Pinecrest Golf Club
Bluffton, South Carolina · 18 holes · par 72 · Semi-Private. Opened 2004.
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 30 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 8, where the green sits 6 ft below the tee and plays about 2 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
| Hole | Par | Hcp | Black | Blue | White | Green | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 17 | 518 | 506 | 473 | 473 | 397 |
| 2 | 4 | 3 | 442 | 410 | 372 | 340 | 340 |
| 3 | 3 | 13 | 180 | 169 | 153 | 153 | 133 |
| 4 | 4 | 11 | 388 | 364 | 321 | 320 | 306 |
| 5 | 4 | 9 | 354 | 334 | 309 | 309 | 150 |
| 6 | 4 | 7 | 435 | 425 | 359 | 310 | 310 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | 566 | 556 | 533 | 455 | 455 |
| 8 | 3 | 15 | 224 | 193 | 137 | 137 | 77 |
| 9 | 4 | 5 | 417 | 394 | 354 | 263 | 263 |
| 10 | 4 | 10 | 418 | 410 | 382 | 312 | 312 |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | 555 | 530 | 500 | 422 | 422 |
| 12 | 4 | 4 | 410 | 377 | 366 | 329 | 329 |
| 13 | 3 | 18 | 215 | 205 | 165 | 165 | 107 |
| 14 | 5 | 12 | 532 | 499 | 474 | 474 | 394 |
| 15 | 4 | 16 | 313 | 287 | 276 | 232 | 232 |
| 16 | 4 | 6 | 487 | 427 | 385 | 345 | 345 |
| 17 | 3 | 14 | 210 | 200 | 162 | 131 | 131 |
| 18 | 4 | 8 | 425 | 399 | 359 | 325 | 359 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 7089 | 74.7 | 139 |
| Blue | Male | 6685 | 72.8 | 136 |
| White | Female | 6079 | 75.9 | 145 |
| White | Male | 6079 | 70 | 127 |
| Green | Female | 5539 | 72.8 | 132 |
| Green | Male | 5539 | 67.4 | 120 |
| Red | Female | 5062 | 70.8 | 120 |
| Red | Male | 5062 | 65.4 | 116 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 517-2 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 505 · 518 · 541front · middle · back
- Green size
- 37 × 39yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 30 ydswide at 239
In play
- Bunker left: 181 to reach, 197 to carry
- Bunker across the hole: 238 to reach, 252 to carry
- Bunker right: 267 to reach, 279 to carry
- 2 bunkers right: 435 to reach, 460 to carry
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 502 to carry
- Bunker back of the green
Playing notes
- Dogleg left at about 327 yards.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 181 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 181 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 30 yards wide at 239 and narrows to 24 at 279.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 22 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green is 37 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 443+4 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 424 · 442 · 460front · middle · back
- Green size
- 36 × 29yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 27 ydswide at 304
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front
In play
- Water left: 79 to reach, 372 to carry
- Bunker across the hole: 272 to reach, 281 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker back of the green
Playing notes
- Fairway water on the left: 79 to reach, 372 to carry. Drives that finish short of 79 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 27 yards wide at 304 and narrows to 21 at 329.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- The green falls from back to front, about 2.5%. 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.
Hole 3 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 180-1 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 163 · 180 · 194front · middle · back
- Green size
- 33 × 32yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front
In play
- Water across the hole in front of the green: 135 to carry
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 153 to carry
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Water crosses the hole: 49 to reach, 135 to carry.
- Water crosses the hole: 52 to reach, 135 to carry.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- 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 45 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 58 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 512 · Par 413 · Par 314 · Par 515 · Par 416 · Par 417 · Par 318 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 72 hazards with reach and carry
- 14 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].