Golden Hills Country Club
Lexington, South Carolina · 18 holes · par 71 · Semi-Private. Designed by Ron Garl, opened 1988.
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 290 ft the ball carries about 0% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 149. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
- Biggest climb: hole 16, where the green sits 61 ft above the tee and plays about 20 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 10, where the green sits 53 ft below the tee and plays about 18 yards shorter.
- 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 | Gold | Blue | Green | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 5 | 419 | 395 | 377 | 356 |
| 2 | 5 | 1 | 594 | 546 | 501 | 440 |
| 3 | 3 | 17 | 165 | 156 | 144 | 98 |
| 4 | 4 | 7 | 424 | 402 | 384 | 338 |
| 5 | 4 | 13 | 362 | 329 | 296 | 275 |
| 6 | 4 | 3 | 427 | 393 | 362 | 333 |
| 7 | 3 | 15 | 170 | 163 | 143 | 127 |
| 8 | 4 | 11 | 386 | 345 | 330 | 291 |
| 9 | 5 | 9 | 509 | 480 | 447 | 419 |
| 10 | 4 | 4 | 361 | 356 | 311 | 294 |
| 11 | 4 | 12 | 368 | 345 | 330 | 280 |
| 12 | 5 | 6 | 511 | 482 | 460 | 379 |
| 13 | 3 | 8 | 185 | 169 | 154 | 143 |
| 14 | 5 | 10 | 491 | 465 | 445 | 406 |
| 15 | 3 | 18 | 179 | 162 | 153 | 141 |
| 16 | 4 | 14 | 355 | 304 | 284 | 237 |
| 17 | 3 | 16 | 147 | 134 | 114 | 96 |
| 18 | 4 | 2 | 402 | 367 | 340 | 304 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Male | 6461 | 71.2 | 134 |
| Blue | Male | 6011 | 68.6 | 128 |
| Green | Male | 5575 | 67.2 | 115 |
| Red | Female | 4957 | 68 | 113 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 408-34 ft
- Green · Gold tee
- 404 · 419 · 434front · middle · back
- Green size
- 31 × 23yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 31 ydswide at 259
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker back of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 11 yards shorter: the green sits 34 ft below the tee.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 31 yards wide at 259.
- The green falls from back to front, about 3%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 583-34 ft
- Green · Gold tee
- 579 · 594 · 606front · middle · back
- Green size
- 31 × 26yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 47 ydswide at 267
- Green slope
- 6%falls to the left
In play
- No bunkers or water mapped on this hole
Playing notes
- Plays about 11 yards shorter: the green sits 34 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 236 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 47 yards wide at 267.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 38 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
- The green falls from right to left, about 6%. Finish on the left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 162-8 ft
- Green · Gold tee
- 148 · 165 · 180front · middle · back
- Green size
- 35 × 24yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 5.5%falls to the left
In play
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 3 yards shorter: the green sits 8 ft below the tee.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from right to left, about 5.5%. Finish on the left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 35 yards deep: a back pin can play about 2 clubs more than a front pin.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 38 · Par 49 · Par 510 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 513 · Par 314 · Par 515 · Par 316 · Par 417 · Par 318 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 28 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].