Blackhead Mountain Lodge Country Club
Round Top, New York · 18 holes · par 72 · Public. Designed by Nicholas Psiahas, opened 1990.
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 1,050 ft the ball carries about 1% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 148. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
- Biggest climb: hole 13, where the green sits 58 ft above the tee and plays about 19 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 17, where the green sits 134 ft below the tee and plays about 45 yards shorter.
- 12 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 | Blue | White | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 11 | 338 | 323 | 308 |
| 2 | 4 | 13 | 306 | 290 | 260 |
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 343 | 320 | 288 |
| 4 | 3 | 15 | 177 | 177 | 155 |
| 5 | 5 | 1 | 500 | 473 | 439 |
| 6 | 3 | 17 | 172 | 172 | 118 |
| 7 | 4 | 7 | 338 | 314 | 262 |
| 8 | 4 | 9 | 333 | 333 | 263 |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | 445 | 445 | 400 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | 500 | 487 | 427 |
| 11 | 4 | 6 | 390 | 390 | 293 |
| 12 | 5 | 4 | 490 | 468 | 403 |
| 13 | 4 | 14 | 284 | 284 | 234 |
| 14 | 3 | 16 | 173 | 173 | 150 |
| 15 | 5 | 8 | 487 | 487 | 406 |
| 16 | 3 | 18 | 100 | 100 | 86 |
| 17 | 4 | 12 | 348 | 348 | 273 |
| 18 | 4 | 10 | 352 | 322 | 228 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | Male | 6076 | 69.9 | 133 |
| White | Male | 5906 | 69.3 | 129 |
| Red | Female | 4993 | 70.2 | 119 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 345+22 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 323 · 338 · 360front · middle · back
- Green size
- 38 × 18yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 27 ydswide at 218
- Green slope
- 4%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker right: 179 to reach, 183 to carry
- Water right: 233 to reach, 349 to carry
- Water across the hole in front of the green: 72 to carry
- Water right of the green
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 7 yards longer: the green sits 22 ft above the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 209 yards.
- Water crosses the hole: 64 to reach, 72 to carry.
- Fairway bunkers and water on the right: 179 to reach, 349 to carry. Drives that finish short of 179 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 27 yards wide at 218.
- 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 to front, about 4%. Finish on the front 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 4
- Plays like
- 299-20 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 290 · 306 · 324front · middle · back
- Green size
- 34 × 18yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 37 ydswide at 208
- Green slope
- 6.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Water left: 47 to reach, 236 to carry
- Water across the hole in front of the green: 262 to carry
- Bunker front of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker left of the green
- Water back of the green
- Water back-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 7 yards shorter: the green sits 20 ft below the tee.
- Water crosses the hole: 256 to reach, 262 to carry.
- Fairway water on the left: 47 to reach, 236 to carry. Drives that finish short of 47 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 37 yards wide at 208.
- 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-left to front-right, about 6.5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 348+14 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 324 · 343 · 360front · middle · back
- Green size
- 36 × 19yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 24 ydswide at 224
- Green slope
- 6.5%falls to the right
In play
- Water across the hole in front of the green: 312 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 5 yards longer: the green sits 14 ft above the tee.
- Water crosses the hole: 308 to reach, 312 to carry.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 24 yards wide at 224 and narrows to 18 at 253.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from left to right, about 6.5%. Finish on the right 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.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 35 · Par 56 · Par 37 · Par 48 · Par 49 · Par 410 · Par 511 · Par 412 · Par 513 · Par 414 · Par 315 · Par 516 · Par 317 · Par 418 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 25 hazards with reach and carry
- 14 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].