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Kiawah Island Club River Course

Kiawah Island, South Carolina · 18 holes · par 72 · Private. Designed by Tom Fazio, opened 1995.

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

Altitude10 ftCarries about 0% farther
Bunkers95
Holes with water15 of 18
Average fairway width35 yds
Typical green6,100 sq ft
Sloped greens12 of 18Tilt 2% or more
  • 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 3, where the green sits 14 ft below the tee and plays about 5 yards shorter.
  • 12 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

HoleParHcpGoldBlueWhiteGreenGreen/RedBlack
1411405379319319319265
253558538488488371371
3315207189170140140130
4413378369347299299299
549343321301244244244
6317179160136104104104
745482432364364278278
851547505483409409409
947422408291291291291
1042445421322322313257
11414388369344290290290
12316202176142124109109
1356516498391349349303
14410444416337337254254
15412421397373296296296
1658529501473413413316
1731821316814912712791
1844440411355298298298

Tees

TeeYardsRatingSlope
GoldMale711976.1155
BlueMale665874.2153
Blue/WhiteMale644273152
WhiteMale624672.3142
WhiteFemale624678.5150
White/GreenMale580769.9138
GreenMale550868.5134
GreenFemale550874.5142
Green/RedFemale522272.7138
RedMale490465.3125
RedFemale490471.2133
BlackFemale460569.5128
BlackMale460564.3123

Hole 1 · Par 4

Green falls this way

405 (Gold) · 379 (Blue) · 319 (White) · 319 (Green) · 319 (Green/Red) · 265 (Black) yards · Handicap 11

Plays like
404-2 ft
Green · Gold tee
391 · 405 · 415front · middle · back
Green size
32 × 33yards deep × wide
Fairway
30 ydswide at 243
Green slope
3%falls to the front

In play

  • Bunker across the hole: 121 to reach, 128 to carry
  • 2 bunkers left: 197 to reach, 310 to carry
  • Water front-left of the green
  • Water left of the green
  • Bunker front-right of the green
  • Bunker back of the green

Playing notes

  • Dogleg left at about 275 yards.
  • Fairway bunkers on the left: 197 to reach, 310 to carry. Drives that finish short of 197 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
  • The fairway is about 30 yards wide at 243.
  • Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
  • 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

Lay-up zoneGreen falls this way

558 (Gold) · 538 (Blue) · 488 (White) · 488 (Green) · 371 (Green/Red) · 371 (Black) yards · Handicap 3

Plays like
558level
Green · Gold tee
547 · 558 · 569front · middle · back
Green size
26 × 38yards deep × wide
Fairway
37 ydswide at 233
Green slope
3.5%falls to the front-right

In play

  • 2 bunkers across the hole: 81 to reach, 128 to carry
  • Bunker right: 267 to reach, 292 to carry
  • Water left: 307 to reach, 485 to carry
  • Bunker left: 417 to reach, 437 to carry
  • 3 bunkers right: 446 to reach, 492 to carry
  • 2 bunkers left: 477 to reach, 520 to carry
  • Water left: 589 to reach, 690 to carry
  • Bunker left of the green
  • Bunker front-right of the green
  • Bunker back of the green

Playing notes

  • Fairway bunkers on the right: 267 to reach, 292 to carry. Drives that finish short of 267 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
  • The fairway is about 37 yards wide at 233 and narrows to 29 at 273.
  • Best lay-up: 130 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 26 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
  • Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
  • The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 3.5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 3 · Par 3

Green falls this way

207 (Gold) · 189 (Blue) · 170 (White) · 140 (Green) · 140 (Green/Red) · 130 (Black) yards · Handicap 15

Plays like
202-14 ft
Green · Gold tee
189 · 207 · 225front · middle · back
Green size
41 × 31yards deep × wide
Green slope
1.5%falls to the left

In play

  • Water across the hole: 50 to reach, 112 to carry
  • Bunker right of the green

Playing notes

  • Plays about 5 yards shorter: the green sits 14 ft below the tee.
  • Water crosses the hole: 50 to reach, 112 to carry.
  • The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
  • The green falls from right to left, about 1.5%. Finish on the left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
  • The green is 41 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 59 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 313 · Par 514 · Par 415 · Par 416 · Par 517 · Par 318 · Par 4

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

  • 15 plays-like yardages
  • 77 hazards with reach and carry
  • 13 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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