Village Club Of Sands Point
Sands Point, New York · 18 holes · par 71 · private. Designed by Tom Doak.
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 90 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 17, where the green sits 31 ft above the tee and plays about 10 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 18, where the green sits 47 ft below the tee and plays about 16 yards shorter.
- 12 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 | 6549 | 71.8 | 133 |
| Blue | Male | 6366 | 70.9 | 132 |
| Blue/White | Male | 6197 | 70.2 | 129 |
| White | Male | 6024 | 69.4 | 127 |
| White | Female | 6024 | 74.8 | 133 |
| White/Yellow | Male | 5754 | 68 | 126 |
| Yellow | Male | 5505 | 66.7 | 124 |
| Yellow | Female | 5505 | 72.2 | 125 |
| Green | Female | 5120 | 69.9 | 122 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 500-16 ft
- Green
- 488 · 505 · 517front · middle · back
- Green size
- 31 × 40yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 42 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker left: 260 to reach, 281 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 5 yards shorter: the green sits 16 ft below the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 260 to reach, 281 to carry. Drives that finish short of 260 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 42 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 26 at 270.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 41 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 3%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 375+4 ft
- Green
- 362 · 374 · 386front · middle · back
- Green size
- 24 × 33yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 41 ydswide at 229
- Green slope
- 5%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker front of the green
Playing notes
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 41 yards wide at 229 and narrows to 29 at 270.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back to front, about 5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 543+16 ft
- Green
- 522 · 538 · 552front · middle · back
- Green size
- 29 × 25yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 42 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker right: 303 to reach, 327 to carry
- Bunker left: 340 to reach, 358 to carry
Playing notes
- Plays about 5 yards longer: the green sits 16 ft above the tee.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 42 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 35 at 200.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 34 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 2%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 36 · Par 47 · Par 38 · Par 59 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 413 · Par 414 · Par 315 · Par 416 · Par 317 · Par 518 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 44 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].