Crag Burn Golf Club
East Aurora, New York · 18 holes · par 72 · Private. Designed by Robert Trent Jones, opened 1972.
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 900 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 4, where the green sits 11 ft above the tee and plays about 4 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 5, where the green sits 17 ft below the tee and plays about 6 yards shorter.
- 15 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 | Black | Gold | Blue | White | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 10 | 420 | 416 | 396 | 365 | 343 |
| 2 | 5 | 2 | 607 | 595 | 563 | 545 | 503 |
| 3 | 4 | 18 | 342 | 340 | 330 | 307 | 282 |
| 4 | 4 | 6 | 427 | 385 | 374 | 355 | 321 |
| 5 | 3 | 16 | 209 | 198 | 178 | 130 | 90 |
| 6 | 4 | 12 | 410 | 395 | 386 | 357 | 319 |
| 7 | 3 | 14 | 199 | 180 | 150 | 135 | 95 |
| 8 | 5 | 4 | 524 | 511 | 486 | 476 | 430 |
| 9 | 4 | 8 | 409 | 406 | 390 | 371 | 332 |
| 10 | 4 | 9 | 479 | 410 | 400 | 377 | 336 |
| 11 | 4 | 13 | 389 | 385 | 370 | 360 | 329 |
| 12 | 3 | 15 | 176 | 170 | 165 | 154 | 108 |
| 13 | 4 | 11 | 477 | 450 | 410 | 397 | 357 |
| 14 | 5 | 1 | 513 | 505 | 483 | 470 | 420 |
| 15 | 4 | 5 | 425 | 420 | 390 | 363 | 343 |
| 16 | 5 | 3 | 529 | 510 | 491 | 470 | 418 |
| 17 | 3 | 17 | 213 | 192 | 174 | 151 | 119 |
| 18 | 4 | 7 | 433 | 415 | 388 | 360 | 328 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 7150 | 75.2 | 137 |
| Gold | Male | 6878 | 74.2 | 135 |
| Blue | Male | 6521 | 72.4 | 133 |
| Hybrid | Male | 6233 | ||
| White | Male | 6147 | 70.5 | 128 |
| Red | Female | 5473 | 72.5 | 130 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 421+3 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 400 · 420 · 435front · middle · back
- Green size
- 35 × 24yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 49 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 3.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- 3 bunkers right: 216 to reach, 287 to carry
- 2 bunkers left: 245 to reach, 282 to carry
- Bunker right: 375 to reach, 388 to carry
- 2 bunkers front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Dogleg right at about 248 yards.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 216 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 216 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 49 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 40 at 200.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 3.5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 35 yards deep: a back pin can play about 2 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 2 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 608+3 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 594 · 607 · 616front · middle · back
- Green size
- 28 × 42yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 40 ydswide at 254
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the front
In play
- Water across the hole in front of the green: 587 to carry
- Bunker back-right of the green
Playing notes
- Dogleg right at about 413 yards.
- Water crosses the hole: 507 to reach, 587 to carry.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 40 yards wide at 254 and narrows to 29 at 284.
- Best lay-up: 120 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 44 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers and water; miss left.
- The green falls from back to front, about 3%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 343+4 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 326 · 342 · 361front · middle · back
- Green size
- 37 × 18yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 33 ydswide at 216
- Green slope
- 1%falls to the back-right
In play
- Bunker left: 195 to reach, 213 to carry
- 3 bunkers right: 258 to reach, 303 to carry
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 323 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Dogleg left at about 228 yards.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 195 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 195 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 33 yards wide at 216.
- 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 front-left to back-right, about 1%. Finish on the back-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 37 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 36 · Par 47 · Par 38 · Par 59 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 313 · Par 414 · Par 515 · 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
- 61 hazards with reach and carry
- 15 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].