Courses · Pennsylvania

Laurel Valley Golf Club

Ligonier, Pennsylvania · 18 holes · par 72 · Private. Opened 1959.

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 1,190 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 16, where the green sits 26 ft above the tee and plays about 9 yards longer.
• Biggest drop: hole 1, where the green sits 50 ft below the tee and plays about 17 yards shorter.
• 12 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

380 (Blue) · 360 (White) · 342 (Green) · 320 (Red) yards · Handicap 11

Plays like

363-50 ft

Green · Blue tee

364 · 380 · 399front · middle · back

Green size

36 × 25yards deep × wide

Fairway

33 ydswide at 227

Green slope

1.5%falls to the back-right

In play

• 3 bunkers left: 209 to reach, 264 to carry
• Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 357 to carry
• Bunker front-right of the green
• Bunker left of the green
• Bunker back-right of the green

Playing notes

• Plays about 17 yards shorter: the green sits 50 ft below the tee.
• Fairway bunkers on the left: 209 to reach, 264 to carry. Drives that finish short of 209 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
• The fairway is about 33 yards wide at 227.
• 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 front-left to back-right, about 1.5%. Finish on the back-right 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 4

351 (Blue) · 342 (White) · 328 (Green) · 276 (Red) yards · Handicap 7

Plays like

346-16 ft

Green · Blue tee

337 · 351 · 366front · middle · back

Green size

31 × 32yards deep × wide

Fairway

31 ydswide at 221

Green slope

1.5%falls to the front-left

In play

• 3 bunkers left: 171 to reach, 258 to carry
• 2 bunkers right: 210 to reach, 251 to carry
• Water across the hole in front of the green: 334 to carry
• Bunker right of the green
• Bunker back-right of the green

Playing notes

• Plays about 5 yards shorter: the green sits 16 ft below the tee.
• Water crosses the hole: 301 to reach, 334 to carry.
• Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 171 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 171 keeps them out of play.
• The fairway is about 31 yards wide at 221 and narrows to 22 at 255.
• The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
• Water short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
• The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 1.5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 3 · Par 5

520 (Blue) · 517 (White) · 460 (Green) · 420 (Red) yards · Handicap 9

Plays like

514-18 ft

Green · Blue tee

510 · 520 · 534front · middle · back

Green size

36 × 29yards deep × wide

Fairway

25 ydswide at 223

Green slope

1.5%falls to the left

In play

• Bunker right: 197 to reach, 227 to carry
• Bunker left: 215 to reach, 249 to carry
• Bunker right: 248 to reach, 273 to carry
• Bunker across the hole: 284 to reach, 293 to carry
• Bunker left: 363 to reach, 385 to carry
• 2 bunkers across the hole: 405 to reach, 442 to carry
• Bunker right: 433 to reach, 454 to carry
• Bunker left: 478 to reach, 488 to carry
• Water right of the green
• Bunker front of the green
• Bunker left of the green
• Bunker back of the green

Playing notes

• Plays about 6 yards shorter: the green sits 18 ft below the tee.
• Dogleg right at about 215 yards.
• Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 197 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 197 keeps them out of play.
• The fairway is about 25 yards wide at 223.
• Best lay-up: 140 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 29 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
• 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 right to left, about 1.5%. Finish on the 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.

Holes 4 to 18

4 · Par 45 · Par 36 · Par 57 · Par 48 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 512 · Par 413 · Par 414 · Par 315 · 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
• 87 hazards with reach and carry
• 13 green slope reads
• 2 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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