Champions Golf Course
Columbus, Ohio · 18 holes · par 70 · Public/Municipal. Designed by Robert Trent Jones, opened 1948.
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 820 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 15, where the green sits 24 ft above the tee and plays about 8 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 13, where the green sits 36 ft below the tee and plays about 12 yards shorter.
- Driving-zone hazards sit on the right on 6 holes and on the left on 3: a tee shot missed right costs more here.
- 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 | Black | Blue | White |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 7 | 392 | 378 | 366 |
| 2 | 3 | 15 | 150 | 142 | 135 |
| 3 | 4 | 3 | 400 | 371 | 325 |
| 4 | 4 | 11 | 365 | 355 | 347 |
| 5 | 3 | 17 | 150 | 136 | 123 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | 410 | 398 | 375 |
| 7 | 5 | 13 | 530 | 520 | 500 |
| 8 | 4 | 9 | 358 | 345 | 323 |
| 9 | 4 | 5 | 410 | 395 | 388 |
| 10 | 3 | 10 | 217 | 199 | 176 |
| 11 | 4 | 4 | 440 | 423 | 401 |
| 12 | 4 | 12 | 394 | 366 | 348 |
| 13 | 4 | 2 | 407 | 394 | 365 |
| 14 | 4 | 8 | 411 | 391 | 370 |
| 15 | 5 | 16 | 524 | 484 | 460 |
| 16 | 4 | 6 | 399 | 385 | 375 |
| 17 | 3 | 18 | 189 | 162 | 147 |
| 18 | 4 | 14 | 390 | 378 | 362 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 6536 | 70.8 | 125 |
| Blue | Male | 6222 | 69.6 | 122 |
| White | Female | 5886 | 73.2 | 128 |
| White | Male | 5886 | 67.9 | 120 |
| Orange | Male | 5014 | 64 | 112 |
| Purple | Male | 2200 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 386-19 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 374 · 392 · 408front · middle · back
- Green size
- 35 × 31yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 29 ydswide at 231
In play
- Bunker right: 233 to reach, 263 to carry
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 6 yards shorter: the green sits 19 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 223 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 233 to reach, 263 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 29 yards wide at 231.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green is 35 yards deep: a back pin can play about 2 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 2 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 151+4 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 134 · 150 · 163front · middle · back
- Green size
- 29 × 14yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 3.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 3.5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 403+9 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 383 · 400 · 416front · middle · back
- Green size
- 33 × 21yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 26 ydswide at 267
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the left
In play
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 379 to carry
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 3 yards longer: the green sits 9 ft above the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 285 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 26 yards wide at 267.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from right to left, about 1.5%. Finish on the left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 36 · Par 47 · Par 58 · Par 49 · Par 410 · Par 311 · Par 412 · Par 413 · Par 414 · Par 415 · Par 516 · Par 417 · Par 318 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 40 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].