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Cottonwood Creek Golf Course

Waco, Texas · 18 holes · par 72 · municipal. Designed by Joe Finger, Ken Dye, Bill Kubly.

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

Altitude540 ftCarries about 1% farther
Bunkers34
Holes with water10 of 18
Average fairway width32 yds
Typical green5,300 sq ft
  • At about 540 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 13, where the green sits 35 ft above the tee and plays about 12 yards longer.
  • Biggest drop: hole 8, where the green sits 28 ft below the tee and plays about 9 yards shorter.

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

HoleParHcpGoldBlueWhiteBlackRed
157534521501476446
2417394380367354322
345377361341321304
4315160158149132113
541435404386354354
639225195173145140
753554527511487480
8413389374362345307
9411451411400354348
1044451436414389363
11414400385371355343
12412346334318296290
1352601580560540477
14318181162148137131
1556541505490464458
1648453425396364358
17316190181159145117
18410453440403349343

Tees

TeeYardsRatingSlope
GoldMale714074.2125
BlueMale660671.7123
WhiteMale630470121
BlackMale594368.3119
RedFemale571673.4123

Hole 1 · Par 5

Lay-up zone

534 (Gold) · 521 (Blue) · 501 (White) · 476 (Black) · 446 (Red) yards · Handicap 7

Plays like
534+1 ft
Green · Gold tee
525 · 534 · 544front · middle · back
Green size
27 × 33yards deep × wide
Fairway
39 ydswide at 236

In play

  • Bunker across the hole: 253 to reach, 285 to carry
  • Bunker right: 440 to reach, 483 to carry
  • Bunker front-left of the green

Playing notes

  • Dogleg right at about 47 yards.
  • No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
  • The fairway is about 39 yards wide at 236 and narrows to 20 at 206.
  • Best lay-up: 100 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 26 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
  • The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.

Hole 2 · Par 4

394 (Gold) · 380 (Blue) · 367 (White) · 354 (Black) · 322 (Red) yards · Handicap 17

Plays like
404+30 ft
Green · Gold tee
378 · 394 · 403front · middle · back
Green size
29 × 27yards deep × wide
Fairway
23 ydswide at 233

In play

  • Bunker front-right of the green

Playing notes

  • Plays about 10 yards longer: the green sits 30 ft above the tee.
  • Dogleg right at about 329 yards.
  • No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
  • The fairway is about 23 yards wide at 233.
  • The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.

Hole 3 · Par 4

377 (Gold) · 361 (Blue) · 341 (White) · 321 (Black) · 304 (Red) yards · Handicap 5

Plays like
372-15 ft
Green · Gold tee
361 · 377 · 396front · middle · back
Green size
41 × 24yards deep × wide
Fairway
30 ydswide at 230

In play

  • Water right: 226 to reach, 314 to carry
  • Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 352 to carry
  • Bunker back-right of the green

Playing notes

  • Plays about 5 yards shorter: the green sits 15 ft below the tee.
  • Dogleg right at about 236 yards.
  • Fairway water on the right: 226 to reach, 314 to carry. Drives that finish short of 226 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
  • The fairway is about 30 yards wide at 230.
  • Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
  • The green is 41 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.

Holes 4 to 18

4 · Par 35 · Par 46 · Par 37 · Par 58 · Par 49 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 413 · Par 514 · Par 315 · Par 516 · Par 417 · Par 318 · Par 4

The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:

  • 15 plays-like yardages
  • 34 hazards with reach and carry
  • 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].

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