Courses · Tennessee

Brainerd Golf Course

Chattanooga, Tennessee · 18 holes · par 72 · Public/Municipal. Designed by Donald Ross, opened 1926.

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 670 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 9, where the green sits 10 ft above the tee and plays about 3 yards longer.
• Biggest drop: hole 4, where the green sits 11 ft below the tee and plays about 4 yards shorter.
• 13 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

Hole 1 · Par 4

420 (Blue) · 400 (White) · 353 (Gold) · 296 (Red) yards · Handicap 1

Plays like

422+5 ft

Green · Blue tee

403 · 420 · 437front · middle · back

Green size

36 × 21yards deep × wide

Fairway

42 ydswide at 240

Green slope

3%falls to the front

In play

• Water left of the green
• Bunker front-right of the green

Playing notes

• Dogleg left at about 253 yards.
• No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
• The fairway is about 42 yards wide at 240 and narrows to 35 at 290.
• Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
• The green falls from back to front, about 3%. 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 2 · Par 3

178 (Blue) · 162 (White) · 135 (Gold) · 113 (Red) yards · Handicap 17

Plays like

178level

Green · Blue tee

164 · 178 · 190front · middle · back

Green size

27 × 34yards deep × wide

Green slope

1.5%falls to the front-right

In play

• Bunker left of the green

Playing notes

• The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
• The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 1.5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 3 · Par 4

408 (Blue) · 387 (White) · 344 (Gold) · 291 (Red) yards · Handicap 13

Plays like

409+4 ft

Green · Blue tee

392 · 408 · 422front · middle · back

Green size

31 × 29yards deep × wide

Fairway

37 ydswide at 231

Green slope

2%falls to the front-left

In play

• Bunker front-right of the green

Playing notes

• No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
• The fairway is about 37 yards wide at 231 and narrows to 29 at 281.
• The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
• 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 55 · Par 46 · Par 37 · Par 48 · Par 59 · 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
• 32 hazards with reach and carry
• 15 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].

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