Whispering Woods Golf Course
Erie, Pennsylvania · 18 holes · par 72 · Public. Designed by John Exley, opened 2007.
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 950 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 9, where the green sits 53 ft above the tee and plays about 18 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 8, where the green sits 63 ft below the tee and plays about 21 yards shorter.
- Driving-zone hazards sit on the right on 3 holes and on the left on 1: a tee shot missed right costs more here.
- 16 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 | White | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 1 | 445 | 426 | 376 | 349 |
| 2 | 3 | 17 | 168 | 152 | 136 | 102 |
| 3 | 5 | 9 | 519 | 505 | 474 | 338 |
| 4 | 4 | 11 | 306 | 288 | 266 | 160 |
| 5 | 4 | 15 | 311 | 282 | 274 | 205 |
| 6 | 3 | 13 | 194 | 183 | 174 | 141 |
| 7 | 5 | 7 | 552 | 523 | 511 | 415 |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | 436 | 423 | 413 | 345 |
| 9 | 4 | 5 | 396 | 374 | 359 | 261 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | 482 | 451 | 394 | 352 |
| 11 | 3 | 18 | 185 | 165 | 156 | 131 |
| 12 | 5 | 8 | 525 | 518 | 477 | 380 |
| 13 | 4 | 12 | 365 | 356 | 328 | 269 |
| 14 | 3 | 16 | 189 | 184 | 163 | 128 |
| 15 | 5 | 6 | 561 | 536 | 520 | 408 |
| 16 | 4 | 14 | 320 | 300 | 290 | 204 |
| 17 | 4 | 10 | 415 | 398 | 360 | 263 |
| 18 | 4 | 4 | 435 | 411 | 381 | 309 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 6804 | 74 | 144 |
| Blue | Female | 6475 | 78 | 145 |
| Blue | Male | 6475 | 72 | 142 |
| White | Male | 6043 | 70.4 | 138 |
| White | Female | 6043 | 75.7 | 140 |
| Yellow | Female | 5298 | 71.6 | 131 |
| Yellow | Male | 5298 | 67.1 | 124 |
| Red | Female | 4760 | 69.2 | 123 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 438-20 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 430 · 445 · 459front · middle · back
- Green size
- 29 × 24yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 37 ydswide at 229
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker right: 379 to reach, 403 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 7 yards shorter: the green sits 20 ft below the tee.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 37 yards wide at 229 and narrows to 28 at 269.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back to front, about 2%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 166-7 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 150 · 168 · 184front · middle · back
- Green size
- 33 × 24yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 2 yards shorter: the green sits 7 ft below the tee.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- 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 3 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 517-7 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 501 · 519 · 537front · middle · back
- Green size
- 37 × 22yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 40 ydswide at 229
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the back-right
In play
- Water left: 124 to reach, 181 to carry
- Water across the hole: 132 to reach, 150 to carry
- Bunker front of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 2 yards shorter: the green sits 7 ft below the tee.
- Water crosses the hole: 132 to reach, 150 to carry.
- Water crosses the hole: 133 to reach, 150 to carry.
- Fairway water on the left: 124 to reach, 181 to carry. Drives that finish short of 124 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 40 yards wide at 229 and narrows to 32 at 279.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 21 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from front-left to back-right, about 2%. Finish on the back-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 37 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 58 · Par 49 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 513 · Par 414 · Par 315 · Par 516 · Par 417 · Par 418 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 41 hazards with reach and carry
- 15 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].