Diamond Creek
Banner Elk, North Carolina · 18 holes · par 70 · Private. Opened 2003.
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 4,100 ft the ball carries about 5% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 143. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
- Biggest climb: hole 13, where the green sits 74 ft above the tee and plays about 25 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 16, where the green sits 183 ft below the tee and plays about 61 yards shorter.
- 14 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
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | Male | 7175 | 73.2 | 136 |
| Back | Male | 6715 | 71.3 | 131 |
| Middle | Male | 6155 | 68.3 | 127 |
| Forward | Female | 5010 | 69.2 | 124 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 464+8 ft
- Green
- 444 · 461 · 476front · middle · back
- Green size
- 33 × 23yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 37 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker right: 219 to reach, 238 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 3 yards longer: the green sits 8 ft above the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 219 to reach, 238 to carry. Drives that finish short of 219 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 37 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 27 at 200.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- 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 3
- Plays like
- 206+29 ft
- Green
- 178 · 196 · 209front · middle · back
- Green size
- 31 × 22yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the front-right
In play
- No bunkers or water mapped on this hole
Playing notes
- Plays about 10 yards longer: the green sits 29 ft above the tee.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 3%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 449+11 ft
- Green
- 432 · 445 · 459front · middle · back
- Green size
- 28 × 23yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 44 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the right
In play
- Bunker right: 250 to reach, 290 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 4 yards longer: the green sits 11 ft above the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 269 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 250 to reach, 290 to carry. Drives that finish short of 250 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 44 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 34 at 260.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from left to right, about 2%. Finish on the right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 55 · Par 36 · Par 47 · Par 58 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 313 · Par 514 · Par 415 · Par 416 · Par 417 · Par 318 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 40 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].