Gold At Golden Horseshoe Golf Club The
Williamsburg, Virginia · 18 holes · par 71 · Resort. Designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr. (Gold Course); Rees Jones (Green Course & The Shoe), opened 1963.
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 70 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 17, where the green sits 40 ft above the tee and plays about 13 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 16, where the green sits 51 ft below the tee and plays about 17 yards shorter.
- Driving-zone hazards sit on the right on 8 holes and on the left on 1: a tee shot missed right costs more here.
- 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 | 4 | 11 | 402 | 383 | 369 | |
| 2 | 5 | 3 | 498 | 478 | 466 | |
| 3 | 3 | 9 | 201 | 174 | 145 | |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | 421 | 403 | 394 | |
| 5 | 4 | 15 | 348 | 337 | 328 | |
| 6 | 5 | 5 | 485 | 471 | 463 | |
| 7 | 3 | 7 | 206 | 196 | 170 | |
| 8 | 4 | 17 | 337 | 323 | 313 | |
| 9 | 4 | 13 | 372 | 360 | 355 | |
| 10 | 4 | 8 | 466 | 443 | 387 | |
| 11 | 4 | 14 | 403 | 378 | 362 | |
| 12 | 3 | 12 | 188 | 169 | 145 | |
| 13 | 4 | 18 | 363 | 350 | 340 | |
| 14 | 4 | 2 | 445 | 429 | 420 | |
| 15 | 5 | 10 | 634 | 613 | 600 | |
| 16 | 3 | 16 | 169 | 151 | 136 | |
| 17 | 4 | 4 | 435 | 422 | 412 | |
| 18 | 4 | 6 | 444 | 431 | 421 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Male | 6817 | 73.6 | 138 |
| Blue | Male | 6522 | 72.4 | 135 |
| White | Male | 6248 | 70.7 | 129 |
| Red | Male | 5168 | 70.6 | 127 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 399-10 ft
- Green · Gold tee
- 388 · 402 · 415front · middle · back
- Green size
- 28 × 27yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 28 ydswide at 259
- Green slope
- 1%falls to the left
In play
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 3 yards shorter: the green sits 10 ft below the tee.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 28 yards wide at 259.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from right to left, about 1%. Finish on the left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 483-46 ft
- Green · Gold tee
- 489 · 498 · 508front · middle · back
- Green size
- 20 × 38yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 28 ydswide at 273
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker right: 238 to reach, 259 to carry
- Water across the hole: 424 to reach, 460 to carry
- Water across the hole in front of the green: 477 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 15 yards shorter: the green sits 46 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 218 yards.
- Water crosses the hole: 424 to reach, 460 to carry.
- Water crosses the hole: 424 to reach, 460 to carry.
- Water crosses the hole: 425 to reach, 477 to carry.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 238 to reach, 259 to carry. Drives that finish short of 238 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 28 yards wide at 273 and narrows to 22 at 243.
- Best lay-up: 100 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 25 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 3%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- Shallow green, 20 yards deep and 38 wide: distance control matters more than line.
Hole 3 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 194-21 ft
- Green · Gold tee
- 189 · 201 · 215front · middle · back
- Green size
- 32 × 25yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 3.5%falls to the front
In play
- Water across the hole in front of the green: 180 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 7 yards shorter: the green sits 21 ft below the tee.
- Water crosses the hole: 122 to reach, 180 to carry.
- 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 to front, about 3.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 46 · Par 57 · Par 38 · Par 49 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 313 · Par 414 · Par 415 · Par 516 · Par 317 · Par 418 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 49 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].