Shadow Hawk Golf Club and Black Hawk Country Club
Sugar Land, Texas · 18 holes · par 72 · private. Designed by Rees Jones, opened 1999.
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 80 ft the ball carries about 0% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 150. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
- Biggest drop: hole 5, where the green sits 6 ft below the tee and plays about 2 yards shorter.
- 9 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
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hawk | Male | 7207 | 74.7 | 133 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 523-3 ft
- Green
- 507 · 524 · 537front · middle · back
- Green size
- 31 × 24yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 31 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 3.5%falls to the left
In play
- Water left: 36 to reach, 313 to carry
- Bunker right: 400 to reach, 454 to carry
- Water front-left of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Water left of the green
Playing notes
- Dogleg left at about 356 yards.
- Fairway water on the left: 36 to reach, 313 to carry. Drives that finish short of 36 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 31 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 24 at 260.
- Best lay-up: 150 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 27 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 right to left, about 3.5%. Finish on the left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 346+2 ft
- Green
- 334 · 345 · 357front · middle · back
- Green size
- 25 × 21yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 35 ydswide at 216
In play
- Water right: 0 to reach, 267 to carry
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 324 to carry
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Fairway water on the right: 0 to reach, 267 to carry. Drives that finish short of 0 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 35 yards wide at 216 and narrows to 24 at 260.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 480+2 ft
- Green
- 461 · 479 · 489front · middle · back
- Green size
- 29 × 25yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 29 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker right: 248 to reach, 292 to carry
- Bunker left of the green
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 248 to reach, 292 to carry. Drives that finish short of 248 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 29 yards wide at 230.
- 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.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 35 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 38 · Par 49 · Par 510 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 413 · Par 414 · Par 515 · Par 416 · Par 417 · Par 318 · Par 5
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 41 hazards with reach and carry
- 15 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].