Skitty Golf

Courses · Utah

Bear Lake Golf Course

Garden City, Utah · 9 holes · par 36 · Resort/Public. Designed by William H. Neff, ASGCA, opened 1971.

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

Altitude6,030 ftCarries about 7% farther
Bunkers21
Holes with water2 of 9
Average fairway width37 yds
Typical green7,100 sq ft
Sloped greens9 of 9Tilt 2% or more
  • At about 6,030 ft the ball carries about 7% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 140. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
  • Biggest climb: hole 9, where the green sits 56 ft above the tee and plays about 19 yards longer.
  • Biggest drop: hole 1, where the green sits 75 ft below the tee and plays about 25 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

HoleParHcpBlueWhiteRed
147444435407
2411396365342
331715712498
455467426420
5413384363340
643453408387
749402378357
8315195171145
951478456437

Tees

TeeYardsRatingSlope
BlueMale3376123
WhiteMale3126114
RedMale2933120

Hole 1 · Par 4

Green falls this way

444 (Blue) · 435 (White) · 407 (Red) yards · Handicap 7

Plays like
419-75 ft
Green · Blue tee
431 · 444 · 460front · middle · back
Green size
35 × 27yards deep × wide
Fairway
33 ydswide at 244
Green slope
4%falls to the front-right

In play

  • Bunker front of the green
  • Bunker front-right of the green
  • Bunker back-left of the green

Playing notes

  • Plays about 25 yards shorter: the green sits 75 ft below the tee.
  • Dogleg right at about 87 yards.
  • No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
  • The fairway is about 33 yards wide at 244.
  • Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
  • Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
  • The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 4%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
  • The green is 35 yards deep: a back pin can play about 2 clubs more than a front pin.

Hole 2 · Par 4

Green falls this way

396 (Blue) · 365 (White) · 342 (Red) yards · Handicap 11

Plays like
377-56 ft
Green · Blue tee
382 · 396 · 406front · middle · back
Green size
31 × 40yards deep × wide
Fairway
35 ydswide at 255
Green slope
2%falls to the right

In play

  • Bunker front-right of the green

Playing notes

  • Plays about 19 yards shorter: the green sits 56 ft below the tee.
  • No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
  • The fairway is about 35 yards wide at 255 and narrows to 28 at 275.
  • The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
  • The green falls from left to right, about 2%. Finish on the right side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 3 · Par 3

Green falls this way

157 (Blue) · 124 (White) · 98 (Red) yards · Handicap 17

Plays like
161+12 ft
Green · Blue tee
145 · 157 · 168front · middle · back
Green size
24 × 31yards deep × wide
Green slope
3%falls to the front-right

In play

  • Bunker front-left of the green
  • Bunker front-right of the green

Playing notes

  • Plays about 4 yards longer: the green sits 12 ft above the tee.
  • Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
  • The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 3%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Holes 4 to 9

4 · Par 55 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 48 · Par 39 · Par 5

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

  • 6 plays-like yardages
  • 21 hazards with reach and carry
  • 6 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].

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