The Buckhorn Golf Course
Comfort, Texas · 18 holes · par 71 · public. Designed by Art Schaupeter.
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 1,450 ft the ball carries about 2% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 147. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
- Biggest climb: hole 6, where the green sits 62 ft above the tee and plays about 21 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 16, where the green sits 57 ft below the tee and plays about 19 yards shorter.
- Driving-zone hazards sit on the right on 3 holes and on the left on 1: a tee shot missed right costs more here.
- 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 13 | 346 |
| 2 | 4 | 5 | 395 |
| 3 | 5 | 11 | 527 |
| 4 | 3 | 15 | 149 |
| 5 | 4 | 17 | 294 |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | 518 |
| 7 | 3 | 9 | 179 |
| 8 | 4 | 7 | 356 |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | 435 |
| 10 | 4 | 10 | 358 |
| 11 | 4 | 4 | 381 |
| 12 | 3 | 16 | 151 |
| 13 | 5 | 12 | 486 |
| 14 | 3 | 8 | 212 |
| 15 | 4 | 2 | 387 |
| 16 | 5 | 6 | 509 |
| 17 | 3 | 18 | 135 |
| 18 | 4 | 14 | 337 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forest | Male | 6648 | 72 | 126 |
| Blue | Male | 6155 | 69.8 | 124 |
| Stone | Male | 5561 | 67.1 | 114 |
| Stone | Female | 5561 | 73.3 | 123 |
| Cooper | Male | 4616 | 63.1 | 105 |
| Copper | Female | 4616 | 67.5 | 113 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 354+25 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 331 · 346 · 365front · middle · back
- Green size
- 37 × 25yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 41 ydswide at 202
- Green slope
- 3.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- No bunkers or water mapped on this hole
Playing notes
- Plays about 8 yards longer: the green sits 25 ft above the tee.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 41 yards wide at 202 and narrows to 34 at 242.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 3.5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 37 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 398+10 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 381 · 395 · 408front · middle · back
- Green size
- 37 × 37yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 29 ydswide at 203
- Green slope
- 5%falls to the right
In play
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 3 yards longer: the green sits 10 ft above the tee.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 29 yards wide at 203.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from left to right, about 5%. Finish on the right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 37 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 3 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 509-53 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 508 · 527 · 548front · middle · back
- Green size
- 42 × 24yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 35 ydswide at 191
- Green slope
- 1%falls to the back-right
In play
- Water right: -33 to reach, 164 to carry
- Water right of the green
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 18 yards shorter: the green sits 53 ft below the tee.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 35 yards wide at 191 and narrows to 27 at 181.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 40 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 front-left to back-right, about 1%. Finish on the back-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 42 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 57 · Par 38 · Par 49 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 313 · Par 514 · Par 315 · 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
- 27 hazards with reach and carry
- 13 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].