Glens Falls Country Club
Queensbury, New York · 18 holes · par 71 · Private. Designed by Donald Ross, opened 1912.
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 440 ft the ball carries about 1% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 149. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
- Biggest climb: hole 14, where the green sits 49 ft above the tee and plays about 16 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 13, where the green sits 61 ft below the tee and plays about 20 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 | Blue | White | Green | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 11 | 497 | 484 | 390 | 235 |
| 2 | 4 | 1 | 399 | 379 | 293 | 293 |
| 3 | 3 | 13 | 172 | 155 | 110 | 107 |
| 4 | 5 | 7 | 550 | 526 | 438 | 438 |
| 5 | 4 | 5 | 341 | 329 | 295 | 288 |
| 6 | 4 | 3 | 420 | 392 | 353 | 353 |
| 7 | 4 | 17 | 292 | 261 | 243 | 240 |
| 8 | 4 | 9 | 362 | 351 | 307 | 292 |
| 9 | 3 | 15 | 150 | 138 | 122 | 70 |
| 10 | 4 | 16 | 367 | 352 | 314 | 257 |
| 11 | 4 | 4 | 436 | 409 | 382 | 380 |
| 12 | 3 | 8 | 223 | 186 | 170 | 84 |
| 13 | 4 | 2 | 454 | 447 | 390 | 390 |
| 14 | 4 | 6 | 368 | 360 | 280 | 280 |
| 15 | 4 | 12 | 394 | 380 | 273 | 273 |
| 16 | 5 | 10 | 530 | 488 | 401 | 398 |
| 17 | 4 | 14 | 401 | 338 | 315 | 281 |
| 18 | 3 | 18 | 149 | 143 | 132 | 132 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | Male | 6432 | 71.2 | 133 |
| White | Male | 6112 | 70.1 | 131 |
| White | Female | 6112 | 76.2 | 140 |
| Green | Male | 5594 | 67.5 | 126 |
| Yellow | Female | 5467 | 72.3 | 129 |
| Red | Female | 4784 | 68 | 120 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 510+39 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 484 · 497 · 511front · middle · back
- Green size
- 27 × 24yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 35 ydswide at 240
- Green slope
- 3.5%falls to the front
In play
- Water across the hole: 16 to reach, 90 to carry
- Bunker left: 415 to reach, 426 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 13 yards longer: the green sits 39 ft above the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 211 yards.
- Water crosses the hole: 16 to reach, 90 to carry.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 35 yards wide at 240 and narrows to 20 at 270.
- Best lay-up: 100 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 27 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back to front, about 3.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 402+10 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 384 · 399 · 415front · middle · back
- Green size
- 32 × 30yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 33 ydswide at 251
- Green slope
- 3.5%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker across the hole: 332 to reach, 338 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 3 yards longer: the green sits 10 ft above the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 267 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 33 yards wide at 251.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- 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
- 173+3 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 158 · 172 · 187front · middle · back
- Green size
- 29 × 25yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 6%falls to the front-left
In play
- 2 bunkers across the hole in front of the green: 137 to carry
- Bunker left of the green
- Bunker front-right 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 back-right to front-left, about 6%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 55 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 48 · Par 49 · Par 310 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 313 · Par 414 · Par 415 · Par 416 · Par 517 · Par 418 · Par 3
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 63 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].