Forest Creek Golf Club North Course
Pinehurst, North Carolina · 18 holes · par 72 · Private. Designed by Tom Fazio, opened 2005.
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 380 ft the ball carries about 0% 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 40 ft above the tee and plays about 13 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 5, where the green sits 48 ft below the tee and plays about 16 yards shorter.
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 | 7139 | 74.7 | 144 |
| Long | Male | 6651 | 71.1 | 133 |
| Intermediate | Male | 6228 | 70 | 130 |
| Medium | Male | 5972 | 68.8 | 121 |
| Medium | Female | 5972 | 74.6 | 137 |
| Short | Male | 5170 | 64.9 | 107 |
| Short | Female | 5170 | 69.8 | 120 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 364-42 ft
- Green
- 362 · 378 · 395front · middle · back
- Green size
- 38 × 27yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 40 ydswide at 230
In play
- 4 bunkers across the hole: 106 to reach, 178 to carry
- 2 bunkers right: 257 to reach, 294 to carry
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 357 to carry
- Bunker back-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 14 yards shorter: the green sits 42 ft below the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 257 to reach, 294 to carry. Drives that finish short of 257 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 40 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 34 at 200.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green is 38 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 2 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 198-8 ft
- Green
- 181 · 201 · 216front · middle · back
- Green size
- 43 × 33yards deep × wide
In play
- Bunker front of the green
- 2 bunkers front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 3 yards shorter: the green sits 8 ft below the tee.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green is 43 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 3 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 550+17 ft
- Green
- 529 · 544 · 561front · middle · back
- Green size
- 42 × 49yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 34 ydswide at 230
In play
- Bunker across the hole: 46 to reach, 185 to carry
- Bunker left: 220 to reach, 238 to carry
- Bunker left: 257 to reach, 267 to carry
- 2 bunkers left: 381 to reach, 483 to carry
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 527 to carry
Playing notes
- Plays about 6 yards longer: the green sits 17 ft above the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 220 to reach, 267 to carry. Drives that finish short of 220 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 34 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 23 at 200.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 120 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 24 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green is 42 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 35 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 48 · Par 49 · Par 510 · Par 511 · Par 412 · Par 413 · Par 414 · Par 315 · 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
- 45 hazards with reach and carry
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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].