Catawba Island Club
Port Clinton, Ohio · 18 holes · par 72 · Private. Opened 1920.
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 590 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 7, where the green sits 18 ft above the tee and plays about 6 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 11, where the green sits 15 ft below the tee and plays about 5 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
| Hole | Par | Hcp | Championship/Blue | Back/White | Forward/Green |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 9 | |||
| 2 | 4 | 11 | |||
| 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 4 | 4 | 15 | |||
| 5 | 5 | 13 | |||
| 6 | 3 | 7 | |||
| 7 | 5 | 1 | |||
| 8 | 4 | 3 | |||
| 9 | 3 | 17 | |||
| 10 | 5 | 14 | |||
| 11 | 5 | 10 | |||
| 12 | 4 | 18 | |||
| 13 | 4 | 4 | |||
| 14 | 3 | 16 | |||
| 15 | 3 | 12 | |||
| 16 | 4 | 2 | |||
| 17 | 4 | 6 | |||
| 18 | 4 | 8 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship/Blue | Male | 6721 | 72.8 | 136 |
| Back/White | Female | 6098 | 77.1 | 136 |
| Back/White | Male | 6098 | 69.9 | 128 |
| Middle/Bronze | Male | 5443 | 67.3 | 118 |
| Middle/Bronze | Female | 5443 | 72.4 | 123 |
| Forward/Green | Female | 4739 | 69.1 | 117 |
| Forward/Green | Male | 4739 | 64.1 | 113 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 364+1 ft
- Green
- 350 · 364 · 378front · middle · back
- Green size
- 31 × 24yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 44 ydswide at 226
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Water across the hole: 84 to reach, 142 to carry
- Water left: 189 to reach, 312 to carry
- 2 bunkers right: 253 to reach, 266 to carry
- 2 bunkers right: 315 to reach, 324 to carry
- 2 bunkers across the hole in front of the green: 330 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Dogleg left at about 214 yards.
- Water crosses the hole: 84 to reach, 142 to carry.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 189 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 189 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 44 yards wide at 226 and narrows to 27 at 270.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 1.5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 435-13 ft
- Green
- 409 · 439 · 472front · middle · back
- Green size
- 63 × 43yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 42 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 3.5%falls to the right
In play
- Bunker across the hole: 211 to reach, 218 to carry
- Bunker left: 214 to reach, 223 to carry
- 3 bunkers left: 242 to reach, 274 to carry
- 3 bunkers front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 4 yards shorter: the green sits 13 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 393 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 214 to reach, 274 to carry. Drives that finish short of 214 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 210.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from left to right, about 3.5%. Finish on the right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 63 yards deep: a back pin can play about 5 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 406+7 ft
- Green
- 383 · 404 · 420front · middle · back
- Green size
- 38 × 18yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 35 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker across the hole: 195 to reach, 204 to carry
- Bunker right: 233 to reach, 241 to carry
- 2 bunkers right: 272 to reach, 292 to carry
- Bunker right: 345 to reach, 353 to carry
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 377 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
- 2 bunkers left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 2 yards longer: the green sits 7 ft above the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 314 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 233 to reach, 292 to carry. Drives that finish short of 233 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 35 yards wide at 230.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 2%. Finish on the front-left 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.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 56 · Par 37 · Par 58 · Par 49 · Par 310 · Par 511 · Par 512 · Par 413 · Par 414 · Par 315 · Par 316 · Par 417 · Par 418 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 59 hazards with reach and carry
- 14 green slope reads
- 4 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].