Palmetto Golf Club
Aiken, South Carolina · 18 holes · par 71 · Private. Designed by Herbert Leeds, James Mackrell, Donald Ross, Dr. Alister MacKenzie, Rees Jones, Tom Doak, Gil Hanse, opened 1892.
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 490 ft the ball carries about 1% 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 13, where the green sits 56 ft above the tee and plays about 19 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 14, where the green sits 59 ft below the tee and plays about 20 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 | Red | Red/White | Gold | Blue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 11 | 389 | 347 | 347 | 345 |
| 2 | 4 | 13 | 330 | 330 | 330 | 232 |
| 3 | 4 | 1 | 410 | 410 | 375 | 374 |
| 4 | 4 | 7 | 388 | 388 | 326 | 322 |
| 5 | 4 | 3 | 439 | 413 | 343 | 343 |
| 6 | 5 | 17 | 464 | 437 | 437 | 353 |
| 7 | 3 | 15 | 163 | 139 | 105 | 103 |
| 8 | 4 | 5 | 441 | 399 | 374 | 333 |
| 9 | 3 | 9 | 178 | 162 | 139 | 133 |
| 10 | 5 | 12 | 482 | 464 | 409 | 403 |
| 11 | 3 | 18 | 170 | 149 | 131 | 135 |
| 12 | 4 | 6 | 382 | 365 | 331 | 273 |
| 13 | 4 | 2 | 423 | 385 | 331 | 327 |
| 14 | 5 | 10 | 550 | 550 | 464 | 461 |
| 15 | 4 | 16 | 298 | 254 | 233 | 235 |
| 16 | 3 | 4 | 212 | 212 | 179 | 175 |
| 17 | 4 | 8 | 388 | 388 | 327 | 325 |
| 18 | 4 | 14 | 306 | 306 | 272 | 226 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tournament | Male | 6695 | 73.5 | 138 |
| Red | Male | 6451 | 72 | 134 |
| Red/White | Male | 6303 | 71 | 130 |
| White | Male | 6098 | 70.6 | 128 |
| Gold | Male | 5357 | 67.5 | 122 |
| Blue | Male | 5180 | 70.5 | 118 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 386-8 ft
- Green · Red tee
- 377 · 389 · 402front · middle · back
- Green size
- 25 × 28yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 35 ydswide at 256
- Green slope
- 4%falls to the front
In play
- Water right: 128 to reach, 167 to carry
- Bunker left: 232 to reach, 268 to carry
- Bunker right: 259 to reach, 296 to carry
- 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 on both sides of the fairway from 232 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 232 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 35 yards wide at 256 and narrows to 27 at 292.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back to front, about 4%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 332+7 ft
- Green · Red tee
- 319 · 330 · 343front · middle · back
- Green size
- 29 × 32yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 32 ydswide at 205
- Green slope
- 4.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker across the hole: 119 to reach, 125 to carry
- 2 bunkers right: 173 to reach, 222 to carry
- Bunker left: 199 to reach, 214 to carry
- Bunker across the hole: 243 to reach, 259 to carry
Playing notes
- Plays about 2 yards longer: the green sits 7 ft above the tee.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 173 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 173 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 32 yards wide at 205 and narrows to 26 at 241.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 4.5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 417+21 ft
- Green · Red tee
- 394 · 410 · 423front · middle · back
- Green size
- 30 × 29yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 38 ydswide at 231
- Green slope
- 4.5%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker right: 107 to reach, 120 to carry
- Bunker right: 261 to reach, 289 to carry
- Bunker left: 344 to reach, 362 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 7 yards longer: the green sits 21 ft above the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 261 to reach, 289 to carry. Drives that finish short of 261 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 38 yards wide at 231.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from back to front, about 4.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 46 · Par 57 · Par 38 · Par 49 · Par 310 · Par 511 · Par 312 · Par 413 · Par 414 · Par 515 · Par 416 · Par 317 · Par 418 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 44 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].