Honesdale Golf Club
Honesdale, Pennsylvania · 9 holes · par 35 · Private. Opened 1900.
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 1,260 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 96 ft above the tee and plays about 32 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 2, where the green sits 53 ft below the tee and plays about 18 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
| Hole | Par | Hcp | White | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 3 | 375 | 385 |
| 2 | 5 | 1 | 485 | 340 |
| 3 | 4 | 13 | 258 | 258 |
| 4 | 3 | 15 | 138 | 138 |
| 5 | 5 | 9 | 416 | 390 |
| 6 | 3 | 11 | 158 | 110 |
| 7 | 3 | 17 | 115 | 115 |
| 8 | 4 | 7 | 345 | 400 |
| 9 | 4 | 5 | 383 | 367 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| White | Male | 2685 | 110 | |
| Red | Male | 2615 | 114 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 398+39 ft
- Green · Red tee
- 370 · 385 · 398front · middle · back
- Green size
- 28 × 16yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 12 ydswide at 242
- Green slope
- 7%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker left: 238 to reach, 252 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 13 yards longer: the green sits 39 ft above the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 238 to reach, 252 to carry. Drives that finish short of 238 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 12 yards wide at 242.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 7%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 467-53 ft
- Green · White tee
- 469 · 485 · 497front · middle · back
- Green size
- 28 × 23yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 29 ydswide at 256
- Green slope
- 4%falls to the back-right
In play
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 18 yards shorter: the green sits 53 ft below the tee.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 29 yards wide at 256.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 26 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 4%. Finish on the back-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 250-24 ft
- Green · White tee
- 248 · 258 · 267front · middle · back
- Green size
- 20 × 21yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 30 ydswide at 161
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the back-left
In play
- Bunker right: 88 to reach, 94 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 8 yards shorter: the green sits 24 ft below the tee.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 30 yards wide at 161.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from front-right to back-left, about 2.5%. Finish on the back-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 9
4 · Par 35 · Par 56 · Par 37 · Par 38 · Par 49 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 6 plays-like yardages
- 23 hazards with reach and carry
- 6 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].