Patriots Point Golf Links
Mount Pleasant, South Carolina · 18 holes · par 72 · Public. Designed by Willard Byrd, opened 1979.
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 17, where the green sits 6 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 | Blue | White | Gold | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 13 | 401 | 380 | 354 | 339 |
| 2 | 4 | 7 | 420 | 376 | 321 | 312 |
| 3 | 3 | 15 | 180 | 156 | 145 | 138 |
| 4 | 5 | 9 | 525 | 495 | 454 | 438 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | 436 | 405 | 379 | 359 |
| 6 | 5 | 3 | 550 | 521 | 460 | 444 |
| 7 | 3 | 17 | 178 | 148 | 125 | 113 |
| 8 | 4 | 5 | 415 | 375 | 340 | 331 |
| 9 | 4 | 11 | 458 | 415 | 360 | 340 |
| 10 | 4 | 10 | 415 | 372 | 354 | 330 |
| 11 | 4 | 6 | 435 | 403 | 381 | 360 |
| 12 | 4 | 18 | 357 | 340 | 320 | 310 |
| 13 | 5 | 8 | 520 | 497 | 449 | 446 |
| 14 | 3 | 16 | 193 | 168 | 145 | 132 |
| 15 | 4 | 14 | 367 | 346 | 325 | 315 |
| 16 | 4 | 2 | 388 | 354 | 343 | 301 |
| 17 | 3 | 12 | 150 | 130 | 110 | 95 |
| 18 | 5 | 4 | 567 | 512 | 482 | 459 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | Male | 6955 | 73 | 126 |
| White | Male | 6393 | 70.4 | 121 |
| Gold | Male | 5847 | 68 | 116 |
| Red | Female | 5562 | 70.8 | 115 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 401-1 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 388 · 401 · 411front · middle · back
- Green size
- 29 × 25yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 26 ydswide at 243
- Green slope
- 1%falls to the front
In play
- Water left: 13 to reach, 145 to carry
- 2 bunkers left: 224 to reach, 286 to carry
- 2 bunkers right: 248 to reach, 303 to carry
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 224 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 224 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 26 yards wide at 243.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from back to front, about 1%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 420+1 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 406 · 420 · 429front · middle · back
- Green size
- 33 × 28yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 35 ydswide at 274
In play
- Bunker left: 272 to reach, 314 to carry
- Bunker left: 346 to reach, 355 to carry
- Water left: 397 to reach, 496 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker back-left of the green
Playing notes
- Dogleg left at about 289 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 272 to reach, 314 to carry. Drives that finish short of 272 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 35 yards wide at 274 and narrows to 29 at 244.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
Hole 3 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 181+3 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 165 · 180 · 198front · middle · back
- Green size
- 33 × 27yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- Water right: 24 to reach, 161 to carry
- Water across the hole in front of the green: 138 to carry
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 161 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Water crosses the hole: 58 to reach, 138 to carry.
- Water crosses the hole: 59 to reach, 81 to carry.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- Bunkers and water short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 2.5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 55 · Par 46 · Par 57 · Par 38 · Par 49 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 413 · Par 514 · Par 315 · 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
- 73 hazards with reach and carry
- 14 green slope reads
- 4 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].