Buffalo Creek Golf Club
Rockwall, Texas · 18 holes · par 71 · public. Designed by Tom Weiskopf, Jay Morrish, opened 1992.
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 500 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 11, where the green sits 24 ft above the tee and plays about 8 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 18, where the green sits 35 ft below the tee and plays about 12 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 | Gold | Blue | White | Green |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 9 | 408 | 383 | 350 | 298 |
| 2 | 4 | 11 | 435 | 410 | 366 | 313 |
| 3 | 5 | 3 | 572 | 534 | 489 | 451 |
| 4 | 3 | 15 | 227 | 195 | 167 | 141 |
| 5 | 4 | 13 | 347 | 328 | 307 | 253 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | 478 | 440 | 407 | 368 |
| 7 | 4 | 7 | 397 | 357 | 306 | 270 |
| 8 | 3 | 17 | 156 | 128 | 119 | 103 |
| 9 | 4 | 5 | 450 | 386 | 325 | 291 |
| 10 | 4 | 8 | 430 | 408 | 369 | 336 |
| 11 | 4 | 10 | 378 | 348 | 300 | 264 |
| 12 | 3 | 18 | 196 | 170 | 141 | 102 |
| 13 | 4 | 14 | 352 | 330 | 308 | 284 |
| 14 | 5 | 12 | 523 | 500 | 467 | 428 |
| 15 | 4 | 6 | 466 | 427 | 391 | 350 |
| 16 | 5 | 4 | 611 | 551 | 484 | 445 |
| 17 | 3 | 16 | 171 | 146 | 126 | 105 |
| 18 | 4 | 2 | 481 | 458 | 441 | 407 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Female | 7078 | 81.3 | 145 |
| Gold | Male | 7078 | 74.9 | 132 |
| Blue | Female | 6499 | 78.1 | 138 |
| Blue | Male | 6499 | 72.2 | 127 |
| White | Female | 5863 | 74.6 | 130 |
| White | Male | 5863 | 68.8 | 124 |
| Green | Male | 5209 | 66.1 | 113 |
| Green | Female | 5209 | 70.9 | 126 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 413+15 ft
- Green · Gold tee
- 396 · 408 · 420front · middle · back
- Green size
- 30 × 29yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 29 ydswide at 243
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the front
In play
- Water across the hole: 98 to reach, 106 to carry
- 3 bunkers left: 230 to reach, 311 to carry
Playing notes
- Plays about 5 yards longer: the green sits 15 ft above the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 262 yards.
- Water crosses the hole: 98 to reach, 106 to carry.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 230 to reach, 311 to carry. Drives that finish short of 230 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 29 yards wide at 243.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
- The green falls from back to front, about 3%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 426-26 ft
- Green · Gold tee
- 420 · 435 · 445front · middle · back
- Green size
- 28 × 24yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 30 ydswide at 251
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front-right
In play
- Water right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 9 yards shorter: the green sits 26 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 282 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 30 yards wide at 251.
- The green is guarded on the right by water; miss left.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 2%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 578+18 ft
- Green · Gold tee
- 556 · 572 · 589front · middle · back
- Green size
- 35 × 26yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 33 ydswide at 246
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front-right
In play
- Water across the hole: 71 to reach, 116 to carry
- Bunker left: 506 to reach, 524 to carry
- Water right of the green
- Bunker back-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 6 yards longer: the green sits 18 ft above the tee.
- Water crosses the hole: 71 to reach, 116 to carry.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 33 yards wide at 246 and narrows to 21 at 216.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 170 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.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 2%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 35 yards deep: a back pin can play about 2 clubs more than a front pin.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 35 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 48 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 313 · Par 414 · Par 515 · Par 416 · Par 517 · Par 318 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 42 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].