Long Cove Club
Hilton Head Island, South Carolina · 18 holes · par 71 · Private. Designed by Pete Dye, opened 1980.
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 climb: hole 18, where the green sits 6 ft above the tee and plays about 2 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 8, where the green sits 9 ft below the tee and plays about 3 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 | Black | White | Green | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 7 | 423 | 400 | 389 | 367 | 341 | 335 |
| 2 | 3 | 17 | 196 | 162 | 162 | 151 | 130 | 100 |
| 3 | 5 | 1 | 539 | 527 | 527 | 509 | 470 | 446 |
| 4 | 4 | 11 | 384 | 362 | 362 | 352 | 329 | 294 |
| 5 | 4 | 13 | 317 | 305 | 305 | 291 | 276 | 229 |
| 6 | 5 | 5 | 543 | 527 | 513 | 504 | 440 | 425 |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | 443 | 430 | 403 | 388 | 358 | 317 |
| 8 | 3 | 15 | 233 | 195 | 175 | 165 | 150 | 124 |
| 9 | 4 | 9 | 428 | 385 | 375 | 344 | 321 | 281 |
| 10 | 4 | 12 | 409 | 398 | 387 | 354 | 303 | 296 |
| 11 | 4 | 10 | 399 | 372 | 368 | 342 | 326 | 311 |
| 12 | 4 | 4 | 460 | 420 | 400 | 385 | 338 | 328 |
| 13 | 3 | 18 | 163 | 137 | 137 | 125 | 112 | 88 |
| 14 | 4 | 2 | 417 | 388 | 374 | 374 | 318 | 310 |
| 15 | 5 | 8 | 615 | 565 | 530 | 501 | 446 | 439 |
| 16 | 4 | 14 | 460 | 389 | 389 | 361 | 346 | 318 |
| 17 | 3 | 16 | 205 | 186 | 176 | 176 | 143 | 116 |
| 18 | 4 | 6 | 460 | 429 | 382 | 371 | 322 | 312 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Male | 7094 | 74.9 | 141 |
| Blue | Male | 6577 | 72.3 | 138 |
| Black | Male | 6354 | 71.6 | 134 |
| White | Male | 6060 | 70.2 | 130 |
| Silver | Female | 5810 | 75.1 | 139 |
| Silver | Male | 5810 | 69.1 | 123 |
| Championship | Female | 5759 | 74.7 | 137 |
| Green | Male | 5415 | 67.3 | 116 |
| Green | Female | 5415 | 72.5 | 129 |
| Red | Female | 5083 | 70.7 | 125 |
| Red | Male | 5069 | 70.7 | 125 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 422-2 ft
- Green · Gold tee
- 404 · 423 · 441front · middle · back
- Green size
- 40 × 28yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 43 ydswide at 231
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the right
In play
- Bunker across the hole: 125 to reach, 145 to carry
- Bunker left: 204 to reach, 218 to carry
- Water front-right of the green
- Bunker front of the green
Playing notes
- Dogleg right at about 274 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 204 to reach, 218 to carry. Drives that finish short of 204 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 43 yards wide at 231 and narrows to 31 at 211.
- The green is guarded on the right by water; miss left.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from left to right, about 2.5%. Finish on the right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 40 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 2 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 195-3 ft
- Green · Gold tee
- 180 · 196 · 211front · middle · back
- Green size
- 33 × 30yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the left
In play
- Water across the hole in front of the green: 139 to carry
- 2 bunkers across the hole in front of the green: 160 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker back-right of the green
- Bunker back of the green
Playing notes
- Water crosses the hole: 61 to reach, 139 to carry.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- Bunkers and water short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from right to left, about 2.5%. Finish on the left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 539+1 ft
- Green · Gold tee
- 522 · 539 · 554front · middle · back
- Green size
- 36 × 33yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 39 ydswide at 235
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker left: 143 to reach, 198 to carry
- Bunker right: 259 to reach, 268 to carry
- Bunker across the hole: 379 to reach, 399 to carry
- Water across the hole in front of the green: 365 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Dogleg left at about 259 yards.
- Water crosses the hole: 40 to reach, 365 to carry.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 143 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 143 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 39 yards wide at 235 and narrows to 24 at 275.
- 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.
- 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 57 · Par 48 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 413 · Par 314 · Par 415 · Par 516 · Par 417 · Par 318 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 75 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].