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Blacksburg Country Club

Blacksburg, Virginia · 18 holes · par 72 · Private. Designed by Ferdinand Garbin, opened 1972.

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

Altitude1,500 ftCarries about 2% farther
Bunkers53
Holes with water1 of 18
Average fairway width32 yds
Typical green5,600 sq ft
Sloped greens11 of 18Tilt 2% or more
  • At about 1,500 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 43 ft above the tee and plays about 14 yards longer.
  • Biggest drop: hole 9, where the green sits 76 ft below the tee and plays about 25 yards shorter.
  • 11 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

HoleParHcpBlackBlueWhiteGoldGreenRed
147380376309309284284
251542529455455401401
3315210198158158158136
445374366366328243243
553522511453453422422
649353343343297280280
7317186160160136136136
8413341316316304248248
9411349344344329324324
10412411406330330308308
11318173153153139139124
1242404369359359290290
1354501490490486414414
1448422390372372273273
15316195168141141141123
16410368352352314289289
1756529518427427406406
18414385375375328308308

Tees

TeeYardsRatingSlope
BlackMale664571.5129
BlueMale636470.3126
BlueFemale636476135
WhiteMale598868.2121
WhiteFemale598874130
GoldMale566566.7117
GoldFemale566572.2126
GreenMale521564.6113
GreenFemale521569.8119
RedMale495963.5110
RedFemale495968.4116
OrangeFemale406063.3106
OrangeMale406059.7100

Hole 1 · Par 4

Green falls this way

380 (Black) · 376 (Blue) · 309 (White) · 309 (Gold) · 284 (Green) · 284 (Red) yards · Handicap 7

Plays like
372-25 ft
Green · Black tee
365 · 380 · 391front · middle · back
Green size
28 × 24yards deep × wide
Fairway
31 ydswide at 236
Green slope
2.5%falls to the front-left

In play

  • Bunker front-right of the green

Playing notes

  • Plays about 8 yards shorter: the green sits 25 ft below the tee.
  • No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
  • The fairway is about 31 yards wide at 236.
  • The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
  • 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.

Hole 2 · Par 5

Lay-up zoneGreen falls this way

542 (Black) · 529 (Blue) · 455 (White) · 455 (Gold) · 401 (Green) · 401 (Red) yards · Handicap 1

Plays like
537-14 ft
Green · Black tee
525 · 542 · 558front · middle · back
Green size
33 × 27yards deep × wide
Fairway
35 ydswide at 231
Green slope
2%falls to the front

In play

  • 2 bunkers left: 240 to reach, 283 to carry
  • Bunker right: 463 to reach, 472 to carry
  • Bunker right: 491 to reach, 498 to carry
  • Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 523 to carry

Playing notes

  • Plays about 5 yards shorter: the green sits 14 ft below the tee.
  • Dogleg left at about 262 yards.
  • Fairway bunkers on the left: 240 to reach, 283 to carry. Drives that finish short of 240 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
  • The fairway is about 35 yards wide at 231 and narrows to 24 at 271.
  • Best lay-up: 90 to 140 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 28 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
  • The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
  • The green falls from back to front, about 2%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 3 · Par 3

210 (Black) · 198 (Blue) · 158 (White) · 158 (Gold) · 158 (Green) · 136 (Red) yards · Handicap 15

Plays like
212+6 ft
Green · Black tee
195 · 210 · 224front · middle · back
Green size
29 × 25yards deep × wide

In play

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

Playing notes

  • Plays about 2 yards longer: the green sits 6 ft above the tee.
  • Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.

Holes 4 to 18

4 · Par 45 · Par 56 · Par 47 · Par 38 · Par 49 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 413 · Par 514 · 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
  • 44 hazards with reach and carry
  • 15 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].

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