Cougar Point At Kiawah Island Golf Resort
Kiawah Island, South Carolina · 18 holes · par 72 · Resort. Opened 1976.
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 10 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 drop: hole 18, where the green sits 8 ft below the tee and plays about 3 yards shorter.
- 13 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
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tournament | Male | 6814 | 72.7 | 134 |
| Cougar | Male | 6514 | 71.1 | 132 |
| Player | Male | 6139 | 69.3 | 124 |
| Kiawah | Male | 5608 | 66.9 | 118 |
| Kiawah | Female | 5608 | 71.8 | 129 |
| Governors | Male | 5187 | 64.7 | 116 |
| Governors | Female | 5187 | 70.2 | 118 |
| Carolina | Female | 4816 | 68.1 | 114 |
| Carolina | Male | 4816 | 63 | 112 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 338-4 ft
- Green
- 329 · 339 · 350front · middle · back
- Green size
- 27 × 28yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 34 ydswide at 211
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker left: 221 to reach, 253 to carry
- Bunker right: 238 to reach, 252 to carry
- Water right: 265 to reach, 291 to carry
- Bunker right of the green
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 221 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 221 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 34 yards wide at 211 and narrows to 26 at 250.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 2.5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 159-1 ft
- Green
- 145 · 159 · 173front · middle · back
- Green size
- 33 × 40yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front-left
In play
- Water across the hole in front of the green: 133 to carry
- Water across the hole in front of the green: 134 to carry
- Bunker front of the green
Playing notes
- Water crosses the hole: 35 to reach, 133 to carry.
- Water crosses the hole: 36 to reach, 134 to carry.
- Water crosses the hole: 39 to reach, 135 to carry.
- The green is guarded on the right by water; miss left.
- Bunkers and water short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 2%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 526-5 ft
- Green
- 509 · 528 · 546front · middle · back
- Green size
- 36 × 21yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 59 ydswide at 230
In play
- Water right: 7 to reach, 105 to carry
- Bunker right: 264 to reach, 264 to carry
- Water right: 354 to reach, 383 to carry
- Bunker right: 466 to reach, 488 to carry
- Water front-left of the green
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker right of the green
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Dogleg left at about 264 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 264 to reach, 264 to carry. Drives that finish short of 264 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 59 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 49 at 200.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 110 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 53 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green is 36 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 49 · Par 510 · Par 411 · Par 512 · Par 313 · 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
- 63 hazards with reach and carry
- 14 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].