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Kiln Creek Golf Club Resort

Newport News, Virginia · 18 holes · par 72 · Resort. Designed by Thomas E. Clark, ASGCA, opened 1990.

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

Altitude40 ftCarries about 0% farther
Bunkers91
Holes with water4 of 18
Average fairway width27 yds
Typical green4,300 sq ft
Sloped greens13 of 18Tilt 2% or more
  • At about 40 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 3, where the green sits 14 ft above the tee and plays about 5 yards longer.
  • Biggest drop: hole 2, where the green sits 13 ft below the tee and plays about 4 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

HoleParHcpBlackBlueWhiteGreenRed
147420380370340260
259510435425365300
3411455335325315245
431317514513511095
545395355300295240
653555490470460375
731519514013011080
841420355345315250
9417320300290285230
10414365340325295260
11410445375340295215
12412375345330280200
1356540475445435355
1438220170145135125
15516480440430390300
1642460420390360270
1731816514513512090
1844475360340290240

Tees

TeeYardsRatingSlope
BlackMale697273.4138
BlueMale639471.1133
WhiteFemale601375.3135
WhiteMale601369.3129
GreenMale577468.2126
GreenFemale577474.4132
RedFemale531670.7125

Hole 1 · Par 4

Green falls this way

420 (Black) · 380 (Blue) · 370 (White) · 340 (Green) · 260 (Red) yards · Handicap 7

Plays like
420level
Green · Black tee
413 · 420 · 427front · middle · back
Green size
26 × 38yards deep × wide
Fairway
40 ydswide at 235
Green slope
2%falls to the front

In play

  • Bunker right: 283 to reach, 303 to carry
  • Bunker front-left of the green

Playing notes

  • Fairway bunkers on the right: 283 to reach, 303 to carry. Drives that finish short of 283 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
  • The fairway is about 40 yards wide at 235 and narrows to 33 at 285.
  • 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 2 · Par 5

Lay-up zoneGreen falls this way

510 (Black) · 435 (Blue) · 425 (White) · 365 (Green) · 300 (Red) yards · Handicap 9

Plays like
506-13 ft
Green · Black tee
501 · 510 · 519front · middle · back
Green size
26 × 42yards deep × wide
Fairway
43 ydswide at 231
Green slope
5%falls to the front

In play

  • 3 bunkers right: 246 to reach, 291 to carry
  • Bunker across the hole: 283 to reach, 293 to carry
  • Water back-left of the green
  • Water across the hole in front of the green: 487 to carry
  • Bunker front-left of the green
  • Bunker back of the green
  • Bunker back-right of the green

Playing notes

  • Plays about 4 yards shorter: the green sits 13 ft below the tee.
  • Water crosses the hole: 466 to reach, 487 to carry.
  • Fairway bunkers on the right: 246 to reach, 291 to carry. Drives that finish short of 246 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
  • The fairway is about 43 yards wide at 231 and narrows to 25 at 281.
  • Best lay-up: 80 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 21 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 5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 3 · Par 4

Green falls this way

455 (Black) · 335 (Blue) · 325 (White) · 315 (Green) · 245 (Red) yards · Handicap 11

Plays like
460+14 ft
Green · Black tee
442 · 455 · 468front · middle · back
Green size
26 × 38yards deep × wide
Fairway
34 ydswide at 232
Green slope
3%falls to the front-left

In play

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

Playing notes

  • Plays about 5 yards longer: the green sits 14 ft above the tee.
  • No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
  • The fairway is about 34 yards wide at 232 and narrows to 22 at 282.
  • Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
  • The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 3%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Holes 4 to 18

4 · Par 35 · Par 46 · Par 57 · Par 38 · Par 49 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 413 · Par 514 · Par 315 · Par 516 · Par 417 · Par 318 · Par 4

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

  • 15 plays-like yardages
  • 74 hazards with reach and carry
  • 14 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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