Reserve Club At St James Plantation
St James, North Carolina · 18 holes · par 72 · Private. Opened 2006.
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 50 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 17, where the green sits 13 ft above the tee and plays about 4 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 5, where the green sits 6 ft below the tee and plays about 2 yards shorter.
- Driving-zone hazards sit on the left on 8 holes and on the right on 4: a tee shot missed left costs more here.
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
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | Male | 7193 | 75.4 | 147 |
| II | Male | 6624 | 72.7 | 143 |
| II/III | Male | 6231 | 70.8 | 138 |
| III | Female | 6046 | 75.8 | 142 |
| III | Male | 6046 | 70.1 | 133 |
| III/IV | Male | 5402 | 67.8 | 120 |
| IV | Male | 5123 | 66.2 | 114 |
| IV | Female | 5123 | 70.7 | 130 |
| V | Male | 4821 | 64.9 | 109 |
| V | Female | 4821 | 68.9 | 123 |
| V/VI | Female | 4400 | 67.1 | 116 |
| V/VI | Male | 4400 | 62.9 | 108 |
| VI | Male | 3844 | 61.4 | 105 |
| VI | Female | 3844 | 64.2 | 108 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 408+4 ft
- Green
- 388 · 407 · 417front · middle · back
- Green size
- 31 × 25yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 35 ydswide at 230
In play
- Water front-left of the green
- Bunker front of the green
- Bunker right of the green
- Bunker back-left of the green
Playing notes
- Dogleg left at about 291 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 35 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 29 at 270.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
Hole 2 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 192level
- Green
- 174 · 192 · 211front · middle · back
- Green size
- 37 × 25yards deep × wide
In play
- 2 bunkers left: 156 to reach, 177 to carry
- Water across the hole in front of the green: 134 to carry
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 156 to carry
- Bunker back of the green
Playing notes
- Water crosses the hole: 13 to reach, 134 to carry.
- Bunkers and water short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green is 37 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 3 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 556+5 ft
- Green
- 535 · 554 · 572front · middle · back
- Green size
- 38 × 26yards deep × wide
In play
- 2 bunkers left: 280 to reach, 310 to carry
- Bunker right: 440 to reach, 447 to carry
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 280 to reach, 310 to carry. Drives that finish short of 280 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- Best lay-up: 130 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 28 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green is 38 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 49 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 513 · Par 314 · Par 415 · Par 416 · Par 317 · Par 518 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 58 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].