Sand Hills Golf Club
Mullen, Nebraska · 18 holes · par 71 · Private. Designed by Bill Coore, Ben Crenshaw, Dan Proctor, Dave Axland, Dave Axland.
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 3,320 ft the ball carries about 4% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 144. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
- Biggest climb: hole 9, where the green sits 27 ft above the tee and plays about 9 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 16, where the green sits 58 ft below the tee and plays about 19 yards shorter.
- 15 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
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond | Male | 7089 | 73 | 130 |
| Square | Male | 6432 | 70 | 127 |
| Circle | Male | 5040 | 69 | 117 |
| Circle | Female | 5040 | 71.3 | 128 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 536-11 ft
- Green
- 523 · 540 · 557front · middle · back
- Green size
- 34 × 19yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 84 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 4%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker across the hole: 58 to reach, 102 to carry
- 3 bunkers across the hole: 134 to reach, 159 to carry
- Bunker left: 239 to reach, 271 to carry
- Bunker right: 265 to reach, 283 to carry
- Bunker left: 480 to reach, 499 to carry
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 4 yards shorter: the green sits 11 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 283 yards.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 239 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 239 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 84 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 53 at 260.
- Best lay-up: 80 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 42 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from back to front, about 4%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 461+26 ft
- Green
- 435 · 452 · 471front · middle · back
- Green size
- 36 × 28yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 43 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 7%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker right: 171 to reach, 178 to carry
- 2 bunkers right: 354 to reach, 393 to carry
- Bunker back-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 9 yards longer: the green sits 26 ft above the tee.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 43 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 30 at 260.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 7%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 36 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 3 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 203-17 ft
- Green
- 186 · 209 · 232front · middle · back
- Green size
- 47 × 30yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 6%falls to the right
In play
- 2 bunkers right: 93 to reach, 112 to carry
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 6 yards shorter: the green sits 17 ft below the tee.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from left to right, about 6%. Finish on the right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 47 yards deep: a back pin can play about 4 clubs more than a front pin.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 46 · Par 37 · Par 48 · Par 49 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 413 · Par 314 · Par 515 · Par 416 · Par 517 · Par 318 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 77 hazards with reach and carry
- 15 green slope reads
- 2 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].