The Tradition Golf Club
Charlotte, North Carolina · 18 holes · par 72 · Municipal. Designed by John Cassell, II, opened 1996.
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 740 ft the ball carries about 1% 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 17, where the green sits 14 ft above the tee and plays about 5 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 1, where the green sits 31 ft below the tee and plays about 10 yards shorter.
- Driving-zone hazards sit on the right on 8 holes and on the left on 3: a tee shot missed right costs more here.
- 17 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 | Gold | Green | White | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 5 | 385 | 362 | 342 | 315 |
| 2 | 4 | 1 | 436 | 414 | 373 | 348 |
| 3 | 5 | 9 | 503 | 485 | 449 | 368 |
| 4 | 4 | 3 | 418 | 396 | 370 | 292 |
| 5 | 3 | 7 | 199 | 174 | 160 | 123 |
| 6 | 4 | 11 | 361 | 324 | 315 | 266 |
| 7 | 4 | 15 | 343 | 326 | 316 | 267 |
| 8 | 3 | 17 | 142 | 129 | 117 | 114 |
| 9 | 5 | 13 | 477 | 457 | 430 | 329 |
| 10 | 4 | 10 | 384 | 356 | 341 | 309 |
| 11 | 3 | 12 | 223 | 196 | 162 | 133 |
| 12 | 4 | 2 | 446 | 424 | 342 | 280 |
| 13 | 4 | 6 | 372 | 362 | 329 | 291 |
| 14 | 5 | 16 | 483 | 463 | 438 | 347 |
| 15 | 3 | 14 | 159 | 140 | 132 | 108 |
| 16 | 4 | 4 | 372 | 354 | 332 | 265 |
| 17 | 4 | 8 | 387 | 365 | 331 | 301 |
| 18 | 5 | 18 | 507 | 479 | 459 | 388 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Male | 6978 | 72.6 | 140 |
| Green | Male | 6484 | 70.3 | 132 |
| White | Female | 6121 | 73.8 | 137 |
| White | Male | 6121 | 68.4 | 124 |
| Red | Female | 5443 | 69.6 | 125 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 375-31 ft
- Green · Gold tee
- 371 · 385 · 399front · middle · back
- Green size
- 29 × 24yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 53 ydswide at 235
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front-right
In play
- Water right: 396 to reach, 476 to carry
- Bunker left of the green
- Bunker back-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 10 yards shorter: the green sits 31 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 260 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 53 yards wide at 235 and narrows to 29 at 205.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 2%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 437+2 ft
- Green · Gold tee
- 423 · 436 · 452front · middle · back
- Green size
- 29 × 18yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 26 ydswide at 237
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker right: 194 to reach, 234 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 194 to reach, 234 to carry. Drives that finish short of 194 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 26 yards wide at 237.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 3%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 498-14 ft
- Green · Gold tee
- 490 · 503 · 517front · middle · back
- Green size
- 27 × 30yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 26 ydswide at 247
- Green slope
- 3.5%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker right: 224 to reach, 247 to carry
- 2 bunkers front of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 5 yards shorter: the green sits 14 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 303 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 224 to reach, 247 to carry. Drives that finish short of 224 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 26 yards wide at 247.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 120 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 27 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back to front, about 3.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 36 · Par 47 · Par 48 · Par 39 · Par 510 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 413 · Par 414 · Par 515 · Par 316 · Par 417 · Par 418 · Par 5
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 38 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].