Scotts Bluff Country Club
Scottsbluff, Nebraska · 18 holes · par 72 · Private. Opened 1973.
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 3,970 ft the ball carries about 5% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 143. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
- Biggest climb: hole 11, where the green sits 25 ft above the tee and plays about 8 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 10, where the green sits 24 ft below the tee and plays about 8 yards shorter.
- 14 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 | Black | Blue | White | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 7 | 520 | 500 | 472 | 428 |
| 2 | 4 | 13 | 372 | 360 | 346 | 295 |
| 3 | 3 | 11 | 205 | 190 | 170 | 130 |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | 427 | 387 | 382 | 353 |
| 5 | 4 | 3 | 465 | 420 | 397 | 330 |
| 6 | 4 | 9 | 378 | 364 | 348 | 332 |
| 7 | 3 | 17 | 190 | 175 | 156 | 147 |
| 8 | 4 | 15 | 477 | 369 | 356 | 337 |
| 9 | 5 | 5 | 517 | 505 | 488 | 455 |
| 10 | 4 | 6 | 434 | 385 | 367 | 308 |
| 11 | 5 | 4 | 539 | 525 | 491 | 435 |
| 12 | 3 | 14 | 206 | 188 | 180 | 170 |
| 13 | 4 | 16 | 381 | 372 | 360 | 323 |
| 14 | 4 | 10 | 379 | 342 | 329 | 267 |
| 15 | 5 | 2 | 565 | 520 | 507 | 433 |
| 16 | 4 | 8 | 425 | 388 | 373 | 314 |
| 17 | 3 | 18 | 191 | 150 | 137 | 129 |
| 18 | 4 | 12 | 400 | 360 | 346 | 281 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 7071 | 72.8 | 123 |
| Blue | Male | 6500 | 70.5 | 121 |
| White | Female | 6205 | 74.8 | 125 |
| White | Male | 6205 | 69.2 | 118 |
| Red | Female | 5467 | 70.7 | 118 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 514-18 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 508 · 520 · 531front · middle · back
- Green size
- 24 × 18yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 29 ydswide at 226
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the front
In play
- Water left: 449 to reach, 500 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 6 yards shorter: the green sits 18 ft below the tee.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 29 yards wide at 226 and narrows to 24 at 246.
- Best lay-up: 90 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 30 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 3%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 376+13 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 358 · 372 · 385front · middle · back
- Green size
- 28 × 23yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 26 ydswide at 234
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker right: 203 to reach, 222 to carry
- Bunker across the hole: 212 to reach, 221 to carry
- 3 bunkers left: 222 to reach, 251 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 4 yards longer: the green sits 13 ft above the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 192 yards.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 203 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 203 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 26 yards wide at 234.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 2.5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 208+8 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 190 · 205 · 223front · middle · back
- Green size
- 32 × 21yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front
In play
- No bunkers or water mapped on this hole
Playing notes
- Plays about 3 yards longer: the green sits 8 ft above the tee.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
- The green falls from back to front, about 2.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
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
- 23 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].