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The Country Club Of North Carolina Cardinal Course

Pinehurst, North Carolina · 18 holes · par 72 · Private. Designed by Robert Trent Jones, ASGCA/Willard C. Byrd, ASGCA, opened 1970.

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

Altitude420 ftCarries about 0% farther
Bunkers51
Holes with water11 of 18
Average fairway width36 yds
Typical green4,900 sq ft
  • At about 420 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 5, where the green sits 48 ft above the tee and plays about 16 yards longer.
  • Biggest drop: hole 15, where the green sits 53 ft below the tee and plays about 18 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

HoleParHcpBlackGoldBlueWhiteGreenGreen/Red
1417324294282248214192
2513525514483475434355
3351921751551309892
4411418373360300271218
541398380367352289254
647481454403387348303
731518516815613911691
843381362346310303271
959585549535497469395
1046403382361333301253
11514549511499462421317
12316201179162147110100
13410441419405344322245
1442408378351322304249
15518609559521497441373
1644467445403348287262
1731221720417814811284
1848431410384317274227

Tees

TeeYardsRatingSlope
BlackMale721575.2140
GoldMale675673138
BlueMale633671.1132
Blue/WhiteMale602369.2127
WhiteFemale575673.9135
WhiteMale575668123
GreenFemale511470.4121
GreenMale511465.4113
Green/RedFemale452466.7115
RedFemale428165.4113

Hole 1 · Par 4

324 (Black) · 294 (Gold) · 282 (Blue) · 248 (White) · 214 (Green) · 192 (Green/Red) yards · Handicap 17

Plays like
330+18 ft
Green · Black tee
311 · 324 · 338front · middle · back
Green size
30 × 22yards deep × wide
Fairway
48 ydswide at 214

In play

  • Water across the hole: 107 to reach, 188 to carry
  • Bunker right: 251 to reach, 265 to carry
  • Bunker left: 262 to reach, 274 to carry
  • Bunker front of the green

Playing notes

  • Plays about 6 yards longer: the green sits 18 ft above the tee.
  • Dogleg left at about 248 yards.
  • Water crosses the hole: 107 to reach, 188 to carry.
  • Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 251 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 251 keeps them out of play.
  • The fairway is about 48 yards wide at 214 and narrows to 32 at 252.
  • Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.

Hole 2 · Par 5

Lay-up zone

525 (Black) · 514 (Gold) · 483 (Blue) · 475 (White) · 434 (Green) · 355 (Green/Red) yards · Handicap 13

Plays like
516-27 ft
Green · Black tee
511 · 525 · 541front · middle · back
Green size
32 × 25yards deep × wide
Fairway
44 ydswide at 232

In play

  • 2 bunkers right: 240 to reach, 270 to carry
  • 2 bunkers left: 244 to reach, 275 to carry
  • Bunker right: 440 to reach, 448 to carry
  • Bunker front-left of the green
  • Water back-left of the green

Playing notes

  • Plays about 9 yards shorter: the green sits 27 ft below the tee.
  • 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 44 yards wide at 232 and narrows to 22 at 272.
  • 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 and water; miss right.

Hole 3 · Par 3

192 (Black) · 175 (Gold) · 155 (Blue) · 130 (White) · 98 (Green) · 92 (Green/Red) yards · Handicap 5

Plays like
192+1 ft
Green · Black tee
175 · 192 · 208front · middle · back
Green size
35 × 25yards deep × wide

In play

  • Water across the hole in front of the green: 169 to carry
  • Bunker front-right of the green

Playing notes

  • Water crosses the hole: 26 to reach, 169 to carry.
  • Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
  • The green is 35 yards deep: a back pin can play about 2 clubs more than a front pin.

Holes 4 to 18

4 · Par 45 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 38 · Par 49 · Par 510 · Par 411 · Par 512 · Par 313 · Par 414 · Par 415 · Par 516 · Par 417 · Par 318 · Par 4

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

  • 15 plays-like yardages
  • 46 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].

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