Skitty Golf

Courses · New York

Chautauqua Golf Club Lake Course

Chautauqua, New York · 18 holes · par 72 · Public. Designed by Donald J. Ross, ASGCA, opened 1924.

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

Bunkers25
Holes with water5 of 18
Average fairway width25 yds
Typical green4,000 sq ft

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

HoleParHcpBlueWhiteGoldRed
145395389348345
2413333318282278
359531485457432
4315189179148145
557499455386384
63111321198987
741421409335297
8317147134129124
943418403344293
10510521515450447
1142362352290284
1236189180161151
13514497489436431
1448385366298293
1531819315612594
16512554521457449
1744375355290283
18416329322316310

Tees

TeeYardsRatingSlope
BlueMale653571124
WhiteMale614866.5114
WhiteFemale614874.3129
GoldMale557266.5114
GoldFemale557271.9122
RedFemale541570.7119

Hole 1 · Par 4

395 (Blue) · 389 (White) · 348 (Gold) · 345 (Red) yards · Handicap 5

Green · Blue tee
382 · 395 · 409front · middle · back
Green size
28 × 27yards deep × wide
Fairway
27 ydswide at 233

In play

  • Bunker right: 228 to reach, 249 to carry
  • Bunker front-left of the green
  • Bunker right of the green

Playing notes

  • Fairway bunkers on the right: 228 to reach, 249 to carry. Drives that finish short of 228 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
  • The fairway is about 27 yards wide at 233.
  • Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.

Hole 2 · Par 4

333 (Blue) · 318 (White) · 282 (Gold) · 278 (Red) yards · Handicap 13

Green · Blue tee
320 · 333 · 347front · middle · back
Green size
27 × 12yards deep × wide
Fairway
24 ydswide at 208

In play

  • Bunker right: 270 to reach, 295 to carry
  • Bunker left of the green
  • Bunker right of the green

Playing notes

  • Fairway bunkers on the right: 270 to reach, 295 to carry. Drives that finish short of 270 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
  • The fairway is about 24 yards wide at 208.
  • Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.

Hole 3 · Par 5

Lay-up zone

531 (Blue) · 485 (White) · 457 (Gold) · 432 (Red) yards · Handicap 9

Green · Blue tee
522 · 531 · 541front · middle · back
Green size
20 × 27yards deep × wide
Fairway
31 ydswide at 277

In play

  • Bunker front-left of the green

Playing notes

  • No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
  • The fairway is about 31 yards wide at 277.
  • Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 29 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
  • The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.

Holes 4 to 18

4 · Par 35 · Par 56 · Par 37 · Par 48 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par 511 · Par 412 · Par 313 · Par 514 · Par 415 · Par 316 · Par 517 · Par 418 · Par 4

The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:

  • 23 hazards with reach and carry
  • 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].

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