Courses · South Carolina

Azalea Dogwood At Houndslake Country Club

Aiken, South Carolina · 18 holes · par 72 · Private. Opened 1974.

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

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 5

505 (Blue) · 475 (White) · 431 (Gold) · 411 (Red) yards · Handicap 10

Green · Blue tee

499 · 505 · 514front · middle · back

Green size

28 × 29yards deep × wide

Fairway

29 ydswide at 254

In play

• Bunker left: 253 to reach, 271 to carry
• Bunker right: 424 to reach, 454 to carry
• Bunker left: 438 to reach, 468 to carry
• Bunker front of the green
• Bunker back-left of the green
• Bunker back-right of the green

Playing notes

• Dogleg right at about 249 yards.
• Fairway bunkers on the left: 253 to reach, 271 to carry. Drives that finish short of 253 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
• The fairway is about 29 yards wide at 254 and narrows to 22 at 224.
• Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 23 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.

Hole 2 · Par 4

367 (Blue) · 340 (White) · 283 (Gold) · 277 (Red) yards · Handicap 6

Green · Blue tee

352 · 367 · 381front · middle · back

Green size

30 × 24yards deep × wide

Fairway

39 ydswide at 231

In play

• Bunker right: 208 to reach, 228 to carry
• Bunker left: 218 to reach, 228 to carry
• Bunker right: 328 to reach, 334 to carry
• Bunker back-left of the green

Playing notes

• Dogleg left at about 244 yards.
• Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 208 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 208 keeps them out of play.
• The fairway is about 39 yards wide at 231 and narrows to 28 at 209.
• The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.

Hole 3 · Par 4

369 (Blue) · 343 (White) · 272 (Gold) · 265 (Red) yards · Handicap 8

Green · Blue tee

350 · 369 · 386front · middle · back

Green size

37 × 21yards deep × wide

Fairway

45 ydswide at 232

In play

• Bunker right: 217 to reach, 261 to carry
• Bunker left of the green
• Bunker right of the green

Playing notes

• Fairway bunkers on the right: 217 to reach, 261 to carry. Drives that finish short of 217 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
• The fairway is about 45 yards wide at 232 and narrows to 36 at 271.
• Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
• 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 35 · Par 56 · Par 47 · Par 48 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par 511 · Par 412 · Par 313 · Par 414 · Par 415 · Par 416 · Par 517 · Par 318 · Par 4

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

• 61 hazards with reach and carry
• 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].

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