Skitty Golf

Courses · Pennsylvania

Steel Club Hill Nine

Hellertown, Pennsylvania · 9 holes · par 35 · Private. Designed by Donald Ross, opened 1948.

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

Altitude450 ftCarries about 1% farther
Bunkers30
Holes with water0 of 9
Average fairway width31 yds
Typical green3,200 sq ft
Sloped greens9 of 9Tilt 2% or more
  • At about 450 ft the ball carries about 1% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 149. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
  • Biggest climb: hole 3, where the green sits 83 ft above the tee and plays about 28 yards longer.
  • Biggest drop: hole 4, where the green sits 76 ft below the tee and plays about 25 yards shorter.
  • 9 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

HoleParHcpBlackWhiteGoldRed
149358351348281
2517490470465457
343397387283277
441437430403295
5313141128120115
645372357310239
7411371363330324
847350342337300
9315211173168105

Tees

TeeYardsRatingSlope
BlackMale3127131
WhiteMale3001128
GoldMale2764124
RedFemale2393123

Hole 1 · Par 4

Green falls this way

358 (Black) · 351 (White) · 348 (Gold) · 281 (Red) yards · Handicap 9

Plays like
370+37 ft
Green · Black tee
344 · 358 · 370front · middle · back
Green size
26 × 24yards deep × wide
Fairway
28 ydswide at 225
Green slope
5%falls to the front-right

In play

  • 2 bunkers right: 181 to reach, 217 to carry
  • Bunker left: 285 to reach, 304 to carry
  • Bunker front-left of the green
  • Bunker right of the green
  • Bunker back of the green

Playing notes

  • Plays about 12 yards longer: the green sits 37 ft above the tee.
  • Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 181 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 181 keeps them out of play.
  • The fairway is about 28 yards wide at 225 and narrows to 23 at 210.
  • Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
  • The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 2 · Par 5

Lay-up zoneGreen falls this way

490 (Black) · 470 (White) · 465 (Gold) · 457 (Red) yards · Handicap 17

Plays like
486-12 ft
Green · Black tee
483 · 490 · 500front · middle · back
Green size
19 × 21yards deep × wide
Fairway
32 ydswide at 254
Green slope
5.5%falls to the front

In play

  • Bunker right: 187 to reach, 207 to carry
  • Bunker left: 378 to reach, 400 to carry
  • Bunker front-left of the green

Playing notes

  • Plays about 4 yards shorter: the green sits 12 ft below the tee.
  • Dogleg left at about 356 yards.
  • Fairway bunkers on the right: 187 to reach, 207 to carry. Drives that finish short of 187 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
  • The fairway is about 32 yards wide at 254 and narrows to 24 at 224.
  • Best lay-up: 130 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 30 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
  • The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
  • The green falls from back to front, about 5.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 3 · Par 4

Green falls this way

397 (Black) · 387 (White) · 283 (Gold) · 277 (Red) yards · Handicap 3

Plays like
425+83 ft
Green · Black tee
387 · 397 · 408front · middle · back
Green size
21 × 18yards deep × wide
Fairway
39 ydswide at 236
Green slope
8.5%falls to the front

In play

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

Playing notes

  • Plays about 28 yards longer: the green sits 83 ft above the tee.
  • No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
  • The fairway is about 39 yards wide at 236.
  • Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
  • The green falls from back to front, about 8.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Holes 4 to 9

4 · Par 45 · Par 36 · Par 47 · Par 48 · Par 49 · Par 3

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

  • 6 plays-like yardages
  • 4 hazards with reach and carry
  • 6 green slope reads

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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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