Cleveland Country Club
Shelby, North Carolina · 18 holes · par 72 · Private. Designed by John LaFoy, opened 1928.
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 870 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 16, where the green sits 73 ft above the tee and plays about 24 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 12, where the green sits 66 ft below the tee and plays about 22 yards shorter.
- Driving-zone hazards sit on the right on 4 holes and on the left on 1: a tee shot missed right costs more here.
- 18 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 | Blue | White | Gold | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 6 | 412 | 363 | 332 | 329 |
| 2 | 4 | 2 | 384 | 360 | 320 | 258 |
| 3 | 3 | 18 | 144 | 135 | 126 | 117 |
| 4 | 4 | 8 | 426 | 378 | 298 | 295 |
| 5 | 5 | 12 | 472 | 454 | 389 | 385 |
| 6 | 4 | 10 | 342 | 334 | 293 | 287 |
| 7 | 4 | 16 | 289 | 275 | 227 | 220 |
| 8 | 4 | 4 | 409 | 382 | 298 | 292 |
| 9 | 4 | 14 | 327 | 317 | 307 | 232 |
| 10 | 4 | 7 | 391 | 372 | 364 | 275 |
| 11 | 3 | 13 | 199 | 158 | 146 | 139 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | 493 | 482 | 443 | 437 |
| 13 | 4 | 5 | 410 | 345 | 230 | 227 |
| 14 | 4 | 3 | 411 | 366 | 317 | 312 |
| 15 | 4 | 9 | 355 | 320 | 285 | 277 |
| 16 | 5 | 11 | 476 | 467 | 420 | 316 |
| 17 | 3 | 17 | 162 | 148 | 127 | 125 |
| 18 | 4 | 15 | 341 | 332 | 287 | 280 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | Male | 6389 | 71.7 | 134 |
| White | Male | 5983 | 69.7 | 129 |
| White | Female | 5983 | 75.4 | 138 |
| Gold | Male | 5413 | 65.8 | 120 |
| Gold | Female | 5413 | 70.7 | 127 |
| Red | Male | 4778 | 64.1 | 114 |
| Red | Female | 4778 | 68.5 | 121 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 414+7 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 396 · 412 · 424front · middle · back
- Green size
- 38 × 28yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 24 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 4%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker right: 202 to reach, 217 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 2 yards longer: the green sits 7 ft above the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 256 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 202 to reach, 217 to carry. Drives that finish short of 202 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 24 yards wide at 230.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 4%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 38 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 378-18 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 372 · 384 · 398front · middle · back
- Green size
- 30 × 32yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 45 ydswide at 229
- Green slope
- 5.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- Water right: 272 to reach, 365 to carry
- Water across the hole in front of the green: 355 to carry
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 371 to carry
- Bunker back-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 6 yards shorter: the green sits 18 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 56 yards.
- Water crosses the hole: 280 to reach, 355 to carry.
- Water crosses the hole: 281 to reach, 354 to carry.
- Fairway water on the right: 272 to reach, 365 to carry. Drives that finish short of 272 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 45 yards wide at 229 and narrows to 37 at 199.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- Bunkers and water short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 5.5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 143-3 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 131 · 144 · 159front · middle · back
- Green size
- 30 × 32yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 4%falls to the front-left
In play
- Water right: 45 to reach, 117 to carry
- Water across the hole in front of the green: 126 to carry
Playing notes
- Water crosses the hole: 43 to reach, 126 to carry.
- Water crosses the hole: 51 to reach, 124 to carry.
- Water short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 4%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 56 · Par 47 · Par 48 · Par 49 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 513 · Par 414 · 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
- 32 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].