Fall Creek Falls Golf Course
Spencer, Tennessee · 18 holes · par 72 · Public. Designed by Joe Lee, Rocky Roquemore.
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 1,760 ft the ball carries about 2% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 147. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
- Biggest climb: hole 13, where the green sits 25 ft above the tee and plays about 8 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 10, where the green sits 36 ft below the tee and plays about 12 yards shorter.
- Driving-zone hazards sit on the left on 6 holes and on the right on 3: a tee shot missed left costs more here.
- 18 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 | Blue | White | Gold | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 6 | 540 | 511 | 390 | 333 |
| 2 | 4 | 16 | 374 | 364 | 317 | 243 |
| 3 | 3 | 10 | 163 | 152 | 138 | 138 |
| 4 | 4 | 2 | 410 | 395 | 276 | 272 |
| 5 | 3 | 12 | 164 | 150 | 135 | 135 |
| 6 | 4 | 8 | 401 | 383 | 290 | 280 |
| 7 | 4 | 18 | 345 | 326 | 316 | 273 |
| 8 | 5 | 14 | 511 | 495 | 427 | 325 |
| 9 | 4 | 4 | 399 | 382 | 312 | 245 |
| 10 | 5 | 9 | 555 | 540 | 445 | 349 |
| 11 | 4 | 15 | 359 | 347 | 334 | 287 |
| 12 | 3 | 7 | 196 | 179 | 164 | 124 |
| 13 | 4 | 3 | 386 | 373 | 313 | 258 |
| 14 | 4 | 11 | 384 | 367 | 288 | 224 |
| 15 | 4 | 1 | 435 | 414 | 331 | 241 |
| 16 | 3 | 17 | 148 | 125 | 115 | 115 |
| 17 | 4 | 13 | 342 | 325 | 312 | 262 |
| 18 | 5 | 5 | 543 | 528 | 410 | 331 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | Male | 6669 | 71.8 | 127 |
| White | Male | 6391 | 70.5 | 124 |
| Gold | Male | 5465 | 66.5 | 110 |
| Red | Male | 5181 | 69.6 | 114 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 531-26 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 524 · 540 · 554front · middle · back
- Green size
- 30 × 24yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 22 ydswide at 227
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- 2 bunkers left: 205 to reach, 257 to carry
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 520 to carry
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 9 yards shorter: the green sits 26 ft below the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 205 to reach, 257 to carry. Drives that finish short of 205 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 22 yards wide at 227.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 32 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 2.5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 372-7 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 363 · 374 · 385front · middle · back
- Green size
- 28 × 23yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 29 ydswide at 232
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front
In play
- Water right: 91 to reach, 122 to carry
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 359 to carry
- Bunker left of the green
- Bunker back-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 2 yards shorter: the green sits 7 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 260 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 29 yards wide at 232.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- Bunkers 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 3
- Plays like
- 165+5 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 146 · 163 · 177front · middle · back
- Green size
- 33 × 26yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker front of the green
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- Bunkers 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 36 · Par 47 · Par 48 · Par 59 · Par 410 · Par 511 · Par 412 · Par 313 · Par 414 · Par 415 · Par 416 · Par 317 · Par 418 · Par 5
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 45 hazards with reach and carry
- 15 green slope reads
- 1 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].