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Courses · New York

Cortland Country Club

Cortland, New York · 18 holes · par 72 · Private. Designed by Willard G. Wilkinson, ASGCA, opened 1913.

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

Altitude1,130 ftCarries about 1% farther
Bunkers35
Holes with water6 of 18
Average fairway width31 yds
Typical green4,000 sq ft
Sloped greens8 of 18Tilt 2% or more
  • At about 1,130 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 17, where the green sits 26 ft above the tee and plays about 9 yards longer.
  • Biggest drop: hole 18, where the green sits 28 ft below the tee and plays about 9 yards shorter.
  • Driving-zone hazards sit on the left on 3 holes and on the right on 1: a tee shot missed left costs more here.
  • 8 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

HoleParHcpBlueWhiteRed
153482469423
2411360330318
347369361359
455480470460
551543525483
6315163141130
749380371293
8317135128115
9313226205190
1042390375314
1156500488469
12514498464446
13318153132117
1448355339320
15316169143129
16412443332322
1744370360345
18410394364335

Tees

TeeYardsRatingSlope
BlueMale632770.5129
BlueFemale632776.7134
WhiteMale600369.4125
WhiteFemale600374.7127
RedFemale556072123

Hole 1 · Par 5

Lay-up zone

482 (Blue) · 469 (White) · 423 (Red) yards · Handicap 3

Plays like
488+18 ft
Green · Blue tee
468 · 482 · 496front · middle · back
Green size
29 × 21yards deep × wide
Fairway
36 ydswide at 244

In play

  • Water across the hole: 75 to reach, 108 to carry
  • Bunker left: 435 to reach, 443 to carry
  • Bunker front-left of the green

Playing notes

  • Plays about 6 yards longer: the green sits 18 ft above the tee.
  • Water crosses the hole: 75 to reach, 108 to carry.
  • No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
  • The fairway is about 36 yards wide at 244.
  • Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 25 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
  • The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.

Hole 2 · Par 4

Green falls this way

360 (Blue) · 330 (White) · 318 (Red) yards · Handicap 11

Plays like
358-5 ft
Green · Blue tee
346 · 360 · 373front · middle · back
Green size
28 × 19yards deep × wide
Fairway
29 ydswide at 236
Green slope
1.5%falls to the front

In play

  • Bunker right: 248 to reach, 253 to carry
  • Bunker left: 255 to reach, 263 to carry
  • Bunker left of the green

Playing notes

  • Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 248 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 248 keeps them out of play.
  • The fairway is about 29 yards wide at 236.
  • The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
  • The green falls from back to front, about 1.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 3 · Par 4

369 (Blue) · 361 (White) · 359 (Red) yards · Handicap 7

Plays like
365-12 ft
Green · Blue tee
356 · 369 · 382front · middle · back
Green size
26 × 26yards deep × wide
Fairway
29 ydswide at 232

In play

  • Bunker right of the green
  • Bunker back-right of the green

Playing notes

  • Plays about 4 yards shorter: the green sits 12 ft below the tee.
  • No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
  • The fairway is about 29 yards wide at 232.
  • The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.

Holes 4 to 18

4 · Par 55 · Par 56 · Par 37 · Par 48 · Par 39 · Par 310 · Par 411 · Par 512 · Par 513 · Par 314 · Par 415 · Par 316 · Par 417 · Par 418 · Par 4

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

  • 15 plays-like yardages
  • 33 hazards with reach and carry
  • 14 green slope reads
  • 4 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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