Penfield Country Club
Penfield, New York · 18 holes · par 71 · Private. Designed by Pete Craig, opened 1959.
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 510 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 13, where the green sits 21 ft above the tee and plays about 7 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 18, where the green sits 18 ft below the tee and plays about 6 yards shorter.
- 13 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 | Gold | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 7 | 552 | 544 | 487 | 424 |
| 2 | 4 | 9 | 404 | 398 | 348 | 344 |
| 3 | 4 | 1 | 418 | 405 | 368 | 362 |
| 4 | 4 | 15 | 339 | 328 | 277 | 271 |
| 5 | 3 | 11 | 155 | 144 | 139 | 135 |
| 6 | 4 | 5 | 413 | 403 | 328 | 324 |
| 7 | 4 | 17 | 349 | 342 | 335 | 296 |
| 8 | 3 | 13 | 184 | 178 | 160 | 155 |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | 464 | 445 | 405 | 401 |
| 10 | 5 | 14 | 519 | 502 | 490 | 442 |
| 11 | 4 | 6 | 398 | 374 | 358 | 317 |
| 12 | 3 | 12 | 186 | 168 | 160 | 153 |
| 13 | 4 | 4 | 431 | 406 | 350 | 323 |
| 14 | 4 | 2 | 465 | 423 | 362 | 356 |
| 15 | 5 | 10 | 514 | 502 | 451 | 415 |
| 16 | 3 | 18 | 165 | 148 | 136 | 124 |
| 17 | 4 | 16 | 346 | 332 | 324 | 324 |
| 18 | 4 | 8 | 388 | 363 | 358 | 344 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | Male | 6690 | 72.5 | 131 |
| White | Male | 6405 | 70.7 | 127 |
| Gold | Male | 5836 | 68 | 124 |
| Red | Female | 5510 | 72.2 | 122 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 551-2 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 539 · 552 · 565front · middle · back
- Green size
- 26 × 32yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 27 ydswide at 240
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker right: 461 to reach, 474 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Dogleg right at about 229 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 27 yards wide at 240.
- Best lay-up: 110 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.
- The green falls from back to front, about 2.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 404+1 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 390 · 404 · 417front · middle · back
- Green size
- 27 × 28yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 31 ydswide at 233
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the left
In play
- Bunker left: 248 to reach, 262 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Dogleg right at about 228 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 248 to reach, 262 to carry. Drives that finish short of 248 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 31 yards wide at 233.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from right to left, about 1.5%. Finish on the left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 414-12 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 405 · 418 · 432front · middle · back
- Green size
- 27 × 30yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 31 ydswide at 275
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the front
In play
- Water left: 250 to reach, 334 to carry
- Water across the hole in front of the green: 369 to carry
Playing notes
- Plays about 4 yards shorter: the green sits 12 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 222 yards.
- Water crosses the hole: 355 to reach, 369 to carry.
- Fairway water on the left: 250 to reach, 334 to carry. Drives that finish short of 250 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 31 yards wide at 275.
- The green is guarded on the right by water; miss left.
- The green falls from back to front, about 1.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 36 · Par 47 · Par 48 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par 511 · Par 412 · Par 313 · Par 414 · Par 415 · Par 516 · Par 317 · Par 418 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 28 hazards with reach and carry
- 14 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].