Cherokee Springs Golf Club
Tahlequah, Oklahoma · 18 holes · par 72 · Public. Opened 1989.
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 830 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 14, where the green sits 88 ft above the tee and plays about 29 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 15, where the green sits 88 ft below the tee and plays about 29 yards shorter.
- 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 | Gold | Blue | White | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 5 | 407 | 383 | 368 | 313 |
| 2 | 5 | 3 | 496 | 478 | 467 | 457 |
| 3 | 4 | 13 | 391 | 371 | 348 | 293 |
| 4 | 3 | 17 | 166 | 143 | 127 | 107 |
| 5 | 4 | 7 | 329 | 310 | 290 | 272 |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | 600 | 566 | 520 | 465 |
| 7 | 4 | 9 | 412 | 387 | 332 | 291 |
| 8 | 3 | 15 | 211 | 173 | 161 | 150 |
| 9 | 4 | 11 | 392 | 370 | 322 | 270 |
| 10 | 5 | 4 | 569 | 543 | 507 | 456 |
| 11 | 4 | 8 | 390 | 369 | 342 | 319 |
| 12 | 4 | 16 | 299 | 282 | 262 | 238 |
| 13 | 3 | 18 | 196 | 174 | 164 | 127 |
| 14 | 5 | 2 | 600 | 575 | 553 | 439 |
| 15 | 4 | 10 | 355 | 340 | 322 | 283 |
| 16 | 4 | 12 | 332 | 313 | 297 | 290 |
| 17 | 3 | 14 | 220 | 208 | 186 | 160 |
| 18 | 4 | 6 | 415 | 385 | 359 | 305 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Male | 6814 | 72.8 | 127 |
| Blue | Male | 6346 | 70.1 | 125 |
| White | Male | 5806 | 67.4 | 118 |
| Red | Female | 4897 | 63.9 | 99 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 395-36 ft
- Green · Gold tee
- 390 · 407 · 422front · middle · back
- Green size
- 37 × 26yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 28 ydswide at 234
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the right
In play
- Bunker left: 240 to reach, 254 to carry
- Bunker right: 259 to reach, 276 to carry
- Bunker left: 291 to reach, 303 to carry
- Bunker front of the green
- Water back-right of the green
- Water back of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 12 yards shorter: the green sits 36 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 268 yards.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 240 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 240 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 28 yards wide at 234.
- The green is guarded on the right by water; miss left.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from left to right, about 1.5%. Finish on the right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 37 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 2 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 504+24 ft
- Green · Gold tee
- 481 · 496 · 512front · middle · back
- Green size
- 31 × 27yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 28 ydswide at 235
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the back-right
In play
- Bunker left: 251 to reach, 260 to carry
- Bunker right: 270 to reach, 283 to carry
- Bunker left: 287 to reach, 295 to carry
Playing notes
- Plays about 8 yards longer: the green sits 24 ft above the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 229 yards.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 251 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 251 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 28 yards wide at 235 and narrows to 22 at 285.
- 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.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
- The green falls from front-left to back-right, about 1.5%. Finish on the back-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 398+22 ft
- Green · Gold tee
- 378 · 391 · 404front · middle · back
- Green size
- 27 × 23yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 35 ydswide at 238
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker right: 240 to reach, 244 to carry
- Bunker across the hole: 266 to reach, 271 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 7 yards longer: the green sits 22 ft above the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 243 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 240 to reach, 244 to carry. Drives that finish short of 240 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 35 yards wide at 238 and narrows to 16 at 268.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- 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.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 35 · Par 46 · Par 57 · Par 48 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par 511 · Par 412 · Par 413 · Par 314 · Par 515 · Par 416 · Par 417 · Par 318 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 32 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].