Panther Valley Golf Country Club
Allamuchy, New Jersey · 18 holes · par 71 · Private. Designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr., opened 1969.
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 640 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 14, where the green sits 64 ft above the tee and plays about 21 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 1, where the green sits 171 ft below the tee and plays about 57 yards shorter.
- Driving-zone hazards sit on the left on 8 holes and on the right on 3: a tee shot missed left 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 | Black | Blue | White | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 7 | 522 | 510 | 488 | 452 |
| 2 | 3 | 15 | 199 | 169 | 153 | 121 |
| 3 | 4 | 9 | 425 | 388 | 378 | 349 |
| 4 | 4 | 11 | 381 | 360 | 345 | 303 |
| 5 | 4 | 13 | 456 | 431 | 398 | 381 |
| 6 | 3 | 17 | 209 | 162 | 151 | 127 |
| 7 | 5 | 5 | 550 | 523 | 502 | 471 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | 439 | 411 | 391 | 365 |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | 445 | 418 | 389 | 370 |
| 10 | 3 | 16 | 210 | 174 | 161 | 118 |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | 521 | 501 | 482 | 450 |
| 12 | 4 | 4 | 347 | 337 | 314 | 283 |
| 13 | 3 | 18 | 197 | 184 | 160 | 133 |
| 14 | 4 | 6 | 370 | 348 | 330 | 283 |
| 15 | 4 | 8 | 384 | 361 | 344 | 327 |
| 16 | 4 | 10 | 372 | 353 | 337 | 310 |
| 17 | 4 | 14 | 413 | 355 | 341 | 297 |
| 18 | 4 | 12 | 387 | 380 | 360 | 329 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 6827 | 73.4 | 141 |
| Blue | Male | 6365 | 71 | 138 |
| White | Male | 6024 | 69.5 | 133 |
| Red | Male | 5469 | 72.9 | 135 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 465-171 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 504 · 522 · 541front · middle · back
- Green size
- 38 × 21yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 24 ydswide at 247
- Green slope
- 5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Water across the hole in front of the green: 500 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 57 yards shorter: the green sits 171 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 261 yards.
- Water crosses the hole: 475 to reach, 500 to carry.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 24 yards wide at 247.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 23 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- Water short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 38 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 2 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 208+27 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 180 · 199 · 212front · middle · back
- Green size
- 39 × 33yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 4%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker back-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 9 yards longer: the green sits 27 ft above the tee.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 4%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 39 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 408-51 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 405 · 425 · 441front · middle · back
- Green size
- 39 × 27yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 28 ydswide at 233
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the right
In play
- Bunker right: 265 to reach, 292 to carry
- Bunker front of the green
- Bunker right of the green
- Water back of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 17 yards shorter: the green sits 51 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 254 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 265 to reach, 292 to carry. Drives that finish short of 265 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 28 yards wide at 233 and narrows to 19 at 283.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from left to right, about 3%. Finish on the right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 39 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 46 · Par 37 · Par 58 · Par 49 · Par 410 · Par 311 · Par 512 · Par 413 · Par 314 · Par 415 · 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
- 63 hazards with reach and carry
- 14 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].