Forsyth Country Club
Winston-Salem, North Carolina · 18 holes · par 71 · Private. Designed by Donald Ross, opened 1913.
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 910 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 9, where the green sits 64 ft above the tee and plays about 21 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 6, where the green sits 69 ft below the tee and plays about 23 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 | Black | Blue | White | Gold | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 11 | 381 | 351 | 338 | 308 | |
| 2 | 4 | 13 | 339 | 331 | 316 | 257 | |
| 3 | 3 | 17 | 178 | 168 | 146 | 125 | |
| 4 | 4 | 9 | 406 | 385 | 377 | 294 | |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 523 | 507 | 416 | 411 | |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | 437 | 418 | 356 | 352 | |
| 7 | 3 | 15 | 191 | 175 | 153 | 130 | |
| 8 | 5 | 3 | 516 | 492 | 398 | 387 | |
| 9 | 4 | 7 | 403 | 379 | 349 | 227 | |
| 10 | 4 | 14 | 323 | 310 | 295 | 270 | |
| 11 | 3 | 16 | 198 | 183 | 158 | 149 | |
| 12 | 4 | 6 | 385 | 370 | 350 | 323 | |
| 13 | 4 | 12 | 372 | 347 | 334 | 315 | |
| 14 | 3 | 18 | 165 | 144 | 122 | 115 | |
| 15 | 5 | 4 | 497 | 477 | 417 | 391 | |
| 16 | 4 | 2 | 427 | 385 | 353 | 347 | |
| 17 | 4 | 8 | 398 | 378 | 356 | 340 | |
| 18 | 4 | 10 | 374 | 356 | 308 | 300 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 6784 | 72.8 | 136 |
| Blue | Male | 6513 | 71.4 | 133 |
| White | Male | 6156 | 69.6 | 127 |
| White | Female | 6156 | 75.8 | 139 |
| Gold | Male | 5542 | 67.1 | 120 |
| Gold | Female | 5542 | 72.5 | 130 |
| Red | Male | 5038 | 64.8 | 109 |
| Red | Female | 5038 | 69.7 | 123 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 385+13 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 367 · 381 · 393front · middle · back
- Green size
- 27 × 23yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 60 ydswide at 238
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the front
In play
- 2 bunkers left: 246 to reach, 295 to carry
- Bunker left: 340 to reach, 350 to carry
- 2 bunkers front-right of the green
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 4 yards longer: the green sits 13 ft above the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 269 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 246 to reach, 295 to carry. Drives that finish short of 246 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 60 yards wide at 238 and narrows to 31 at 279.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back to front, about 3%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 342+9 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 322 · 339 · 353front · middle · back
- Green size
- 32 × 33yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 37 ydswide at 209
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the back-left
In play
- Bunker across the hole: 87 to reach, 99 to carry
- 2 bunkers right: 227 to reach, 252 to carry
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 317 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 3 yards longer: the green sits 9 ft above the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 227 to reach, 252 to carry. Drives that finish short of 227 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 37 yards wide at 209 and narrows to 29 at 243.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from front-right to back-left, about 1.5%. Finish on the back-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 176-6 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 162 · 178 · 191front · middle · back
- Green size
- 31 × 25yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 3.5%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker right: 56 to reach, 67 to carry
- Bunker front of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 2 yards shorter: the green sits 6 ft below the tee.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back to front, about 3.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 56 · Par 47 · Par 38 · Par 59 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 413 · Par 414 · Par 315 · Par 516 · Par 417 · Par 418 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 57 hazards with reach and carry
- 14 green slope reads
- 2 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].