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The Hill At Blacksburg Municipal Golf Course

Blacksburg, Virginia · 9 holes · par 35 · Municipal. Opened 1971.

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

Altitude2,260 ftCarries about 3% farther
Bunkers17
Holes with water0 of 9
Average fairway width32 yds
Typical green4,000 sq ft
Sloped greens8 of 9Tilt 2% or more
  • At about 2,260 ft the ball carries about 3% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 146. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
  • Biggest climb: hole 2, where the green sits 120 ft above the tee and plays about 40 yards longer.
  • Biggest drop: hole 8, where the green sits 116 ft below the tee and plays about 39 yards shorter.
  • 8 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

HoleParHcpBlackBlueWhiteGoldRed
1410343325316281254
244358322318267217
338174158145130104
4418251243213208183
5412292275244222205
636169153143116103
7416252249232202168
8514475466456410360
942397363332300258

Tees

TeeYardsRatingSlope
BlackMale2711
BlueMale2554
WhiteMale2399
GoldMale2136
RedMale1852

Hole 1 · Par 4

Green falls this way

343 (Black) · 325 (Blue) · 316 (White) · 281 (Gold) · 254 (Red) yards · Handicap 10

Plays like
307-107 ft
Green · Black tee
331 · 343 · 355front · middle · back
Green size
24 × 21yards deep × wide
Fairway
39 ydswide at 216
Green slope
3%falls to the back

In play

  • Bunker right of the green

Playing notes

  • Plays about 36 yards shorter: the green sits 107 ft below the tee.
  • No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
  • The fairway is about 39 yards wide at 216 and narrows to 33 at 248.
  • The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
  • The green falls from front to back, about 3%. Finish on the back side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 2 · Par 4

Green falls this way

358 (Black) · 322 (Blue) · 318 (White) · 267 (Gold) · 217 (Red) yards · Handicap 4

Plays like
398+120 ft
Green · Black tee
347 · 358 · 369front · middle · back
Green size
22 × 22yards deep × wide
Fairway
24 ydswide at 226
Green slope
3.5%falls to the front

In play

  • Bunker left: 219 to reach, 234 to carry
  • Bunker right: 317 to reach, 322 to carry
  • Bunker front-right of the green

Playing notes

  • Plays about 40 yards longer: the green sits 120 ft above the tee.
  • Dogleg left at about 268 yards.
  • Fairway bunkers on the left: 219 to reach, 234 to carry. Drives that finish short of 219 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
  • The fairway is about 24 yards wide at 226.
  • The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
  • The green falls from back to front, about 3.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 3 · Par 3

Green falls this way

174 (Black) · 158 (Blue) · 145 (White) · 130 (Gold) · 104 (Red) yards · Handicap 8

Plays like
171-10 ft
Green · Black tee
164 · 174 · 191front · middle · back
Green size
39 × 28yards deep × wide
Green slope
4.5%falls to the left

In play

  • Bunker left of the green

Playing notes

  • Plays about 3 yards shorter: the green sits 10 ft below the tee.
  • The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
  • The green falls from right to left, about 4.5%. Finish on the left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
  • The green is 39 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.

Holes 4 to 9

4 · Par 45 · Par 46 · Par 37 · Par 48 · Par 59 · Par 4

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

  • 6 plays-like yardages
  • 9 hazards with reach and carry
  • 6 green slope reads
  • 1 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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