Colonial Hills Golf Club
Forest, Virginia · 18 holes · par 71 · Public. Opened 1962.
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 810 ft the ball carries about 1% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 149. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
- Biggest climb: hole 15, where the green sits 47 ft above the tee and plays about 16 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 14, where the green sits 52 ft below the tee and plays about 17 yards shorter.
- 13 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
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back | Male | 6390 | 70 | 121 |
| Middle | Male | 5939 | 68.2 | 118 |
| Ladies | Male | 4638 | 66.7 | 107 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 353-50 ft
- Green
- 358 · 370 · 381front · middle · back
- Green size
- 24 × 24yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 31 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 1%falls to the back
In play
- Bunker right: 227 to reach, 238 to carry
- Bunker left: 238 to reach, 250 to carry
Playing notes
- Plays about 17 yards shorter: the green sits 50 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 226 yards.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 227 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 227 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 31 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 15 at 250.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
- The green falls from front to back, about 1%. Finish on the back side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 495-35 ft
- Green
- 496 · 507 · 518front · middle · back
- Green size
- 22 × 18yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 32 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker right: 465 to reach, 473 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 12 yards shorter: the green sits 35 ft below the tee.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 32 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 27 at 200.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 27 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-right to front-left, about 2.5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 282+18 ft
- Green
- 264 · 276 · 287front · middle · back
- Green size
- 24 × 24yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 27 ydswide at 171
- Green slope
- 5.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- Water across the hole: 39 to reach, 151 to carry
- 2 bunkers left: 225 to reach, 251 to carry
Playing notes
- Plays about 6 yards longer: the green sits 18 ft above the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 176 yards.
- Water crosses the hole: 39 to reach, 151 to carry.
- Water crosses the hole: 40 to reach, 146 to carry.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 225 to reach, 251 to carry. Drives that finish short of 225 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 27 yards wide at 171 and narrows to 21 at 200.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 5.5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 36 · Par 47 · Par 48 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 413 · Par 314 · Par 315 · Par 416 · Par 517 · Par 518 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 26 hazards with reach and carry
- 14 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].