Courses · Oregon

Salem Golf Club

Salem, Oregon · 18 holes · par 72 · public. Designed by Ercel Kay, opened 1927.

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 150 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 5, where the green sits 14 ft above the tee and plays about 5 yards longer.
• Biggest drop: hole 1, where the green sits 13 ft below the tee and plays about 4 yards shorter.
• Driving-zone hazards sit on the right on 3 holes and on the left on 1: a tee shot missed right costs more here.

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

Hole 1 · Par 5

453 (Blue) · 442 (White) · 430 (Red) yards · Handicap 15

Plays like

449-13 ft

Green · Blue tee

437 · 453 · 467front · middle · back

Green size

33 × 32yards deep × wide

Fairway

25 ydswide at 242

In play

• Bunker left: 239 to reach, 250 to carry
• Bunker right: 247 to reach, 257 to carry
• Bunker front-right of the green

Playing notes

• Plays about 4 yards shorter: the green sits 13 ft below the tee.
• Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 239 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 239 keeps them out of play.
• The fairway is about 25 yards wide at 242 and narrows to 19 at 252.
• Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 36 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
• The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.

Hole 2 · Par 4

381 (Blue) · 370 (White) · 273 (Red) yards · Handicap 5

Plays like

381level

Green · Blue tee

368 · 381 · 396front · middle · back

Green size

28 × 26yards deep × wide

Fairway

41 ydswide at 242

In play

• Bunker front-right of the green

Playing notes

• No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
• The fairway is about 41 yards wide at 242.
• The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.

Hole 3 · Par 3

189 (Blue) · 172 (White) · 151 (Red) yards · Handicap 11

Plays like

188-2 ft

Green · Blue tee

173 · 189 · 204front · middle · back

Green size

32 × 28yards deep × wide

In play

• No bunkers or water mapped on this hole

Playing notes

• No hazards mapped around the green.

Holes 4 to 18

4 · Par 45 · Par 46 · Par 37 · Par 58 · Par 39 · Par 510 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 313 · Par 414 · Par 515 · Par 316 · Par 417 · Par 418 · Par 5

The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:

• 15 plays-like yardages
• 22 hazards with reach and carry
• 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].

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