Emerald Lake Golf Club
Matthews, North Carolina · 18 holes · par 71 · Public. Opened 1996.
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 640 ft the ball carries about 1% 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 12, where the green sits 11 ft above the tee and plays about 4 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 3, where the green sits 14 ft below the tee and plays about 5 yards shorter.
- 13 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 | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 17 | 381 | 347 | 287 |
| 2 | 4 | 3 | 402 | 370 | 321 |
| 3 | 3 | 11 | 151 | 142 | 91 |
| 4 | 4 | 13 | 338 | 327 | 299 |
| 5 | 5 | 7 | 500 | 487 | 454 |
| 6 | 4 | 15 | 384 | 362 | 319 |
| 7 | 3 | 9 | 184 | 151 | 121 |
| 8 | 4 | 5 | 395 | 359 | 332 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | 405 | 352 | 324 |
| 10 | 4 | 16 | 381 | 362 | 338 |
| 11 | 4 | 18 | 375 | 339 | 305 |
| 12 | 4 | 2 | 451 | 415 | 365 |
| 13 | 3 | 14 | 171 | 145 | 115 |
| 14 | 5 | 12 | 476 | 442 | 305 |
| 15 | 4 | 8 | 320 | 305 | 242 |
| 16 | 3 | 4 | 209 | 188 | 143 |
| 17 | 4 | 6 | 407 | 370 | 320 |
| 18 | 5 | 10 | 525 | 500 | 439 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emerald | Male | 6820 | 72.6 | 132 |
| Blue | Male | 6455 | 71 | 127 |
| White | Male | 5963 | 68.6 | 123 |
| Red | Female | 5120 | 69.7 | 120 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 380-4 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 373 · 381 · 393front · middle · back
- Green size
- 23 × 27yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 45 ydswide at 243
In play
- Bunker right: 243 to reach, 253 to carry
- Bunker right: 269 to reach, 269 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Dogleg left at about 269 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 243 to reach, 269 to carry. Drives that finish short of 243 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 45 yards wide at 243 and narrows to 36 at 286.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 403+2 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 384 · 402 · 417front · middle · back
- Green size
- 34 × 17yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 33 ydswide at 245
- Green slope
- 3.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- No bunkers or water mapped on this hole
Playing notes
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 33 yards wide at 245.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 3.5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 146-14 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 142 · 151 · 160front · middle · back
- Green size
- 19 × 28yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 3.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker back of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 5 yards shorter: the green sits 14 ft below the tee.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 3.5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- Shallow green, 19 yards deep and 28 wide: distance control matters more than line.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 56 · Par 47 · Par 38 · Par 49 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 413 · Par 314 · Par 515 · Par 416 · Par 317 · Par 418 · Par 5
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 36 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].