Tradition Golf Club
Pawleys Island, South Carolina · 18 holes · par 72 · Public. Designed by Ron Garl, opened 1996.
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 climb: hole 11, where the green sits 11 ft above the tee and plays about 4 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 12, where the green sits 10 ft below the tee and plays about 3 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
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tournament | Male | 6875 | 72.6 | 132 |
| Men's | Male | 6313 | 70 | 122 |
| Seniors/Ladies | Male | 5728 | 67 | 113 |
| Ladies | Male | 5189 | 70.1 | 126 |
| Forward | Male | 4106 | 64.4 | 106 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 359-3 ft
- Green
- 349 · 360 · 373front · middle · back
- Green size
- 29 × 29yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 38 ydswide at 222
- Green slope
- 1%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker right: 210 to reach, 277 to carry
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 210 to reach, 277 to carry. Drives that finish short of 210 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 38 yards wide at 222 and narrows to 30 at 250.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- The green falls from back to front, about 1%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 195-4 ft
- Green
- 181 · 196 · 210front · middle · back
- Green size
- 31 × 29yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front
In play
- Water front of the green
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 177 to carry
- Water front-left of the green
Playing notes
- The green is guarded on the left by water; miss right.
- Bunkers and water short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back to front, about 2.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 327+4 ft
- Green
- 318 · 326 · 335front · middle · back
- Green size
- 19 × 26yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 45 ydswide at 200
In play
- Water left: 70 to reach, 206 to carry
- Bunker left: 138 to reach, 213 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Dogleg right at about 231 yards.
- Fairway bunkers and water on the left: 70 to reach, 213 to carry. Drives that finish short of 70 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 45 yards wide at 200.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 55 · Par 36 · Par 47 · Par 48 · Par 49 · Par 510 · Par 511 · Par 412 · Par 313 · Par 414 · Par 515 · Par 316 · Par 417 · Par 418 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 42 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].