Courses · Nevada

The Hills Course At Red Hawk

Sparks, Nevada · 18 holes · par 71 · Resort. Designed by Hale Irwin, opened 2005.

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 4,530 ft the ball carries about 5% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 142. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
• Biggest climb: hole 8, where the green sits 82 ft above the tee and plays about 27 yards longer.
• Biggest drop: hole 10, where the green sits 117 ft below the tee and plays about 39 yards shorter.
• 11 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

Hole 1 · Par 5

610 (Gold) · 570 (Black) · 499 (Blue) · 416 (White) · 390 (Red) yards · Handicap 7

Plays like

617+20 ft

Green · Gold tee

601 · 610 · 619front · middle · back

Green size

21 × 40yards deep × wide

Fairway

42 ydswide at 233

Green slope

3%falls to the front

In play

• Water across the hole: 90 to reach, 158 to carry
• Bunker left: 276 to reach, 281 to carry
• Bunker across the hole: 283 to reach, 292 to carry
• Bunker right: 320 to reach, 336 to carry
• 3 bunkers left: 491 to reach, 512 to carry
• Bunker left: 547 to reach, 568 to carry
• 3 bunkers front-right of the green

Playing notes

• Plays about 7 yards longer: the green sits 20 ft above the tee.
• Water crosses the hole: 90 to reach, 156 to carry.
• Water crosses the hole: 135 to reach, 158 to carry.
• Fairway bunkers on the left: 276 to reach, 281 to carry. Drives that finish short of 276 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
• The fairway is about 42 yards wide at 233 and narrows to 28 at 203.
• Best lay-up: 130 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 48 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.
• Shallow green, 21 yards deep and 40 wide: distance control matters more than line.

Hole 2 · Par 4

407 (Gold) · 389 (Black) · 355 (Blue) · 318 (White) · 290 (Red) yards · Handicap 3

Plays like

416+26 ft

Green · Gold tee

395 · 407 · 419front · middle · back

Green size

29 × 33yards deep × wide

Fairway

36 ydswide at 230

Green slope

2.5%falls to the front

In play

• Water across the hole: 9 to reach, 113 to carry
• Bunker left: 197 to reach, 215 to carry
• 2 bunkers left: 282 to reach, 303 to carry
• Bunker front-left of the green
• Bunker left of the green
• Bunker back-right of the green

Playing notes

• Plays about 9 yards longer: the green sits 26 ft above the tee.
• Water crosses the hole: 9 to reach, 113 to carry.
• Fairway bunkers on the left: 197 to reach, 303 to carry. Drives that finish short of 197 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
• The fairway is about 36 yards wide at 230.
• Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
• The green falls from back to front, about 2.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 3 · Par 4

373 (Gold) · 322 (Black) · 301 (Blue) · 279 (White) · 249 (Red) yards · Handicap 11

Plays like

358-45 ft

Green · Gold tee

362 · 373 · 384front · middle · back

Green size

25 × 31yards deep × wide

Fairway

36 ydswide at 233

Green slope

2.5%falls to the front-right

In play

• Bunker left: 297 to reach, 312 to carry
• Bunker right: 300 to reach, 335 to carry
• Bunker left: 329 to reach, 337 to carry
• Water right of the green
• Bunker front-left of the green
• Bunker front-right of the green
• Bunker right of the green
• 2 bunkers back of the green

Playing notes

• Plays about 15 yards shorter: the green sits 45 ft below the tee.
• Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 297 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 297 keeps them out of play.
• The fairway is about 36 yards wide at 233 and narrows to 31 at 254.
• Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
• 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.

Holes 4 to 18

4 · Par 45 · Par 36 · Par 47 · Par 38 · Par 59 · Par 410 · Par 511 · Par 312 · 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:

• 14 plays-like yardages
• 61 hazards with reach and carry
• 11 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].

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