The Links At Spring Church
Apollo, Pennsylvania · 18 holes · par 72 · Public. Opened 2000.
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 1,380 ft the ball carries about 2% 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 40 ft above the tee and plays about 13 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 18, where the green sits 61 ft below the tee and plays about 20 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 | Blue | White | Gold | Green | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 13 | 324 | 304 | 229 | 219 | |
| 2 | 5 | 5 | 495 | 474 | 404 | 394 | |
| 3 | 4 | 11 | 338 | 315 | 250 | 236 | |
| 4 | 3 | 17 | 159 | 129 | 115 | 105 | |
| 5 | 4 | 3 | 370 | 341 | 325 | 314 | |
| 6 | 3 | 15 | 170 | 144 | 125 | 115 | |
| 7 | 4 | 9 | 395 | 375 | 350 | 338 | |
| 8 | 4 | 7 | 381 | 363 | 285 | 265 | |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | 560 | 520 | 440 | 440 | |
| 10 | 4 | 14 | 300 | 282 | 241 | 231 | |
| 11 | 4 | 12 | 340 | 288 | 280 | 270 | |
| 12 | 3 | 18 | 165 | 148 | 110 | 101 | |
| 13 | 4 | 10 | 358 | 340 | 325 | 316 | |
| 14 | 4 | 8 | 375 | 357 | 275 | 255 | |
| 15 | 5 | 6 | 520 | 500 | 441 | 441 | |
| 16 | 4 | 4 | 410 | 310 | 310 | 300 | |
| 17 | 3 | 16 | 190 | 175 | 145 | 136 | |
| 18 | 5 | 2 | 503 | 498 | 460 | 444 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | Male | 6512 | 72.3 | 133 |
| Blue | Female | 6512 | 78.5 | 139 |
| White | Female | 6353 | 77.6 | 137 |
| White | Male | 6353 | 71.8 | 130 |
| Gold | Male | 5863 | 69.6 | 124 |
| Gold | Female | 5863 | 74 | 128 |
| Green | Female | 5110 | 70.4 | 124 |
| Green | Male | 5110 | 66.2 | 120 |
| Red | Male | 4920 | 65.4 | 118 |
| Red | Female | 4920 | 69.3 | 122 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 321-10 ft
- Green · White tee
- 308 · 324 · 337front · middle · back
- Green size
- 30 × 28yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 37 ydswide at 203
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the left
In play
- 2 bunkers left: 123 to reach, 166 to carry
- Bunker right: 189 to reach, 210 to carry
- Bunker left: 232 to reach, 247 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 3 yards shorter: the green sits 10 ft below the tee.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 189 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 189 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 37 yards wide at 203 and narrows to 31 at 233.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from right to left, about 2%. Finish on the left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 502+20 ft
- Green · White tee
- 475 · 495 · 509front · middle · back
- Green size
- 36 × 33yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 33 ydswide at 224
- Green slope
- 5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker right: 375 to reach, 420 to carry
- Bunker front of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 7 yards longer: the green sits 20 ft above the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 268 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 33 yards wide at 224.
- Best lay-up: 140 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 32 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 5%. Finish on the front-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 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 336-6 ft
- Green · White tee
- 324 · 338 · 352front · middle · back
- Green size
- 30 × 36yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 31 ydswide at 218
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker right: 225 to reach, 269 to carry
Playing notes
- Plays about 2 yards shorter: the green sits 6 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 220 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 225 to reach, 269 to carry. Drives that finish short of 225 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 31 yards wide at 218.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 2.5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 35 · Par 46 · Par 37 · Par 48 · Par 49 · Par 510 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 313 · Par 414 · Par 415 · Par 516 · Par 417 · Par 318 · Par 5
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 38 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].