Sweetens Cove Golf Club
South Pittsburg, Tennessee · 9 holes · par 36 · Semi-Private. Designed by King Collins Dormer Golf Course Design, opened 1951.
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 610 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 12 ft above the tee and plays about 4 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 1, where the green sits 20 ft below the tee and plays about 7 yards shorter.
- 7 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 | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 3 | 590 | 503 | 469 | 401 |
| 2 | 4 | 9 | 375 | 352 | 311 | 242 |
| 3 | 5 | 5 | 582 | 536 | 477 | 393 |
| 4 | 3 | 13 | 169 | 169 | 146 | 114 |
| 5 | 4 | 15 | 293 | 293 | 229 | 199 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | 456 | 434 | 388 | 326 |
| 7 | 4 | 11 | 328 | 313 | 257 | 224 |
| 8 | 4 | 7 | 387 | 361 | 333 | 285 |
| 9 | 3 | 17 | 148 | 132 | 116 | 88 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 3301 | 123 | |
| Blue | Male | 3093 | 121 | |
| White | Male | 2726 | 111 | |
| Red | Female | 2272 | 109 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 583-20 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 576 · 590 · 605front · middle · back
- Green size
- 32 × 40yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 86 ydswide at 297
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the right
In play
- Bunker right: 355 to reach, 452 to carry
- Water right: 376 to reach, 426 to carry
- Bunker left: 496 to reach, 503 to carry
- Bunker right: 514 to reach, 522 to carry
Playing notes
- Plays about 7 yards shorter: the green sits 20 ft below the tee.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 86 yards wide at 297 and narrows to 72 at 267.
- Best lay-up: 100 to 140 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 50 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
- The green falls from left to right, about 1.5%. Finish on the right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 375level
- Green · Black tee
- 359 · 375 · 389front · middle · back
- Green size
- 30 × 31yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 63 ydswide at 241
- Green slope
- 4.5%falls to the front
In play
- Water across the hole: 39 to reach, 130 to carry
- Bunker left: 284 to reach, 293 to carry
- Bunker right: 310 to reach, 317 to carry
Playing notes
- Water crosses the hole: 39 to reach, 130 to carry.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 284 to reach, 293 to carry. Drives that finish short of 284 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 63 yards wide at 241.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
- The green falls from back to front, about 4.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 582+1 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 567 · 582 · 596front · middle · back
- Green size
- 38 × 51yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 58 ydswide at 285
- Green slope
- 5.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker right: 120 to reach, 314 to carry
- Bunker right: 368 to reach, 377 to carry
- Water right: 564 to reach, 678 to carry
- Water back of the green
Playing notes
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 120 to reach, 314 to carry. Drives that finish short of 120 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 58 yards wide at 285 and narrows to 38 at 255.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 47 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 5.5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 38 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Holes 4 to 9
4 · Par 35 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 48 · Par 49 · Par 3
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 6 plays-like yardages
- 13 hazards with reach and carry
- 6 green slope reads
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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].