Tobacco Road Golf Club
Sanford, North Carolina · 18 holes · par 71 · Public. Designed by Mike Strantz, opened 1998.
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 440 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 5, where the green sits 44 ft above the tee and plays about 15 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 1, where the green sits 47 ft below the tee and plays about 16 yards shorter.
- Driving-zone hazards sit on the right on 7 holes and on the left on 3: a tee shot missed right 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ripper | Male | 6557 | 72.5 | 145 |
| Disc | Male | 6317 | 71.3 | 143 |
| Plow | Female | 5886 | 75.7 | 145 |
| Plow | Male | 5886 | 69.4 | 132 |
| Points | Male | 5302 | 66.9 | 125 |
| Points | Female | 5302 | 71.7 | 136 |
| Cultivator | Female | 4296 | 67 | 118 |
| Cultivator | Male | 4296 | 62.6 | 117 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 515-47 ft
- Green
- 520 · 531 · 544front · middle · back
- Green size
- 30 × 38yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 18 ydswide at 230
In play
- Bunker right: 73 to reach, 80 to carry
- Bunker right: 169 to reach, 188 to carry
- Bunker across the hole: 197 to reach, 206 to carry
- Bunker right: 300 to reach, 309 to carry
- 5 bunkers right: 388 to reach, 422 to carry
- 6 bunkers left: 391 to reach, 422 to carry
- 3 bunkers left: 485 to reach, 508 to carry
- Bunker front of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker right of the green
- 2 bunkers left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 16 yards shorter: the green sits 47 ft below the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 169 to reach, 309 to carry. Drives that finish short of 169 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 18 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 7 at 200.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 90 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 79 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- 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 4
- Plays like
- 381-5 ft
- Green
- 369 · 383 · 393front · middle · back
- Green size
- 27 × 29yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 25 ydswide at 230
In play
- Bunker across the hole: 111 to reach, 224 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker front of the green
Playing notes
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 25 yards wide at 230.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
Hole 3 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 141-19 ft
- Green
- 119 · 147 · 177front · middle · back
- Green size
- 58 × 26yards deep × wide
In play
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 117 to carry
Playing notes
- Plays about 6 yards shorter: the green sits 19 ft below the tee.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green is 58 yards deep: a back pin can play about 5 clubs more than a front pin.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 55 · Par 46 · Par 37 · Par 48 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 512 · Par 413 · Par 514 · Par 315 · 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
- 66 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].