Old Chatham Golf Club
Durham, North Carolina · 18 holes · par 72 · Private. Opened 2001.
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 280 ft the ball carries about 0% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 150. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
- Biggest climb: hole 13, where the green sits 21 ft above the tee and plays about 7 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 1, where the green sits 44 ft below the tee and plays about 15 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 | Green | Gold |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 9 | 577 | 527 | 439 |
| 2 | 3 | 17 | 160 | 151 | 115 |
| 3 | 4 | 13 | 353 | 338 | 274 |
| 4 | 4 | 3 | 433 | 390 | 344 |
| 5 | 4 | 5 | 410 | 392 | 325 |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | 545 | 523 | 446 |
| 7 | 3 | 15 | 205 | 173 | 103 |
| 8 | 4 | 11 | 389 | 351 | 279 |
| 9 | 4 | 7 | 386 | 362 | 225 |
| 10 | 4 | 12 | 365 | 333 | 260 |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | 610 | 576 | 471 |
| 12 | 3 | 16 | 214 | 190 | 140 |
| 13 | 4 | 4 | 449 | 414 | 327 |
| 14 | 5 | 10 | 495 | 477 | 419 |
| 15 | 4 | 6 | 425 | 396 | 340 |
| 16 | 4 | 14 | 362 | 348 | 245 |
| 17 | 3 | 18 | 199 | 182 | 120 |
| 18 | 4 | 8 | 449 | 403 | 335 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | Male | 7210 | 75.2 | 140 |
| Black | Male | 7080 | 73.4 | 129 |
| Green | Male | 6606 | 70.9 | 126 |
| Orange | Male | 6222 | 68.9 | 121 |
| Orange | Female | 6222 | 75.3 | 129 |
| Gold | Male | 5291 | 64.8 | 108 |
| Gold | Female | 5291 | 69.3 | 119 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 562-44 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 557 · 577 · 593front · middle · back
- Green size
- 39 × 26yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 32 ydswide at 234
In play
- Bunker left: 240 to reach, 299 to carry
- Bunker right: 278 to reach, 309 to carry
- Bunker right: 456 to reach, 486 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 15 yards shorter: the green sits 44 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 266 yards.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 240 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 240 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 32 yards wide at 234.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 28 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green is 39 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 2 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 156-13 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 149 · 160 · 171front · middle · back
- Green size
- 22 × 32yards deep × wide
In play
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 144 to carry
Playing notes
- Plays about 4 yards shorter: the green sits 13 ft below the tee.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 352-3 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 341 · 353 · 364front · middle · back
- Green size
- 26 × 30yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 22 ydswide at 214
In play
- 3 bunkers right: 198 to reach, 290 to carry
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 335 to carry
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Dogleg right at about 244 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 198 to reach, 290 to carry. Drives that finish short of 198 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 22 yards wide at 214.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 46 · Par 57 · Par 38 · Par 49 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 512 · Par 313 · Par 414 · Par 515 · Par 416 · Par 417 · Par 318 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 64 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].