Apple Valley Golf Club
Howard, Ohio · 18 holes · par 72 · Public. Designed by Bill Newcomb & John Robinson, opened 1972.
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 1,130 ft the ball carries about 1% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 148. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
- Biggest climb: hole 6, where the green sits 58 ft above the tee and plays about 19 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 8, where the green sits 42 ft below the tee and plays about 14 yards shorter.
- Driving-zone hazards sit on the right on 4 holes and on the left on 1: a tee shot missed right costs more here.
- 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 | Gold |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 3 | 428 | 415 | 375 | 300 |
| 2 | 4 | 15 | 374 | 362 | 360 | 330 |
| 3 | 5 | 9 | 542 | 528 | 488 | 410 |
| 4 | 4 | 17 | 355 | 343 | 343 | 300 |
| 5 | 3 | 13 | 140 | 125 | 120 | 89 |
| 6 | 5 | 7 | 523 | 500 | 460 | 425 |
| 7 | 3 | 5 | 246 | 190 | 165 | 132 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | 436 | 403 | 334 | 305 |
| 9 | 4 | 11 | 377 | 367 | 353 | 236 |
| 10 | 5 | 10 | 484 | 474 | 462 | 425 |
| 11 | 4 | 6 | 341 | 326 | 315 | 263 |
| 12 | 5 | 8 | 553 | 523 | 505 | 414 |
| 13 | 3 | 12 | 227 | 218 | 171 | 130 |
| 14 | 4 | 4 | 470 | 448 | 395 | 310 |
| 15 | 4 | 2 | 467 | 427 | 385 | 330 |
| 16 | 3 | 18 | 170 | 159 | 159 | 120 |
| 17 | 4 | 16 | 365 | 351 | 320 | 290 |
| 18 | 4 | 14 | 448 | 385 | 360 | 300 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 6946 | 73.1 | 128 |
| Blue | Male | 6544 | 71.2 | 124 |
| White | Male | 6070 | 69.7 | 121 |
| White/Gold | Male | 5560 | 68.6 | 118 |
| Gold | Male | 5109 | 67.4 | 115 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 428+1 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 415 · 428 · 438front · middle · back
- Green size
- 23 × 28yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 29 ydswide at 231
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Dogleg left at about 281 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 29 yards wide at 231.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from back to front, about 2%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 371-8 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 359 · 374 · 389front · middle · back
- Green size
- 32 × 29yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 28 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the front-right
In play
- Water right: 234 to reach, 291 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker back-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 3 yards shorter: the green sits 8 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 250 yards.
- Fairway water on the right: 234 to reach, 291 to carry. Drives that finish short of 234 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 28 yards wide at 230.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 3%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 542-1 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 525 · 542 · 557front · middle · back
- Green size
- 32 × 18yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 33 ydswide at 233
In play
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 33 yards wide at 233.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 28 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 36 · Par 57 · Par 38 · Par 49 · Par 410 · Par 511 · Par 412 · Par 513 · Par 314 · Par 415 · Par 416 · Par 317 · Par 418 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 38 hazards with reach and carry
- 13 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].