Hilton Head National Golf Club
Bluffton, South Carolina · 18 holes · par 71 · Public. Designed by Gary Player and Bobby Weed, opened 1989.
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 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.
- Biggest drop: hole 15, where the green sits 7 ft below the tee and plays about 2 yards shorter.
- 11 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 | Green | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 14 | 390 | 374 | 355 | 345 | 287 |
| 2 | 4 | 4 | 418 | 392 | 366 | 287 | 279 |
| 3 | 5 | 6 | 506 | 487 | 475 | 468 | 405 |
| 4 | 3 | 18 | 177 | 165 | 156 | 114 | 111 |
| 5 | 4 | 10 | 408 | 354 | 341 | 316 | 304 |
| 6 | 4 | 8 | 290 | 273 | 260 | 253 | 224 |
| 7 | 3 | 16 | 140 | 126 | 113 | 99 | 85 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | 560 | 522 | 486 | 458 | 397 |
| 9 | 4 | 12 | 373 | 357 | 320 | 307 | 276 |
| 10 | 4 | 13 | 350 | 340 | 318 | 305 | 260 |
| 11 | 4 | 7 | 430 | 385 | 362 | 305 | 292 |
| 12 | 4 | 1 | 437 | 408 | 367 | 352 | 303 |
| 13 | 3 | 15 | 168 | 148 | 127 | 121 | 111 |
| 14 | 4 | 11 | 376 | 368 | 333 | 324 | 239 |
| 15 | 3 | 17 | 166 | 151 | 134 | 124 | 94 |
| 16 | 5 | 5 | 546 | 525 | 501 | 462 | 404 |
| 17 | 4 | 9 | 405 | 386 | 334 | 311 | 268 |
| 18 | 4 | 3 | 440 | 390 | 340 | 298 | 293 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 6580 | 72.1 | 131 |
| Blue | Male | 6151 | 70 | 124 |
| White | Male | 5688 | 68 | 119 |
| Green | Male | 5249 | 66 | 114 |
| Red | Male | 4632 | 63.1 | 110 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 390-1 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 373 · 390 · 407front · middle · back
- Green size
- 37 × 33yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 53 ydswide at 242
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Water back of the green
Playing notes
- Dogleg right at about 240 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 53 yards wide at 242 and narrows to 28 at 292.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- The green falls from back to front, about 2%. Finish on the front 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.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 418+1 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 403 · 418 · 433front · middle · back
- Green size
- 35 × 21yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 27 ydswide at 231
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front-left
In play
- Water right: 109 to reach, 203 to carry
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Fairway water on the right: 109 to reach, 203 to carry. Drives that finish short of 109 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 27 yards wide at 231.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 2%. Finish on the front-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.
Hole 3 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 505-2 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 490 · 506 · 521front · middle · back
- Green size
- 30 × 18yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 36 ydswide at 231
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker right: 125 to reach, 166 to carry
- Water right: 131 to reach, 217 to carry
- Bunker right: 251 to reach, 271 to carry
- Bunker left: 278 to reach, 317 to carry
- Bunker left: 373 to reach, 396 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 131 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 131 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 36 yards wide at 231 and narrows to 28 at 281.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 100 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 28 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- 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.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 35 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 38 · Par 59 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 413 · Par 314 · Par 415 · Par 316 · Par 517 · Par 418 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 42 hazards with reach and carry
- 14 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].