Garden City Golf Club
Garden City, New York · 18 holes · par 73 · Private. Opened 1899.
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 90 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 15, where the green sits 15 ft above the tee and plays about 5 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 16, where the green sits 12 ft below the tee and plays about 4 yards shorter.
- 9 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
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | Male | 6911 | 73.8 | 140 |
| Regular | Male | 6587 | 72.3 | 137 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 289+1 ft
- Green
- 275 · 289 · 303front · middle · back
- Green size
- 29 × 36yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 43 ydswide at 179
In play
- Bunker across the hole: 95 to reach, 99 to carry
- 8 bunkers right: 104 to reach, 195 to carry
- 2 bunkers across the hole: 124 to reach, 142 to carry
- Bunker left: 172 to reach, 222 to carry
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 264 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker back-right of the green
Playing notes
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 140 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 140 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 43 yards wide at 179.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
Hole 2 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 126-2 ft
- Green
- 114 · 127 · 143front · middle · back
- Green size
- 40 × 30yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 1%falls to the back-right
In play
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 107 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker left of the green
- Bunker back-right of the green
- Bunker back-left of the green
Playing notes
- 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 40 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 396-1 ft
- Green
- 379 · 396 · 416front · middle · back
- Green size
- 37 × 32yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 51 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the right
In play
- 2 bunkers across the hole: 130 to reach, 175 to carry
- 2 bunkers right: 184 to reach, 276 to carry
- Bunker left: 223 to reach, 229 to carry
- Bunker left: 246 to reach, 253 to carry
- Bunker left: 271 to reach, 279 to carry
- Bunker left: 322 to reach, 342 to carry
- Bunker right: 323 to reach, 339 to carry
- Bunker right: 355 to reach, 359 to carry
- 2 bunkers front of the green
- Bunker back-right of the green
Playing notes
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 184 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 184 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 51 yards wide at 230.
- 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 left to right, about 1.5%. Finish on the 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 55 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 58 · Par 49 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 313 · Par 514 · Par 415 · Par 416 · Par 417 · Par 518 · Par 3
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 104 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].