Hempstead Golf Country Club
Hempstead, New York · 18 holes · par 72 · Private. Designed by Peter W. Lees, opened 1921.
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 60 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 11, where the green sits 9 ft above the tee and plays about 3 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 15, where the green sits 16 ft below the tee and plays about 5 yards shorter.
- 11 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 | Blue | White | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 17 | 318 | 306 | 296 | 286 |
| 2 | 4 | 7 | 432 | 420 | 327 | 410 |
| 3 | 5 | 9 | 485 | 475 | 455 | 413 |
| 4 | 4 | 5 | 413 | 404 | 353 | 327 |
| 5 | 4 | 11 | 411 | 380 | 319 | 310 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | 447 | 425 | 402 | 379 |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | 435 | 400 | 375 | 327 |
| 8 | 3 | 15 | 178 | 168 | 146 | 133 |
| 9 | 4 | 13 | 328 | 320 | 300 | 210 |
| 10 | 3 | 10 | 196 | 187 | 150 | 140 |
| 11 | 4 | 4 | 417 | 405 | 380 | 310 |
| 12 | 4 | 16 | 320 | 306 | 306 | 259 |
| 13 | 5 | 6 | 547 | 530 | 507 | 425 |
| 14 | 4 | 8 | 387 | 380 | 363 | 343 |
| 15 | 5 | 2 | 535 | 520 | 494 | 416 |
| 16 | 4 | 14 | 319 | 309 | 301 | 301 |
| 17 | 3 | 18 | 147 | 127 | 118 | 80 |
| 18 | 4 | 12 | 370 | 358 | 348 | 260 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 6663 | 72.1 | 131 |
| Blue | Male | 6420 | 70.9 | 128 |
| Blue | Female | 6420 | 77.1 | 136 |
| White | Male | 6006 | 69 | 124 |
| White | Female | 6006 | 74.6 | 132 |
| Red | Female | 5896 | 74 | 131 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 314-13 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 307 · 318 · 330front · middle · back
- Green size
- 28 × 27yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 41 ydswide at 204
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- 2 bunkers right: 209 to reach, 255 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 4 yards shorter: the green sits 13 ft below the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 209 to reach, 255 to carry. Drives that finish short of 209 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 41 yards wide at 204 and narrows to 30 at 239.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 1.5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 435+9 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 414 · 432 · 449front · middle · back
- Green size
- 34 × 27yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 35 ydswide at 240
- Green slope
- 1%falls to the right
In play
- 2 bunkers left: 182 to reach, 212 to carry
- Bunker left: 251 to reach, 267 to carry
- 2 bunkers right: 302 to reach, 327 to carry
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 3 yards longer: the green sits 9 ft above the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 182 to reach, 267 to carry. Drives that finish short of 182 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 35 yards wide at 240 and narrows to 25 at 210.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- The green falls from left to right, about 1%. Finish on the right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 486+4 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 470 · 485 · 496front · middle · back
- Green size
- 27 × 17yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 37 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker right: 223 to reach, 248 to carry
- Bunker left: 253 to reach, 297 to carry
- Bunker right: 346 to reach, 386 to carry
- Bunker left: 395 to reach, 412 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker right of the green
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Dogleg left at about 282 yards.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 223 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 223 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 37 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 23 at 260.
- Best lay-up: 140 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 33 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-right to front-left, about 2.5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 48 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par 311 · Par 412 · Par 413 · Par 514 · Par 415 · Par 516 · Par 417 · Par 318 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 69 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].