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Bellevue Municipal Golf Course

Bellevue, Washington · 18 holes · par 71 · Public. Designed by David W. Kent, opened 1968.

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

Altitude350 ftCarries about 0% farther
Bunkers32
Holes with water3 of 18
Average fairway width33 yds
Typical green5,000 sq ft
Sloped greens11 of 18Tilt 2% or more
  • At about 350 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 2, where the green sits 24 ft above the tee and plays about 8 yards longer.
  • Biggest drop: hole 10, where the green sits 25 ft below the tee and plays about 8 yards shorter.
  • Driving-zone hazards sit on the right on 5 holes and on the left on 2: a tee shot missed right costs more here.
  • 11 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

HoleParHcpBlueWhiteRed
147371358334
253485462433
3317137121101
445380368346
551477461442
6315142125103
749339321270
8311189169129
9413326302281
10410320293265
11412299287279
12318140119105
13414305292266
1448328312297
1531613812395
1652486465433
1746394363341
1854471456441

Tees

TeeYardsRatingSlope
BlueMale604868.4117
WhiteMale555566.7113
RedMale497868.5112

Hole 1 · Par 4

371 (Blue) · 358 (White) · 334 (Red) yards · Handicap 7

Plays like
371level
Green · Blue tee
358 · 371 · 385front · middle · back
Green size
28 × 21yards deep × wide
Fairway
25 ydswide at 224

In play

  • Bunker right: 228 to reach, 249 to carry
  • Bunker front-right of the green

Playing notes

  • Fairway bunkers on the right: 228 to reach, 249 to carry. Drives that finish short of 228 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
  • The fairway is about 25 yards wide at 224.
  • The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.

Hole 2 · Par 5

Lay-up zoneGreen falls this way

485 (Blue) · 462 (White) · 433 (Red) yards · Handicap 3

Plays like
493+24 ft
Green · Blue tee
474 · 485 · 499front · middle · back
Green size
27 × 31yards deep × wide
Fairway
42 ydswide at 245
Green slope
1.5%falls to the front

In play

  • Bunker right: 403 to reach, 421 to carry
  • Bunker right of the green

Playing notes

  • Plays about 8 yards longer: the green sits 24 ft above the tee.
  • Dogleg right at about 234 yards.
  • No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
  • The fairway is about 42 yards wide at 245 and narrows to 26 at 295.
  • Best lay-up: 100 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 26 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
  • The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
  • The green falls from back to front, about 1.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 3 · Par 3

137 (Blue) · 121 (White) · 101 (Red) yards · Handicap 17

Plays like
133-13 ft
Green · Blue tee
123 · 137 · 152front · middle · back
Green size
31 × 25yards deep × wide

In play

  • Bunker front-left of the green

Playing notes

  • Plays about 4 yards shorter: the green sits 13 ft below the tee.
  • The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.

Holes 4 to 18

4 · Par 45 · Par 56 · Par 37 · Par 48 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 313 · Par 414 · Par 415 · Par 316 · Par 517 · Par 418 · Par 5

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

  • 15 plays-like yardages
  • 27 hazards with reach and carry
  • 13 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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