Foster Golf Links
Tukwila, Washington · 18 holes · par 68 · Public. Opened 1925.
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 20 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 10, where the green sits 6 ft above the tee and plays about 2 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 17, where the green sits 8 ft below the tee and plays about 3 yards shorter.
- 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
| Hole | Par | Hcp | Blue | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 5 | 324 | 314 |
| 2 | 4 | 11 | 300 | 290 |
| 3 | 4 | 9 | 295 | 285 |
| 4 | 4 | 7 | 302 | 288 |
| 5 | 3 | 15 | 144 | 134 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | 420 | 402 |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | 334 | 316 |
| 8 | 4 | 17 | 268 | 252 |
| 9 | 3 | 13 | 124 | 114 |
| 10 | 5 | 4 | 445 | 435 |
| 11 | 3 | 16 | 135 | 121 |
| 12 | 4 | 2 | 326 | 297 |
| 13 | 4 | 8 | 290 | 277 |
| 14 | 4 | 14 | 248 | 223 |
| 15 | 4 | 12 | 224 | 202 |
| 16 | 3 | 18 | 120 | 104 |
| 17 | 3 | 10 | 220 | 210 |
| 18 | 4 | 6 | 285 | 265 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | Male | 4804 | 62.8 | 101 |
| Red | Female | 4529 | 65.4 | 105 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 324level
- Green · Blue tee
- 310 · 324 · 336front · middle · back
- Green size
- 25 × 23yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 39 ydswide at 200
In play
- Water left: 2 to reach, 472 to carry
Playing notes
- Fairway water on the left: 2 to reach, 472 to carry. Drives that finish short of 2 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 39 yards wide at 200.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 298-6 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 285 · 300 · 315front · middle · back
- Green size
- 30 × 22yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 36 ydswide at 186
In play
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 2 yards shorter: the green sits 6 ft below the tee.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 36 yards wide at 186.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 295-1 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 280 · 295 · 309front · middle · back
- Green size
- 29 × 25yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 28 ydswide at 182
- Green slope
- 1%falls to the left
In play
- Bunker left: 231 to reach, 245 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Water back of the green
Playing notes
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 231 to reach, 245 to carry. Drives that finish short of 231 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 28 yards wide at 182.
- 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.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 36 · Par 47 · Par 48 · Par 49 · Par 310 · Par 511 · Par 312 · Par 413 · Par 414 · Par 415 · Par 416 · Par 317 · Par 318 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 24 hazards with reach and carry
- 14 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].