 328 | 219 |
| 9 | 5 | 15 | 536 | 511 | 490 | 469 | 346 |
| 10 | 4 | 16 | 302 | 297 | 271 | 241 | 195 |
| 11 | 5 | 12 | 535 | 516 | 473 | 443 | 347 |
| 12 | 3 | 10 | 219 | 211 | 188 | 170 | 135 |
| 13 | 4 | 2 | 448 | 415 | 367 | 320 | 287 |
| 14 | 4 | 6 | 427 | 402 | 380 | 352 | 222 |
| 15 | 3 | 18 | 162 | 158 | 148 | 132 | 88 |
| 16 | 4 | 4 | 398 | 367 | 331 | 293 | 203 |
| 17 | 5 | 14 | 551 | 528 | 507 | 485 | 386 |
| 18 | 4 | 8 | 416 | 382 | 368 | 343 | 280 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 7022 | 74.2 | 136 |
| Blue | Male | 6744 | 72.6 | 130 |
| White | Male | 6242 | 69.9 | 125 |
| Gold | Female | 5604 | 72.3 | 123 |
| Gold | Male | 5604 | 66.8 | 115 |
| Red | Female | 5044 | 68.7 | 116 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 385+8 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 368 · 382 · 390front · middle · back
- Green size
- 26 × 41yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 32 ydswide at 246
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Water across the hole: 42 to reach, 123 to carry
- Water across the hole: 164 to reach, 170 to carry
- Bunker right: 234 to reach, 279 to carry
- Bunker left: 240 to reach, 279 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker back of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 3 yards longer: the green sits 8 ft above the tee.
- Water crosses the hole: 42 to reach, 123 to carry.
- Water crosses the hole: 164 to reach, 170 to carry.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 234 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 234 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 32 yards wide at 246 and narrows to 20 at 273.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 2.5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 395+4 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 380 · 394 · 411front · middle · back
- Green size
- 33 × 32yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 43 ydswide at 263
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Dogleg left at about 63 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 43 yards wide at 263 and narrows to 24 at 307.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- 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
- 533+20 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 511 · 526 · 537front · middle · back
- Green size
- 29 × 26yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 28 ydswide at 273
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker left: 436 to reach, 455 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 7 yards longer: the green sits 20 ft above the tee.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 28 yards wide at 273.
- Best lay-up: 100 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 32 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back to front, about 3%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 35 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 38 · Par 49 · Par 510 · Par 411 · Par 512 · Par 313 · Par 414 · Par 415 · Par 316 · Par 417 · Par 518 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 35 hazards with reach and carry
- 13 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].