Lookaway Golf Club
Buckingham, Pennsylvania · 18 holes · par 72 · Private. Opened 1999.
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 230 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 13, where the green sits 40 ft above the tee and plays about 13 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 7, where the green sits 47 ft below the tee and plays about 16 yards shorter.
- 15 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 | Black | Blue | Gold |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 4 | 377 | 361 | 300 |
| 2 | 3 | 10 | 198 | 173 | 133 |
| 3 | 5 | 14 | 528 | 515 | 442 |
| 4 | 4 | 8 | 390 | 343 | 278 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | 418 | 398 | 302 |
| 6 | 3 | 18 | 201 | 166 | 115 |
| 7 | 4 | 6 | 387 | 368 | 316 |
| 8 | 5 | 12 | 542 | 528 | 423 |
| 9 | 4 | 16 | 353 | 326 | 266 |
| 10 | 4 | 13 | 338 | 323 | 280 |
| 11 | 3 | 17 | 207 | 155 | 109 |
| 12 | 4 | 5 | 392 | 376 | 329 |
| 13 | 5 | 9 | 586 | 511 | 483 |
| 14 | 4 | 1 | 474 | 443 | 353 |
| 15 | 3 | 15 | 167 | 150 | 91 |
| 16 | 4 | 11 | 402 | 381 | 268 |
| 17 | 5 | 7 | 519 | 502 | 424 |
| 18 | 4 | 3 | 428 | 393 | 262 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 6949 | 73.6 | 145 |
| Blue | Male | 6437 | 71.4 | 141 |
| Silver | Male | 6039 | 69.8 | 136 |
| Gold | Male | 5189 | 65.7 | 129 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 377+1 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 363 · 377 · 392front · middle · back
- Green size
- 29 × 27yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 32 ydswide at 232
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the front-left
In play
- Water left: 87 to reach, 341 to carry
- Bunker right: 231 to reach, 265 to carry
- Water front-left of the green
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 358 to carry
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Dogleg left at about 235 yards.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 87 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 87 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 32 yards wide at 232 and narrows to 20 at 282.
- 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 3%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 190-23 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 188 · 198 · 210front · middle · back
- Green size
- 32 × 25yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker left of the green
- Bunker back-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 8 yards shorter: the green sits 23 ft below the tee.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- The green falls from back to front, about 2%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 524-12 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 507 · 528 · 549front · middle · back
- Green size
- 42 × 27yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 35 ydswide at 225
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker right: 204 to reach, 243 to carry
- 2 bunkers left: 220 to reach, 290 to carry
- Bunker left: 419 to reach, 464 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 4 yards shorter: the green sits 12 ft below the tee.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 204 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 204 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 35 yards wide at 225.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 33 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 2%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 42 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 46 · Par 37 · Par 48 · Par 59 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 413 · Par 514 · Par 415 · Par 316 · Par 417 · Par 518 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 60 hazards with reach and carry
- 15 green slope reads
- 3 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].