Courses · Washington

Lake Spanaway Golf Course

Tacoma, Washington · 18 holes · par 72 · Public. Designed by Arthur Vernon (A.V.) Macan, opened 1967.

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 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 12, where the green sits 16 ft above the tee and plays about 5 yards longer.
• Biggest drop: hole 2, where the green sits 12 ft below the tee and plays about 4 yards shorter.
• 9 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

Hole 1 · Par 4

422 (Black) · 382 (White) · 318 (Green) yards · Handicap 3

Plays like

420-5 ft

Green · Black tee

406 · 422 · 434front · middle · back

Green size

32 × 26yards deep × wide

Fairway

31 ydswide at 270

Green slope

2%falls to the front

In play

• Bunker front-right of the green

Playing notes

• Dogleg left at about 249 yards.
• No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
• The fairway is about 31 yards wide at 270 and narrows to 25 at 310.
• The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
• The green falls from back to front, about 2%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 2 · Par 4

458 (Black) · 407 (White) · 358 (Green) yards · Handicap 1

Plays like

454-12 ft

Green · Black tee

446 · 458 · 467front · middle · back

Green size

24 × 29yards deep × wide

Fairway

33 ydswide at 274

Green slope

1.5%falls to the back-left

In play

• Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 438 to carry

Playing notes

• Plays about 4 yards shorter: the green sits 12 ft below the tee.
• No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
• The fairway is about 33 yards wide at 274.
• The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
• The green falls from front-right to back-left, about 1.5%. Finish on the back-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 3 · Par 3

195 (Black) · 144 (White) · 125 (Green) yards · Handicap 17

Plays like

196+4 ft

Green · Black tee

175 · 195 · 209front · middle · back

Green size

34 × 25yards deep × wide

Green slope

2%falls to the front-right

In play

• Bunker front-left of the green
• Bunker front-right of the green

Playing notes

• Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
• The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 2%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Holes 4 to 18

4 · Par 45 · Par 56 · Par 37 · Par 48 · Par 49 · Par 510 · Par 511 · Par 412 · Par 413 · Par 514 · Par 315 · Par 416 · Par 417 · Par 318 · Par 4

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

• 15 plays-like yardages
• 29 hazards with reach and carry
• 15 green slope reads
• 4 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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