Turtle Point At Kiawah Island Golf Resort
Kiawah Island, South Carolina · 18 holes · par 72 · Resort. Opened 1981.
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.
- Driving-zone hazards sit on the right on 7 holes and on the left on 3: a tee shot missed right costs more here.
- 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
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tournament | Male | 6911 | 73 | 134 |
| Turtle | Male | 6510 | 71.3 | 132 |
| Nicklaus | Male | 6162 | 69.9 | 129 |
| Kiawah | Male | 5746 | 68.1 | 125 |
| Kiawah | Female | 5746 | 73.7 | 131 |
| Governors | Female | 5310 | 70.8 | 123 |
| Governors | Male | 5310 | 65.6 | 115 |
| Carolina | Female | 5064 | 69.3 | 120 |
| Carolina | Male | 5064 | 64.4 | 112 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 399+1 ft
- Green
- 383 · 399 · 411front · middle · back
- Green size
- 30 × 25yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 31 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front-right
In play
- Water across the hole: 11 to reach, 127 to carry
- Bunker right: 263 to reach, 274 to carry
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Water crosses the hole: 11 to reach, 127 to carry.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 263 to reach, 274 to carry. Drives that finish short of 263 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 31 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 24 at 280.
- 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 2 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 519-2 ft
- Green
- 503 · 520 · 534front · middle · back
- Green size
- 31 × 18yards deep × wide
In play
- Water across the hole: 18 to reach, 130 to carry
- Bunker left: 260 to reach, 288 to carry
- Bunker left: 429 to reach, 446 to carry
- Bunker left: 471 to reach, 480 to carry
- Water front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Water crosses the hole: 18 to reach, 130 to carry.
- Water crosses the hole: 18 to reach, 128 to carry.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 260 to reach, 288 to carry. Drives that finish short of 260 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The green is guarded on the right by water; miss left.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 387-3 ft
- Green
- 373 · 388 · 400front · middle · back
- Green size
- 34 × 26yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 36 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front-left
In play
- Water left of the green
- Water front-left of the green
Playing notes
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 36 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 26 at 280.
- The green is guarded on the left by water; miss right.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 2%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 35 · Par 56 · Par 47 · Par 38 · Par 49 · Par 410 · Par 511 · Par 412 · Par 413 · Par 514 · Par 315 · 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
- 50 hazards with reach and carry
- 13 green slope reads
- 2 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].