Shell Landing Golf Club
Gautier, Mississippi · 18 holes · par 72 · Public. Opened 2000.
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 climb: hole 7, where the green sits 9 ft above the tee and plays about 3 yards longer.
- Driving-zone hazards sit on the right on 8 holes and on the left on 2: a tee shot missed right costs more here.
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 | Snapping/Black | Leatherback/Gold | Hawksbill/Blue | Gopher/White-Senior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 9 | ||||
| 2 | 3 | 17 | ||||
| 3 | 5 | 3 | ||||
| 4 | 4 | 11 | ||||
| 5 | 4 | 13 | ||||
| 6 | 4 | 1 | ||||
| 7 | 5 | 7 | ||||
| 8 | 3 | 15 | ||||
| 9 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| 10 | 4 | 12 | ||||
| 11 | 3 | 18 | ||||
| 12 | 4 | 10 | ||||
| 13 | 5 | 8 | ||||
| 14 | 4 | 2 | ||||
| 15 | 4 | 14 | ||||
| 16 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| 17 | 3 | 16 | ||||
| 18 | 4 | 4 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snapping/Black | Male | 7024 | 73.3 | 140 |
| Leatherback/Gold | Male | 6531 | 70.6 | 134 |
| Hawksbill/Blue | Male | 6010 | 68.5 | 120 |
| Gopher/White-Senior | Male | 5551 | 66.7 | 108 |
| Sea/Ladies | Male | 5047 | 68.7 | 114 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 373+3 ft
- Green
- 362 · 372 · 385front · middle · back
- Green size
- 35 × 31yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 39 ydswide at 230
In play
- 3 bunkers right: 203 to reach, 245 to carry
- Water across the hole: 322 to reach, 327 to carry
- Bunker front of the green
- Water left of the green
Playing notes
- Dogleg left at about 203 yards.
- Water crosses the hole: 322 to reach, 327 to carry.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 203 to reach, 245 to carry. Drives that finish short of 203 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 39 yards wide at 230.
- The green is guarded on the left by water; miss right.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green is 35 yards deep: a back pin can play about 2 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 2 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 139-2 ft
- Green
- 127 · 140 · 156front · middle · back
- Green size
- 31 × 22yards deep × wide
In play
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
Hole 3 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 509+1 ft
- Green
- 500 · 509 · 518front · middle · back
- Green size
- 25 × 27yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 29 ydswide at 230
In play
- Bunker right: 178 to reach, 239 to carry
- Bunker left: 309 to reach, 404 to carry
- Water across the hole in front of the green: 493 to carry
- Bunker left of the green
- Bunker back-left of the green
- 2 bunkers back of the green
Playing notes
- Water crosses the hole: 474 to reach, 493 to carry.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 178 to reach, 239 to carry. Drives that finish short of 178 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 29 yards wide at 230.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 110 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 29 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- Water short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 58 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 413 · Par 514 · Par 415 · Par 416 · Par 517 · Par 318 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 42 hazards with reach and carry
- 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].