Old South Golf Links
Bluffton, South Carolina · 18 holes · par 72 · Public. Designed by Clyde Johnston, opened 1991.
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 drop: hole 15, where the green sits 9 ft below the tee and plays about 3 yards shorter.
- 13 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 | White | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 11 | 383 | 365 | 330 | 280 |
| 2 | 4 | 13 | 415 | 390 | 355 | 305 |
| 3 | 5 | 9 | 530 | 502 | 455 | 415 |
| 4 | 3 | 17 | 167 | 155 | 140 | 125 |
| 5 | 5 | 7 | 533 | 513 | 450 | 411 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | 397 | 370 | 340 | 295 |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | 370 | 353 | 315 | 270 |
| 8 | 3 | 15 | 160 | 140 | 112 | 75 |
| 9 | 4 | 5 | 400 | 368 | 308 | 278 |
| 10 | 4 | 12 | 403 | 381 | 343 | 300 |
| 11 | 3 | 18 | 185 | 170 | 158 | 136 |
| 12 | 4 | 10 | 390 | 370 | 332 | 286 |
| 13 | 4 | 8 | 353 | 335 | 320 | 272 |
| 14 | 5 | 2 | 555 | 535 | 515 | 407 |
| 15 | 4 | 14 | 384 | 354 | 330 | 283 |
| 16 | 4 | 4 | 417 | 383 | 355 | 135 |
| 17 | 3 | 16 | 180 | 165 | 153 | 132 |
| 18 | 5 | 6 | 550 | 505 | 468 | 371 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Male | 6772 | 72.7 | 138 |
| Blue | Male | 6354 | 70.4 | 132 |
| White | Male | 5779 | 68.6 | 116 |
| Red | Female | 4776 | 68.2 | 117 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 382-2 ft
- Green · Gold tee
- 373 · 383 · 395front · middle · back
- Green size
- 24 × 29yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 35 ydswide at 259
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker across the hole: 157 to reach, 178 to carry
- Water across the hole in front of the green: 149 to carry
- Bunker back of the green
Playing notes
- Water crosses the hole: 70 to reach, 149 to carry.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 35 yards wide at 259 and narrows to 14 at 291.
- Water short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back to front, about 3%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 415+1 ft
- Green · Gold tee
- 397 · 415 · 431front · middle · back
- Green size
- 33 × 35yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 31 ydswide at 267
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front-right
In play
- Water right: 78 to reach, 185 to carry
- Water left: 152 to reach, 197 to carry
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 78 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 78 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 31 yards wide at 267 and narrows to 16 at 297.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 2%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 529-3 ft
- Green · Gold tee
- 515 · 530 · 544front · middle · back
- Green size
- 30 × 27yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 26 ydswide at 304
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front
In play
- Water left: 74 to reach, 422 to carry
- Bunker right: 286 to reach, 314 to carry
- 2 bunkers left: 334 to reach, 464 to carry
- Bunker right: 484 to reach, 491 to carry
- Water front of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker front of the green
Playing notes
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 74 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 74 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 26 yards wide at 304 and narrows to 16 at 324.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 27 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- 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 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 56 · Par 47 · Par 48 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 413 · Par 414 · Par 515 · Par 416 · Par 417 · Par 318 · Par 5
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 40 hazards with reach and carry
- 12 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].