Cold Spring Country Club
Cold Spring Harbor, New York · 18 holes · par 71 · Private. Opened 1947.
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 240 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 12, where the green sits 24 ft above the tee and plays about 8 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 17, where the green sits 30 ft below the tee and plays about 10 yards shorter.
- 14 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 | Black | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 3 | 565 | 550 | 507 | 460 |
| 2 | 4 | 13 | 348 | 338 | 314 | 304 |
| 3 | 3 | 17 | 154 | 133 | 123 | 116 |
| 4 | 4 | 9 | 355 | 335 | 268 | 264 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | 418 | 388 | 364 | 318 |
| 6 | 4 | 11 | 386 | 352 | 325 | 282 |
| 7 | 4 | 5 | 410 | 386 | 364 | 338 |
| 8 | 4 | 15 | 325 | 315 | 295 | 280 |
| 9 | 5 | 7 | 539 | 527 | 480 | 437 |
| 10 | 4 | 18 | 322 | 312 | 245 | 237 |
| 11 | 3 | 16 | 175 | 155 | 125 | 115 |
| 12 | 4 | 12 | 368 | 363 | 360 | 275 |
| 13 | 3 | 6 | 201 | 186 | 130 | 125 |
| 14 | 4 | 4 | 454 | 442 | 427 | 409 |
| 15 | 4 | 2 | 424 | 412 | 407 | 403 |
| 16 | 5 | 14 | 500 | 488 | 434 | 424 |
| 17 | 3 | 10 | 201 | 192 | 163 | 143 |
| 18 | 4 | 8 | 402 | 381 | 370 | 330 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | Male | 6547 | 72.2 | 131 |
| White | Male | 6255 | 70.8 | 129 |
| Black | Male | 5701 | 72.9 | 129 |
| Red | Male | 5290 | 70.5 | 125 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 568+10 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 549 · 565 · 580front · middle · back
- Green size
- 31 × 29yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 27 ydswide at 235
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker left: 236 to reach, 261 to carry
- Bunker right: 272 to reach, 292 to carry
- Bunker right: 404 to reach, 417 to carry
- Bunker left: 453 to reach, 472 to carry
- Bunker right of the green
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 3 yards longer: the green sits 10 ft above the tee.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 236 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 236 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 27 yards wide at 235 and narrows to 17 at 285.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back to front, about 1.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 354+17 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 334 · 348 · 361front · middle · back
- Green size
- 29 × 32yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 23 ydswide at 217
- Green slope
- 3.5%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker right: 215 to reach, 230 to carry
- Bunker front of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 6 yards longer: the green sits 17 ft above the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 230 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 215 to reach, 230 to carry. Drives that finish short of 215 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 23 yards wide at 217.
- 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 back to front, about 3.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 145-27 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 141 · 154 · 166front · middle · back
- Green size
- 26 × 25yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 4.5%falls to the back-right
In play
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 9 yards shorter: the green sits 27 ft below the tee.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from front-left to back-right, about 4.5%. Finish on the back-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 48 · Par 49 · Par 510 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 413 · Par 314 · Par 415 · Par 416 · Par 517 · Par 318 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 59 hazards with reach and carry
- 13 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].