Lake At Carolina Trace Country Club
Sanford, North Carolina · 18 holes · par 72 · Private. Designed by Robert Trent Jones, Sr., opened 1971.
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 330 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 10, where the green sits 59 ft above the tee and plays about 20 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 18, where the green sits 56 ft below the tee and plays about 19 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
| Hole | Par | Hcp | Black | Blue | White | Gold | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 13 | 364 | 341 | 335 | 293 | 281 |
| 2 | 4 | 3 | 404 | 380 | 346 | 286 | 256 |
| 3 | 5 | 7 | 540 | 511 | 475 | 413 | 348 |
| 4 | 4 | 9 | 395 | 372 | 334 | 302 | 231 |
| 5 | 4 | 5 | 412 | 404 | 379 | 373 | 306 |
| 6 | 3 | 17 | 192 | 157 | 135 | 113 | 96 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | 522 | 479 | 461 | 448 | 397 |
| 8 | 3 | 15 | 195 | 173 | 149 | 131 | 110 |
| 9 | 4 | 11 | 410 | 380 | 347 | 319 | 260 |
| 10 | 4 | 12 | 380 | 346 | 317 | 309 | 269 |
| 11 | 4 | 14 | 412 | 384 | 355 | 321 | 268 |
| 12 | 4 | 4 | 409 | 396 | 357 | 319 | 252 |
| 13 | 3 | 16 | 222 | 195 | 170 | 149 | 139 |
| 14 | 5 | 2 | 551 | 543 | 512 | 482 | 432 |
| 15 | 3 | 18 | 190 | 172 | 142 | 131 | 120 |
| 16 | 4 | 6 | 392 | 382 | 347 | 313 | 272 |
| 17 | 4 | 10 | 382 | 350 | 337 | 297 | 292 |
| 18 | 5 | 8 | 509 | 482 | 474 | 444 | 435 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | Male | 7263 | 76 | 143 |
| Black | Male | 6881 | 74.2 | 139 |
| Blue | Male | 6447 | 71.6 | 134 |
| Blue | Female | 6447 | 78.3 | 150 |
| White | Male | 5972 | 69.4 | 130 |
| White | Female | 5972 | 75.9 | 144 |
| Gold | Male | 5443 | 67.4 | 121 |
| Gold | Female | 5443 | 73.1 | 137 |
| Red | Female | 4764 | 69.3 | 128 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 368+12 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 345 · 364 · 375front · middle · back
- Green size
- 36 × 29yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 40 ydswide at 199
In play
- Bunker across the hole: 241 to reach, 264 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 4 yards longer: the green sits 12 ft above the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 197 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 40 yards wide at 199 and narrows to 32 at 249.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green is 36 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 416+37 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 393 · 404 · 410front · middle · back
- Green size
- 22 × 29yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 29 ydswide at 297
In play
- Bunker across the hole: 251 to reach, 259 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 12 yards longer: the green sits 37 ft above the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 231 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 29 yards wide at 297.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
Hole 3 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 543+10 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 522 · 540 · 551front · middle · back
- Green size
- 36 × 29yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 32 ydswide at 286
In play
- Bunker left: 218 to reach, 274 to carry
- Bunker right: 265 to reach, 289 to carry
- Bunker right: 309 to reach, 326 to carry
- Bunker right: 451 to reach, 469 to carry
- Bunker front of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 3 yards longer: the green sits 10 ft above the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 108 yards.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 218 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 218 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 32 yards wide at 286.
- Best lay-up: 100 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 43 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green is 36 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 46 · Par 37 · Par 58 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 413 · Par 314 · Par 515 · Par 316 · Par 417 · Par 418 · Par 5
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 57 hazards with reach and carry
- 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].