Highland Creek Golf Club
Charlotte, North Carolina · 18 holes · par 72 · Public. Designed by Clifton, Ezell, and Clifton, opened 1993.
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 720 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 10, where the green sits 34 ft above the tee and plays about 11 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 15, where the green sits 41 ft below the tee and plays about 14 yards shorter.
- 17 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 | Gold | Blue | White | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 7 | 405 | 368 | 333 | 267 |
| 2 | 5 | 17 | 535 | 510 | 483 | 421 |
| 3 | 3 | 15 | 196 | 165 | 127 | 92 |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | 419 | 392 | 364 | 338 |
| 5 | 4 | 11 | 396 | 370 | 340 | 311 |
| 6 | 3 | 9 | 233 | 211 | 178 | 136 |
| 7 | 5 | 13 | 562 | 531 | 510 | 470 |
| 8 | 4 | 5 | 393 | 375 | 370 | 287 |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | 402 | 372 | 320 | 275 |
| 10 | 4 | 14 | 405 | 373 | 334 | 255 |
| 11 | 3 | 8 | 212 | 188 | 167 | 116 |
| 12 | 5 | 6 | 560 | 542 | 527 | 446 |
| 13 | 4 | 4 | 398 | 360 | 332 | 288 |
| 14 | 4 | 16 | 400 | 369 | 333 | 292 |
| 15 | 4 | 2 | 446 | 409 | 364 | 303 |
| 16 | 4 | 10 | 395 | 374 | 327 | 272 |
| 17 | 3 | 12 | 199 | 151 | 140 | 111 |
| 18 | 5 | 18 | 487 | 460 | 452 | 400 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Male | 7043 | 74 | 137 |
| Blue | Male | 6520 | 71.5 | 136 |
| White | Male | 6001 | 68.6 | 130 |
| White | Female | 6001 | 74.9 | 140 |
| Red | Male | 5080 | 64.9 | 123 |
| Red | Female | 5080 | 69.8 | 134 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 401-11 ft
- Green · Gold tee
- 391 · 405 · 421front · middle · back
- Green size
- 30 × 21yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 38 ydswide at 268
- Green slope
- 3.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker right: 243 to reach, 266 to carry
- Bunker right: 288 to reach, 315 to carry
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 4 yards shorter: the green sits 11 ft below the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 243 to reach, 315 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 38 yards wide at 268 and narrows to 32 at 303.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- 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 2 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 543+25 ft
- Green · Gold tee
- 522 · 535 · 551front · middle · back
- Green size
- 32 × 24yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 33 ydswide at 235
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front-right
In play
- Water left: 161 to reach, 242 to carry
- Bunker left: 295 to reach, 314 to carry
- Bunker across the hole: 467 to reach, 486 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 8 yards longer: the green sits 25 ft above the tee.
- Fairway bunkers and water on the left: 161 to reach, 314 to carry. Drives that finish short of 161 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 33 yards wide at 235 and narrows to 27 at 205.
- Best lay-up: 90 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 35 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 2%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 192-12 ft
- Green · Gold tee
- 182 · 196 · 212front · middle · back
- Green size
- 34 × 24yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 3.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- Water across the hole in front of the green: 165 to carry
- Water across the hole in front of the green: 167 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker back of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 4 yards shorter: the green sits 12 ft below the tee.
- Water crosses the hole: 118 to reach, 165 to carry.
- Water crosses the hole: 124 to reach, 167 to carry.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- Water short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 3.5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 46 · Par 37 · Par 58 · Par 49 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 513 · Par 414 · Par 415 · Par 416 · Par 417 · Par 318 · Par 5
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 48 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].