Liberty National Golf Course
Jersey City, New Jersey · 18 holes · par 72 · Private. Designed by Tom Kite and Bob Cupp, opened 2006.
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 20 ft the ball carries about 0% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 150. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
- Biggest climb: hole 18, where the green sits 11 ft above the tee and plays about 4 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 5, where the green sits 31 ft below the tee and plays about 10 yards shorter.
- 13 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tournament | Male | 7387 | 77.7 | 155 |
| Medal | Male | 6762 | 74.2 | 142 |
| Liberty | Male | 6500 | 72.9 | 141 |
| Member | Male | 6264 | 72.2 | 134 |
| Regular | Male | 5748 | 69.6 | 120 |
| Forward | Female | 5104 | 72.4 | 135 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 379-16 ft
- Green
- 372 · 384 · 396front · middle · back
- Green size
- 28 × 25yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 28 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Water right: 201 to reach, 288 to carry
- Bunker left: 238 to reach, 253 to carry
- Water left: 287 to reach, 339 to carry
- 3 bunkers right: 292 to reach, 313 to carry
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 370 to carry
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 5 yards shorter: the green sits 16 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 262 yards.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 201 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 201 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 28 yards wide at 230.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 2.5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 210-2 ft
- Green
- 196 · 211 · 230front · middle · back
- Green size
- 34 × 26yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker front of the green
- Bunker left of the green
- Bunker right of the green
- Bunker back-left of the green
- Bunker back of the green
Playing notes
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 1.5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 387-4 ft
- Green
- 376 · 388 · 400front · middle · back
- Green size
- 25 × 23yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 26 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 4.5%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker right: 269 to reach, 292 to carry
Playing notes
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 269 to reach, 292 to carry. Drives that finish short of 269 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 26 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 21 at 210.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
- The green falls from back to front, about 4.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 35 · Par 46 · Par 57 · Par 48 · Par 59 · Par 410 · Par 511 · Par 312 · Par 413 · Par 514 · Par 315 · Par 416 · Par 417 · Par 418 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 85 hazards with reach and carry
- 14 green slope reads
- 1 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].