Van Patten Golf Club Red White
Clifton Park, New York · 18 holes · par 72 · municipal. Opened 1968.
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 330 ft the ball carries about 0% 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 18, where the green sits 34 ft above the tee and plays about 11 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 10, where the green sits 42 ft below the tee and plays about 14 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
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 6583 | 71.1 | 127 |
| White | Male | 6133 | 69.1 | 122 |
| Silver | Male | 5277 | 64.8 | 110 |
| Teal | Male | 5163 | 60.8 | 98 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 501-31 ft
- Green
- 492 · 511 · 526front · middle · back
- Green size
- 35 × 29yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 43 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the front
In play
- No bunkers or water mapped on this hole
Playing notes
- Plays about 10 yards shorter: the green sits 31 ft below the tee.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 43 yards wide at 230.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 40 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
- The green falls from back to front, about 3%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 35 yards deep: a back pin can play about 2 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 373+17 ft
- Green
- 347 · 367 · 385front · middle · back
- Green size
- 38 × 30yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 30 ydswide at 229
- Green slope
- 4%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 6 yards longer: the green sits 17 ft above the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 224 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 30 yards wide at 229.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 4%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 38 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 374level
- Green
- 362 · 374 · 382front · middle · back
- Green size
- 28 × 32yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 30 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the right
In play
- Bunker right: 180 to reach, 205 to carry
Playing notes
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 180 to reach, 205 to carry. Drives that finish short of 180 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 30 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 16 at 200.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
- The green falls from left to right, about 1.5%. Finish on the right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 35 · Par 46 · Par 37 · Par 48 · Par 49 · Par 510 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 413 · Par 514 · Par 415 · Par 316 · Par 417 · Par 318 · Par 5
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 45 hazards with reach and carry
- 14 green slope reads
- 3 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].