Brackenridge Golf Course
San Antonio, Texas · 18 holes · par 71 · municipal. Designed by A.W. Tillinghast, opened 1916.
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 15, where the green sits 10 ft above the tee and plays about 3 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 14, where the green sits 9 ft below the tee and plays about 3 yards shorter.
- Driving-zone hazards sit on the left on 10 holes and on the right on 5: a tee shot missed left costs more here.
- 8 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 | 4 | 15 | 344 | 322 | 298 | 287 |
| 2 | 3 | 3 | 201 | 174 | 149 | 108 |
| 3 | 5 | 13 | 494 | 465 | 437 | 422 |
| 4 | 4 | 9 | 354 | 325 | 302 | 290 |
| 5 | 4 | 7 | 378 | 337 | 308 | 297 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | 363 | 335 | 312 | 300 |
| 7 | 4 | 5 | 371 | 346 | 318 | 310 |
| 8 | 3 | 11 | 186 | 158 | 122 | 114 |
| 9 | 5 | 17 | 471 | 439 | 409 | 397 |
| 10 | 3 | 8 | 179 | 137 | 121 | 108 |
| 11 | 4 | 4 | 336 | 312 | 284 | 275 |
| 12 | 5 | 10 | 486 | 459 | 436 | 425 |
| 13 | 5 | 14 | 475 | 449 | 429 | 363 |
| 14 | 4 | 2 | 430 | 400 | 353 | 345 |
| 15 | 3 | 18 | 127 | 99 | 88 | 74 |
| 16 | 4 | 12 | 349 | 289 | 262 | 252 |
| 17 | 4 | 16 | 285 | 263 | 240 | 230 |
| 18 | 3 | 6 | 173 | 139 | 119 | 84 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | Male | 6243 | 70.3 | 126 |
| White | Male | 5807 | 67.9 | 122 |
| White | Female | 5807 | 74.3 | 137 |
| Gold | Male | 5460 | 66.8 | 120 |
| Red | Male | 5279 | 65.9 | 118 |
| Red | Female | 5279 | 71.1 | 126 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 345+3 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 333 · 344 · 356front · middle · back
- Green size
- 23 × 14yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 25 ydswide at 211
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker right: 152 to reach, 164 to carry
- Bunker right: 243 to reach, 270 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 243 to reach, 270 to carry. Drives that finish short of 243 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 25 yards wide at 211.
- 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 2 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 202+4 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 191 · 201 · 212front · middle · back
- Green size
- 22 × 14yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker across the hole: 155 to reach, 160 to carry
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 180 to carry
- Bunker left of the green
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- 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 1.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 494-1 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 486 · 494 · 503front · middle · back
- Green size
- 18 × 27yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 33 ydswide at 225
In play
- Bunker right: 173 to reach, 202 to carry
- 2 bunkers left: 237 to reach, 292 to carry
- Bunker left: 325 to reach, 335 to carry
- Bunker across the hole: 345 to reach, 351 to carry
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 475 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker back-left of the green
- Bunker back-right of the green
Playing notes
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 173 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 173 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 33 yards wide at 225 and narrows to 23 at 275.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 120 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 23 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- Shallow green, 18 yards deep and 27 wide: distance control matters more than line.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 48 · Par 39 · Par 510 · Par 311 · Par 412 · Par 513 · Par 514 · Par 415 · Par 316 · Par 417 · Par 418 · Par 3
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 56 hazards with reach and carry
- 12 green slope reads
- 3 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].