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Lake Waco Golf Club

Waco, Texas · 18 holes · par 72 · semi-private. Opened 1964.

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

Altitude500 ftCarries about 1% farther
Bunkers18
Holes with water6 of 18
Average fairway width30 yds
Typical green4,500 sq ft
  • 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 18, where the green sits 14 ft above the tee and plays about 5 yards longer.
  • Biggest drop: hole 10, where the green sits 7 ft below the tee and plays about 2 yards shorter.
  • Driving-zone hazards sit on the left on 4 holes and on the right on 1: a tee shot missed left costs more here.

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

HoleParHcpBlueWhiteRed
1412348340305
248360320295
3316165120105
454590526496
5410370350315
646414354334
752603590495
8318192140105
9414370340305
10413350330298
11411390335285
1255510470430
13315200192170
1441385365340
15317192163146
1647417392362
1753540493458
1849361341321

Tees

TeeYardsRatingSlope
BlueMale671771.4122
WhiteMale616168.7116
RedFemale556570.2114

Hole 1 · Par 4

348 (Blue) · 340 (White) · 305 (Red) yards · Handicap 12

Plays like
348-1 ft
Green · Blue tee
337 · 348 · 361front · middle · back
Green size
25 × 28yards deep × wide
Fairway
29 ydswide at 226

In play

  • Bunker right: 245 to reach, 278 to carry
  • Bunker front of the green

Playing notes

  • Dogleg right at about 258 yards.
  • Fairway bunkers on the right: 245 to reach, 278 to carry. Drives that finish short of 245 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
  • The fairway is about 29 yards wide at 226.
  • Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.

Hole 2 · Par 4

360 (Blue) · 320 (White) · 295 (Red) yards · Handicap 8

Plays like
361+3 ft
Green · Blue tee
348 · 360 · 372front · middle · back
Green size
25 × 23yards deep × wide
Fairway
27 ydswide at 242

In play

  • Water left: 151 to reach, 184 to carry

Playing notes

  • Dogleg right at about 269 yards.
  • Fairway water on the left: 151 to reach, 184 to carry. Drives that finish short of 151 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
  • The fairway is about 27 yards wide at 242.
  • No hazards mapped around the green.

Hole 3 · Par 3

165 (Blue) · 120 (White) · 105 (Red) yards · Handicap 16

Plays like
165-1 ft
Green · Blue tee
150 · 165 · 179front · middle · back
Green size
30 × 26yards deep × wide

In play

  • Bunker left of the green

Playing notes

  • The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.

Holes 4 to 18

4 · Par 55 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 58 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 513 · Par 314 · Par 415 · Par 316 · Par 417 · Par 518 · Par 4

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

  • 15 plays-like yardages
  • 21 hazards with reach and carry
  • 4 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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