Turtle Creek Golf Course At Garden Cathay
Wallkill, New York · 9 holes · par 70 · public. Opened 1986.
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 610 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 3, where the green sits 17 ft above the tee and plays about 6 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 9, where the green sits 40 ft below the tee and plays about 13 yards shorter.
- 8 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | Male | 5876 | 65.6 | 111 |
| White | Male | 5456 | 65 | 109 |
| White | Female | 5456 | 70.4 | 110 |
| Red | Female | 4380 | 64.8 | 102 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 325-10 ft
- Green
- 319 · 328 · 337front · middle · back
- Green size
- 21 × 21yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 30 ydswide at 204
- Green slope
- 4.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- No bunkers or water mapped on this hole
Playing notes
- Plays about 3 yards shorter: the green sits 10 ft below the tee.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 30 yards wide at 204 and narrows to 23 at 230.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 4.5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 359-3 ft
- Green
- 347 · 360 · 372front · middle · back
- Green size
- 25 × 19yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 11 ydswide at 225
- Green slope
- 5%falls to the front-left
In play
- Water right: 112 to reach, 156 to carry
- Water across the hole: 221 to reach, 243 to carry
Playing notes
- Dogleg right at about 200 yards.
- Water crosses the hole: 221 to reach, 243 to carry.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 11 yards wide at 225.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 450+17 ft
- Green
- 428 · 444 · 461front · middle · back
- Green size
- 33 × 20yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 27 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 4%falls to the front-left
In play
- Water across the hole: 129 to reach, 155 to carry
Playing notes
- Plays about 6 yards longer: the green sits 17 ft above the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 240 yards.
- Water crosses the hole: 129 to reach, 155 to carry.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 27 yards wide at 230.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 20 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 4%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 9
4 · Par 35 · Par 36 · Par 47 · Par 38 · Par 59 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 6 plays-like yardages
- 12 hazards with reach and carry
- 6 green slope reads
- 1 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].