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Courses · South Carolina

Golden Bear Golf Club At Indigo Run

Hilton Head Island, South Carolina · 18 holes · par 72 · Public. Designed by Jack Nicklaus, opened 1993.

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

Altitude20 ftCarries about 0% farther
Bunkers42
Holes with water13 of 18
Average fairway width38 yds
Typical green3,500 sq ft
Sloped greens4 of 18Tilt 2% or more
  • At about 20 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.
  • Driving-zone hazards sit on the right on 8 holes and on the left on 3: a tee shot missed right costs more here.
  • 4 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

HoleParHcpBlackBlueGoldWhiteRed
1413404381349303276
253551534507441407
349416398358316282
431519916714811483
5417373347327299257
641444420383371317
745409387365306306
831118316314611670
957508489479415402
10416396366349341293
1142446430414381352
12314213190159132132
1344423404376332294
14318179163135106106
1556512491472403403
16412387375340271271
17410434418385344307
1858537520492446416

Tees

TeeYardsRatingSlope
BlackMale701473.7132
BlueMale664372128
GoldMale618470.1122
WhiteMale525966.4115
RedMale497468.9115

Hole 1 · Par 4

Green falls this way

404 (Black) · 381 (Blue) · 349 (Gold) · 303 (White) · 276 (Red) yards · Handicap 13

Plays like
404+1 ft
Green · Black tee
391 · 404 · 418front · middle · back
Green size
27 × 17yards deep × wide
Fairway
34 ydswide at 235
Green slope
2%falls to the front

In play

  • Water left: 76 to reach, 172 to carry
  • Bunker right: 255 to reach, 273 to carry
  • Bunker front-right of the green

Playing notes

  • Fairway bunkers on the right: 255 to reach, 273 to carry. Drives that finish short of 255 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
  • The fairway is about 34 yards wide at 235.
  • The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
  • The green falls from back to front, about 2%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 2 · Par 5

Lay-up zoneGreen falls this way

551 (Black) · 534 (Blue) · 507 (Gold) · 441 (White) · 407 (Red) yards · Handicap 3

Plays like
552+2 ft
Green · Black tee
544 · 551 · 562front · middle · back
Green size
20 × 26yards deep × wide
Fairway
37 ydswide at 303
Green slope
1%falls to the back

In play

  • Water right: 171 to reach, 252 to carry
  • Bunker left: 256 to reach, 279 to carry
  • Water left: 293 to reach, 418 to carry
  • Bunker across the hole: 472 to reach, 482 to carry
  • Bunker front-right of the green
  • Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 533 to carry

Playing notes

  • Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 171 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 171 keeps them out of play.
  • The fairway is about 37 yards wide at 303 and narrows to 16 at 353.
  • Best lay-up: 100 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 34 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 to back, about 1%. Finish on the back side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 3 · Par 4

416 (Black) · 398 (Blue) · 358 (Gold) · 316 (White) · 282 (Red) yards · Handicap 9

Plays like
415-3 ft
Green · Black tee
403 · 416 · 430front · middle · back
Green size
29 × 17yards deep × wide
Fairway
42 ydswide at 258

In play

  • Bunker left: 293 to reach, 307 to carry
  • Water across the hole in front of the green: 199 to carry
  • Bunker left of the green

Playing notes

  • Dogleg right at about 250 yards.
  • Water crosses the hole: 165 to reach, 199 to carry.
  • Fairway bunkers on the left: 293 to reach, 307 to carry. Drives that finish short of 293 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
  • The fairway is about 42 yards wide at 258 and narrows to 23 at 298.
  • The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
  • Water short of the green; take enough club to carry it.

Holes 4 to 18

4 · Par 35 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 48 · Par 39 · Par 510 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 313 · Par 414 · Par 315 · Par 516 · Par 417 · Par 418 · Par 5

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

  • 15 plays-like yardages
  • 48 hazards with reach and carry
  • 10 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].

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