Skitty Golf

Courses · North Carolina

The Pearl Golf Links East Course

Sunset Beach, North Carolina · 9 holes · par 37 · Public. Designed by Dan Maples, opened 1987.

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

Bunkers38
Holes with water6 of 9
Average fairway width35 yds
Typical green5,500 sq ft

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

HoleParHcpBlackBlueWhiteGoldRed
1412394360355330255
2416358333323289281
348401366324286252
4318147138130118104
556614591553486441
644443414390380343
752604575552475436
831415113913412495
9510534515508477434

Tees

TeeYardsRatingSlope
BlackMale3401
BlueMale3237
WhiteMale3076
GoldMale2921
RedMale2576

Hole 1 · Par 4

394 (Black) · 360 (Blue) · 355 (White) · 330 (Gold) · 255 (Red) yards · Handicap 12

Green · Black tee
378 · 394 · 409front · middle · back
Green size
31 × 27yards deep × wide
Fairway
30 ydswide at 240

In play

  • Water across the hole: 62 to reach, 98 to carry
  • Water left: 136 to reach, 149 to carry
  • 2 bunkers right: 247 to reach, 280 to carry
  • Bunker across the hole: 275 to reach, 285 to carry
  • Bunker front of the green
  • Bunker front-left of the green

Playing notes

  • Water crosses the hole: 62 to reach, 98 to carry.
  • Fairway bunkers on the right: 247 to reach, 280 to carry. Drives that finish short of 247 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
  • The fairway is about 30 yards wide at 240 and narrows to 15 at 280.
  • The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
  • Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.

Hole 2 · Par 4

358 (Black) · 333 (Blue) · 323 (White) · 289 (Gold) · 281 (Red) yards · Handicap 16

Green · Black tee
348 · 358 · 370front · middle · back
Green size
25 × 35yards deep × wide
Fairway
40 ydswide at 230

In play

  • Water across the hole: 139 to reach, 153 to carry
  • Bunker right: 178 to reach, 188 to carry
  • Bunker right: 224 to reach, 241 to carry
  • Bunker left: 239 to reach, 264 to carry
  • Bunker front-right of the green
  • Water left of the green

Playing notes

  • Dogleg right at about 208 yards.
  • Water crosses the hole: 139 to reach, 153 to carry.
  • Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 178 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 178 keeps them out of play.
  • The fairway is about 40 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 26 at 258.
  • Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.

Hole 3 · Par 4

401 (Black) · 366 (Blue) · 324 (White) · 286 (Gold) · 252 (Red) yards · Handicap 8

Green · Black tee
393 · 401 · 413front · middle · back
Green size
23 × 33yards deep × wide
Fairway
50 ydswide at 263

In play

  • Water across the hole: 149 to reach, 171 to carry
  • Water left: 211 to reach, 295 to carry
  • 2 bunkers right: 273 to reach, 301 to carry
  • Water left: 329 to reach, 372 to carry
  • Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 387 to carry
  • Bunker front-left of the green

Playing notes

  • Water crosses the hole: 149 to reach, 171 to carry.
  • Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 211 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 211 keeps them out of play.
  • The fairway is about 50 yards wide at 263 and narrows to 19 at 294.
  • 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 9

4 · Par 35 · Par 56 · Par 47 · Par 58 · Par 39 · Par 5

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

  • 22 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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