Championship At Buffalo Hill Golf Club
Kalispell, Montana · 18 holes · par 72 · Public. Opened 1918.
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 3,000 ft the ball carries about 3% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 145. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
- Biggest climb: hole 17, where the green sits 19 ft above the tee and plays about 6 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 4, where the green sits 63 ft below the tee and plays about 21 yards shorter.
- Driving-zone hazards sit on the right on 6 holes and on the left on 2: a tee shot missed right costs more here.
- 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 | White | Blue | Green |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 3 | 450 | 408 | |
| 2 | 5 | 1 | 598 | 583 | |
| 3 | 4 | 15 | 363 | 329 | |
| 4 | 4 | 13 | 328 | 311 | |
| 5 | 3 | 7 | 226 | 196 | |
| 6 | 4 | 5 | 387 | 368 | |
| 7 | 5 | 11 | 485 | 463 | |
| 8 | 4 | 17 | 359 | 336 | |
| 9 | 3 | 9 | 197 | 179 | |
| 10 | 4 | 8 | 416 | 379 | |
| 11 | 5 | 6 | 535 | 513 | |
| 12 | 3 | 18 | 109 | 107 | |
| 13 | 4 | 2 | 441 | 408 | |
| 14 | 4 | 14 | 349 | 312 | |
| 15 | 5 | 10 | 470 | 446 | |
| 16 | 3 | 16 | 164 | 151 | |
| 17 | 4 | 4 | 405 | 392 | |
| 18 | 4 | 12 | 323 | 318 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| White | Male | 6605 | 71.9 | 121 |
| White | Female | 6605 | 77.2 | 137 |
| Blue | Male | 6199 | 70.4 | 119 |
| Blue | Female | 6199 | 75.5 | 133 |
| Green | Male | 5279 | 65.5 | 108 |
| Green | Female | 5279 | 70.7 | 122 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 450+1 ft
- Green · White tee
- 436 · 450 · 466front · middle · back
- Green size
- 30 × 17yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 35 ydswide at 252
- Green slope
- 4%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Dogleg left at about 255 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 35 yards wide at 252 and narrows to 23 at 302.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 4%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 603+14 ft
- Green · White tee
- 583 · 598 · 610front · middle · back
- Green size
- 27 × 24yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 24 ydswide at 229
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 5 yards longer: the green sits 14 ft above the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 242 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 24 yards wide at 229 and narrows to 15 at 209.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 170 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 right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from back to front, about 3%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 355-23 ft
- Green · White tee
- 346 · 363 · 384front · middle · back
- Green size
- 39 × 21yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 30 ydswide at 224
- Green slope
- 5.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 8 yards shorter: the green sits 23 ft below the tee.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 30 yards wide at 224.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 5.5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 39 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 36 · Par 47 · Par 58 · Par 49 · Par 310 · Par 411 · Par 512 · Par 313 · Par 414 · Par 415 · Par 516 · Par 317 · Par 418 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 48 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].