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Brackenridge Heights Golf Course

Natrona Heights, Pennsylvania · 9 holes · par 36 · Semi-Private. Opened 1918.

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

Altitude1,010 ftCarries about 1% farther
Bunkers26
Holes with water2 of 9
Average fairway width28 yds
Typical green3,700 sq ft
Sloped greens8 of 9Tilt 2% or more
  • At about 1,010 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 5, where the green sits 71 ft above the tee and plays about 24 yards longer.
  • Biggest drop: hole 3, where the green sits 74 ft below the tee and plays about 25 yards shorter.
  • 8 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

HoleParHcpBlueGoldRed
1411366335268
2415307300240
355473463387
439206165163
551471344344
6313167146156
7417306265175
843413383309
947323310262

Tees

TeeYardsRatingSlope
BlueMale3032
GoldMale2711
RedFemale2304

Hole 1 · Par 4

Green falls this way

366 (Blue) · 335 (Gold) · 268 (Red) yards · Handicap 11

Plays like
368+7 ft
Green · Blue tee
356 · 366 · 376front · middle · back
Green size
21 × 21yards deep × wide
Fairway
26 ydswide at 232
Green slope
4%falls to the front-right

In play

  • Bunker front-right of the green
  • Bunker left of the green
  • Bunker right of the green
  • Bunker back of the green

Playing notes

  • Plays about 2 yards longer: the green sits 7 ft above the tee.
  • No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
  • The fairway is about 26 yards wide at 232.
  • Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
  • The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 4%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 2 · Par 4

Green falls this way

307 (Blue) · 300 (Gold) · 240 (Red) yards · Handicap 15

Plays like
304-8 ft
Green · Blue tee
297 · 307 · 318front · middle · back
Green size
21 × 17yards deep × wide
Fairway
26 ydswide at 191
Green slope
2%falls to the front-left

In play

  • Bunker front of the green
  • Bunker front-right of the green
  • Bunker right of the green
  • Bunker left of the green
  • Bunker back-right of the green

Playing notes

  • Plays about 3 yards shorter: the green sits 8 ft below the tee.
  • No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
  • The fairway is about 26 yards wide at 191.
  • Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
  • 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.

Hole 3 · Par 5

Lay-up zoneGreen falls this way

473 (Blue) · 463 (Gold) · 387 (Red) yards · Handicap 5

Plays like
448-74 ft
Green · Blue tee
457 · 473 · 489front · middle · back
Green size
33 × 24yards deep × wide
Fairway
28 ydswide at 219
Green slope
2%falls to the front-right

In play

  • Water right: 404 to reach, 429 to carry
  • 2 bunkers front of the green
  • Bunker front-right of the green

Playing notes

  • Plays about 25 yards shorter: the green sits 74 ft below the tee.
  • Dogleg left at about 268 yards.
  • No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
  • The fairway is about 28 yards wide at 219.
  • Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 25 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
  • The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
  • Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
  • The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 2%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Holes 4 to 9

4 · Par 35 · Par 56 · Par 37 · Par 48 · Par 49 · Par 4

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

  • 6 plays-like yardages
  • 14 hazards with reach and carry
  • 5 green slope reads
  • 1 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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