Sequoyah National Golf Club
Whittier, North Carolina · 18 holes · par 72 · Resort. Designed by Robert Trent Jones II, opened 2009.
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 1,930 ft the ball carries about 2% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 147. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
- Biggest climb: hole 12, where the green sits 95 ft above the tee and plays about 32 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 15, where the green sits 245 ft below the tee and plays about 82 yards shorter.
- 14 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 | Black | Gold |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 5 | 539 | 521 |
| 2 | 3 | 11 | 165 | 156 |
| 3 | 5 | 7 | 520 | 491 |
| 4 | 4 | 9 | 332 | 323 |
| 5 | 4 | 15 | 352 | 334 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | 193 | 185 |
| 7 | 4 | 13 | 385 | 366 |
| 8 | 3 | 17 | 160 | 152 |
| 9 | 5 | 3 | 501 | 455 |
| 10 | 4 | 6 | 414 | 395 |
| 11 | 5 | 10 | 524 | 500 |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | 539 | 521 |
| 13 | 3 | 8 | 224 | 201 |
| 14 | 4 | 18 | 336 | 315 |
| 15 | 4 | 14 | 404 | 372 |
| 16 | 4 | 16 | 320 | 313 |
| 17 | 3 | 4 | 214 | 203 |
| 18 | 4 | 12 | 358 | 324 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 6517 | 72 | 142 |
| Gold | Male | 6135 | 70.4 | 139 |
| Silver | Female | 5691 | 73.2 | 142 |
| Silver | Male | 5691 | 68.2 | 130 |
| Bronze | Female | 5235 | 70.4 | 132 |
| Bronze | Male | 5235 | 66.5 | 121 |
| Jade | Male | 4572 | 63.8 | 109 |
| Jade | Female | 4572 | 67.2 | 123 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 507-96 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 526 · 539 · 551front · middle · back
- Green size
- 25 × 21yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 63 ydswide at 258
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker left: 259 to reach, 286 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker back of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 32 yards shorter: the green sits 96 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 193 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 259 to reach, 286 to carry. Drives that finish short of 259 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 63 yards wide at 258 and narrows to 51 at 248.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 26 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 2%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 150-45 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 159 · 165 · 171front · middle · back
- Green size
- 13 × 40yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the front
In play
- No bunkers or water mapped on this hole
Playing notes
- Plays about 15 yards shorter: the green sits 45 ft below the tee.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
- The green falls from back to front, about 1.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- Shallow green, 13 yards deep and 40 wide: distance control matters more than line.
Hole 3 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 462-175 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 503 · 520 · 539front · middle · back
- Green size
- 38 × 22yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 35 ydswide at 251
- Green slope
- 4%falls to the right
In play
- Bunker left: 446 to reach, 457 to carry
- Bunker front of the green
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 58 yards shorter: the green sits 175 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 279 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 35 yards wide at 251 and narrows to 27 at 231.
- Best lay-up: 90 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 21 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from left to right, about 4%. Finish on the right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- 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 48 · Par 39 · Par 510 · Par 411 · Par 512 · Par 513 · Par 314 · Par 415 · 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
- 45 hazards with reach and carry
- 15 green slope reads
- 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].