Willow Creek Golf Club
Spring, Texas · 18 holes · par 72 · Private. Designed by Bruce Devlin, Robert von Hagge, Rick Robbins.
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 120 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 climb: hole 13, where the green sits 8 ft above the tee and plays about 3 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 1, where the green sits 12 ft below the tee and plays about 4 yards shorter.
- Driving-zone hazards sit on the right on 5 holes and on the left on 2: a tee shot missed right costs more here.
- 12 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 | White | Green | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 13 | 384 | 374 | 340 | |
| 2 | 4 | 7 | 388 | 340 | 310 | |
| 3 | 3 | 17 | 196 | 169 | 139 | |
| 4 | 5 | 3 | 502 | 482 | 423 | |
| 5 | 4 | 9 | 422 | 399 | 379 | |
| 6 | 4 | 11 | 424 | 384 | 372 | |
| 7 | 3 | 15 | 202 | 183 | 160 | |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | 525 | 510 | 466 | |
| 9 | 4 | 5 | 404 | 387 | 347 | |
| 10 | 4 | 10 | 403 | 377 | 331 | |
| 11 | 5 | 12 | 515 | 480 | 454 | |
| 12 | 3 | 14 | 227 | 170 | 141 | |
| 13 | 5 | 8 | 550 | 506 | 493 | |
| 14 | 3 | 16 | 185 | 177 | 155 | |
| 15 | 4 | 4 | 396 | 364 | 334 | |
| 16 | 4 | 2 | 369 | 357 | 345 | |
| 17 | 3 | 18 | 170 | 140 | 121 | |
| 18 | 5 | 6 | 540 | 505 | 486 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | Male | 6844 | 72.7 | 132 |
| White | Male | 6405 | 71.3 | 126 |
| Green | Male | 5907 | 68.8 | 122 |
| Red | Female | 4994 | 71.1 | 123 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 380-12 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 365 · 384 · 398front · middle · back
- Green size
- 41 × 31yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 28 ydswide at 246
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the left
In play
- Water front-left of the green
- Bunker left of the green
- Bunker back of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 4 yards shorter: the green sits 12 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 232 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 28 yards wide at 246 and narrows to 18 at 224.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers and water; miss right.
- The green falls from right to left, about 3%. Finish on the left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 41 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 389+2 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 370 · 388 · 408front · middle · back
- Green size
- 40 × 31yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 29 ydswide at 237
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- Water across the hole: 152 to reach, 183 to carry
- Bunker right: 239 to reach, 249 to carry
- Water across the hole in front of the green: 364 to carry
- Water across the hole in front of the green: 365 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker back-left of the green
Playing notes
- Dogleg left at about 249 yards.
- Water crosses the hole: 152 to reach, 183 to carry.
- Water crosses the hole: 330 to reach, 364 to carry.
- Water crosses the hole: 334 to reach, 365 to carry.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 239 to reach, 249 to carry. Drives that finish short of 239 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 29 yards wide at 237 and narrows to 23 at 207.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- Water short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 2.5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 40 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 3 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 192-12 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 185 · 196 · 211front · middle · back
- Green size
- 29 × 27yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 179 to carry
- Bunker back-left of the green
- Bunker back of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 4 yards shorter: the green sits 12 ft below the tee.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back to front, about 2.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 55 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 38 · Par 59 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 512 · Par 313 · Par 514 · Par 315 · 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
- 55 hazards with reach and carry
- 12 green slope reads
- 5 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].