Courses · North Carolina

Hope Valley Country Club

Durham, North Carolina · 18 holes · par 70 · Private. Designed by Donald Ross, opened 1926.

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 300 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 15, where the green sits 57 ft above the tee and plays about 19 yards longer.
• Biggest drop: hole 10, where the green sits 64 ft below the tee and plays about 21 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

Hole 1 · Par 4

393 (Blue) · 379 (White) · 362 (Gold) · 345 (Red) yards · Handicap 9

Plays like

375-54 ft

Green · Blue tee

376 · 393 · 410front · middle · back

Green size

34 × 25yards deep × wide

Fairway

30 ydswide at 233

In play

• Bunker front-left of the green
• Bunker right of the green

Playing notes

• Plays about 18 yards shorter: the green sits 54 ft below the tee.
• No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
• The fairway is about 30 yards wide at 233.
• Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.

Hole 2 · Par 3

202 (Blue) · 192 (White) · 171 (Gold) · 144 (Red) yards · Handicap 13

Plays like

199-8 ft

Green · Blue tee

187 · 202 · 219front · middle · back

Green size

33 × 28yards deep × wide

In play

• Bunker 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.

Hole 3 · Par 4

400 (Blue) · 374 (White) · 337 (Gold) · 330 (Red) yards · Handicap 7

Plays like

400level

Green · Blue tee

385 · 400 · 416front · middle · back

Green size

33 × 27yards deep × wide

Fairway

38 ydswide at 230

In play

• Bunker left: 118 to reach, 125 to carry
• Bunker left: 222 to reach, 225 to carry
• Bunker right: 253 to reach, 263 to carry
• Bunker right: 304 to reach, 313 to carry
• Bunker front of the green
• Bunker front-right of the green

Playing notes

• Dogleg right at about 282 yards.
• Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 222 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 222 keeps them out of play.
• The fairway is about 38 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 33 at 280.
• The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
• Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.

Holes 4 to 18

4 · Par 45 · Par 46 · Par 37 · Par 48 · Par 59 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 413 · Par 414 · Par 315 · Par 516 · Par 417 · Par 418 · Par 3

The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:

• 15 plays-like yardages
• 50 hazards with reach and carry
• 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].

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