The Golf Club At Creighton Farms
Aldie, Virginia · 18 holes · par 72 · Private/Community. Designed by Jack Nicklaus, opened 2007.
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 300 ft the ball carries about 0% 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 12, where the green sits 67 ft above the tee and plays about 22 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 11, where the green sits 79 ft below the tee and plays about 26 yards shorter.
- 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
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Professional | Male | 7365 | 76.8 | 153 |
| Back | Male | 6823 | 74.3 | 146 |
| Combo | Male | 6468 | 72.7 | 144 |
| Member | Male | 6245 | 71.6 | 141 |
| Member | Female | 6245 | 77.3 | 143 |
| Combo | Female | 5473 | 73.3 | 134 |
| Forward | Male | 4965 | 65.6 | 124 |
| Forward | Female | 4965 | 70.5 | 128 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 410-12 ft
- Green
- 399 · 414 · 428front · middle · back
- Green size
- 31 × 25yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 25 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the left
In play
- Bunker left: 211 to reach, 259 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 4 yards shorter: the green sits 12 ft below the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 211 to reach, 259 to carry. Drives that finish short of 211 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 25 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 18 at 240.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- The green falls from right to left, about 3%. Finish on the left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 352-20 ft
- Green
- 343 · 359 · 372front · middle · back
- Green size
- 33 × 21yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 35 ydswide at 223
- Green slope
- 4%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker left: 74 to reach, 84 to carry
- 3 bunkers right: 265 to reach, 305 to carry
- Bunker right: 333 to reach, 344 to carry
- Water back-left of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker back of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 7 yards shorter: the green sits 20 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 127 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 265 to reach, 305 to carry. Drives that finish short of 265 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 35 yards wide at 223.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 4%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 537+40 ft
- Green
- 515 · 524 · 531front · middle · back
- Green size
- 21 × 35yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 36 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker right: 133 to reach, 145 to carry
- Bunker right: 255 to reach, 281 to carry
- 2 bunkers left: 298 to reach, 325 to carry
- Bunker right: 345 to reach, 361 to carry
- 2 bunkers left: 467 to reach, 485 to carry
- 2 bunkers across the hole in front of the green: 512 to carry
- Bunker right of the green
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 13 yards longer: the green sits 40 ft above the tee.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 255 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 255 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 36 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 9 at 200.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 150 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 36 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- 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.
- Shallow green, 21 yards deep and 35 wide: distance control matters more than line.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 46 · Par 37 · Par 58 · Par 49 · Par 310 · Par 411 · Par 512 · Par 413 · Par 414 · Par 415 · Par 316 · Par 417 · Par 318 · Par 5
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 67 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].