Courses · Pennsylvania

Fox Chapel Golf Club

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · 18 holes · par 70 · Private. Designed by Seth Raynor, opened 1923.

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 960 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 7, where the green sits 30 ft above the tee and plays about 10 yards longer.
• Biggest drop: hole 15, where the green sits 29 ft below the tee and plays about 10 yards shorter.
• 16 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

Tees

Hole 1 · Par 4

411 (Black) · 382 (Blue) · 382 (White) · 375 (Green) · 341 (Red) yards · Handicap 5

Plays like

402-26 ft

Green · Black tee

394 · 411 · 428front · middle · back

Green size

36 × 42yards deep × wide

Fairway

46 ydswide at 225

Green slope

2%falls to the front-left

In play

• Bunker right: 205 to reach, 236 to carry
• Bunker left: 226 to reach, 241 to carry
• Bunker left: 281 to reach, 296 to carry
• Bunker right: 322 to reach, 339 to carry
• Bunker front of the green
• Bunker left of the green

Playing notes

• Plays about 9 yards shorter: the green sits 26 ft below the tee.
• Dogleg right at about 226 yards.
• Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 205 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 205 keeps them out of play.
• The fairway is about 46 yards wide at 225 and narrows to 32 at 235.
• 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 36 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.

Hole 2 · Par 5

472 (Black) · 460 (Blue) · 460 (White) · 412 (Green) · 412 (Red) yards · Handicap 17

Plays like

475+10 ft

Green · Black tee

457 · 472 · 485front · middle · back

Green size

37 × 31yards deep × wide

Fairway

30 ydswide at 225

Green slope

3%falls to the back-right

In play

• Bunker right: 220 to reach, 231 to carry
• Bunker right: 260 to reach, 272 to carry
• Bunker across the hole: 299 to reach, 307 to carry
• Bunker left: 300 to reach, 310 to carry
• Bunker right: 313 to reach, 321 to carry
• Bunker right: 341 to reach, 348 to carry
• 2 bunkers right: 369 to reach, 397 to carry
• Bunker front-right of the green

Playing notes

• Plays about 3 yards longer: the green sits 10 ft above the tee.
• Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 220 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 220 keeps them out of play.
• The fairway is about 30 yards wide at 225.
• Best lay-up: 70 to 140 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 42 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
• The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
• The green falls from front-left to back-right, about 3%. Finish on the back-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 3 · Par 3

195 (Black) · 159 (Blue) · 159 (White) · 140 (Green) · 140 (Red) yards · Handicap 11

Plays like

193-5 ft

Green · Black tee

179 · 195 · 209front · middle · back

Green size

33 × 35yards deep × wide

Green slope

5.5%falls to the front

In play

• Water across the hole: 68 to reach, 150 to carry
• Bunker front-left of the green
• Bunker front-right of the green
• Bunker left of the green
• Bunker back-left of the green

Playing notes

• Water crosses the hole: 68 to reach, 150 to carry.
• Water crosses the hole: 72 to reach, 148 to carry.
• Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
• The green falls from back to front, about 5.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Holes 4 to 18

4 · Par 45 · Par 46 · Par 37 · Par 48 · Par 49 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 413 · Par 414 · Par 415 · Par 416 · Par 417 · Par 318 · Par 5

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

• 15 plays-like yardages
• 63 hazards with reach and carry
• 15 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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