City Of Portsmouth Bide A Wee Golf Course
Portsmouth, Virginia · 18 holes · par 72 · Public/Municipal. Designed by Thomas E. Clark, ASGCA, opened 1956.
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 10 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.
- 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 | Gold | Blue | White | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 11 | 508 | 474 | 457 | 396 |
| 2 | 4 | 9 | 431 | 405 | 371 | 314 |
| 3 | 4 | 7 | 393 | 374 | 341 | 275 |
| 4 | 3 | 17 | 180 | 163 | 143 | 106 |
| 5 | 5 | 1 | 607 | 569 | 531 | 444 |
| 6 | 4 | 5 | 427 | 387 | 349 | 308 |
| 7 | 3 | 13 | 230 | 203 | 173 | 123 |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | 447 | 401 | 367 | 323 |
| 9 | 4 | 15 | 315 | 298 | 279 | 218 |
| 10 | 5 | 8 | 526 | 501 | 463 | 403 |
| 11 | 4 | 16 | 292 | 266 | 242 | 197 |
| 12 | 3 | 12 | 190 | 165 | 149 | 127 |
| 13 | 4 | 6 | 448 | 384 | 371 | 327 |
| 14 | 4 | 4 | 459 | 431 | 399 | 341 |
| 15 | 4 | 18 | 337 | 313 | 271 | 236 |
| 16 | 3 | 14 | 205 | 181 | 154 | 113 |
| 17 | 5 | 2 | 552 | 490 | 455 | 384 |
| 18 | 4 | 10 | 393 | 375 | 345 | 285 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Male | 6940 | 73 | 128 |
| Blue | Male | 6380 | 70.8 | 123 |
| White | Male | 5860 | 68.5 | 118 |
| Yellow | Male | 5303 | 65.5 | 110 |
| Red | Male | 4920 | 69.2 | 121 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 508+1 ft
- Green · Gold tee
- 493 · 508 · 521front · middle · back
- Green size
- 33 × 26yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 40 ydswide at 235
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker left: 240 to reach, 257 to carry
- Water right: 259 to reach, 393 to carry
- Bunker left: 285 to reach, 300 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker back-left of the green
Playing notes
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 240 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 240 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 40 yards wide at 235 and narrows to 27 at 285.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 140 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 30 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 back to front, about 1.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 432+2 ft
- Green · Gold tee
- 415 · 431 · 448front · middle · back
- Green size
- 34 × 20yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 45 ydswide at 227
- Green slope
- 1%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker left of the green
- Bunker back-right of the green
Playing notes
- Dogleg left at about 148 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 45 yards wide at 227 and narrows to 38 at 197.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back to front, about 1%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 393-1 ft
- Green · Gold tee
- 380 · 393 · 412front · middle · back
- Green size
- 34 × 23yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 32 ydswide at 234
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker left: 220 to reach, 224 to carry
- Bunker left: 247 to reach, 263 to carry
- Water right of the green
- Bunker right of the green
- Bunker back-left of the green
Playing notes
- Dogleg right at about 220 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 220 to reach, 263 to carry. Drives that finish short of 220 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 32 yards wide at 234 and narrows to 24 at 264.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 2.5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 35 · Par 56 · Par 47 · Par 38 · Par 49 · Par 410 · Par 511 · Par 412 · Par 313 · Par 414 · Par 415 · Par 416 · Par 317 · Par 518 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 51 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].