Belle Meade
Nashville, Tennessee · 18 holes · par 72 · Private. Designed by Donald Ross, Rees Jones, Bryce Swanson, Robert Trent Jones, Sr., Tom Bendelow.
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 530 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 17, where the green sits 19 ft above the tee and plays about 6 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 14, where the green sits 25 ft below the tee and plays about 8 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 | Black | Blue | White | Green |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 3 | 509 | 492 | 470 | 415 |
| 2 | 3 | 15 | 215 | 196 | 174 | 122 |
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 405 | 385 | 363 | 307 |
| 4 | 4 | 13 | 355 | 335 | 315 | 247 |
| 5 | 4 | 11 | 403 | 387 | 376 | 332 |
| 6 | 3 | 17 | 180 | 158 | 136 | 97 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | 420 | 394 | 360 | 282 |
| 8 | 5 | 9 | 500 | 480 | 465 | 400 |
| 9 | 4 | 7 | 458 | 424 | 403 | 300 |
| 10 | 3 | 16 | 183 | 166 | 154 | 115 |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | 430 | 415 | 397 | 319 |
| 12 | 4 | 12 | 392 | 379 | 361 | 303 |
| 13 | 4 | 10 | 400 | 380 | 360 | 294 |
| 14 | 5 | 6 | 536 | 518 | 500 | 430 |
| 15 | 4 | 14 | 302 | 291 | 281 | 250 |
| 16 | 3 | 18 | 158 | 146 | 132 | 100 |
| 17 | 5 | 4 | 586 | 567 | 547 | 440 |
| 18 | 4 | 8 | 478 | 461 | 435 | 338 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 6885 | 74.6 | 139 |
| Blue | Male | 6574 | 73.2 | 135 |
| White | Male | 6229 | 72 | 131 |
| Brown | Male | 5775 | 69.3 | 123 |
| Brown | Female | 5775 | 74.5 | 128 |
| Green | Female | 5091 | 70.9 | 121 |
| Green | Male | 5091 | 66.4 | 118 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 501-23 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 500 · 509 · 519front · middle · back
- Green size
- 21 × 28yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 33 ydswide at 237
In play
- Bunker left: 119 to reach, 133 to carry
- 2 bunkers left: 241 to reach, 289 to carry
- 2 bunkers right: 430 to reach, 462 to carry
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 497 to carry
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 8 yards shorter: the green sits 23 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 303 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 241 to reach, 289 to carry. Drives that finish short of 241 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 33 yards wide at 237 and narrows to 26 at 277.
- 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.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
Hole 2 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 215+1 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 199 · 215 · 228front · middle · back
- Green size
- 32 × 29yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back to front, about 2%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 402-8 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 388 · 405 · 418front · middle · back
- Green size
- 32 × 24yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 35 ydswide at 229
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the front
In play
- 2 bunkers right: 260 to reach, 306 to carry
- Bunker right: 338 to reach, 358 to carry
- Water front-left of the green
- Bunker right of the green
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Water back of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 3 yards shorter: the green sits 8 ft below the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 260 to reach, 306 to carry. Drives that finish short of 260 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 35 yards wide at 229.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back to front, about 1.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 46 · Par 37 · Par 48 · Par 59 · Par 410 · Par 311 · Par 412 · Par 413 · Par 414 · Par 515 · Par 416 · Par 317 · Par 518 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 60 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].