Courses · Washington

West Seattle Golf Club

Seattle, Washington · 18 holes · par 72 · Public/Municipal. Designed by H. Chandler Egan, opened 1940.

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 110 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 4, where the green sits 51 ft above the tee and plays about 17 yards longer.
• Biggest drop: hole 10, where the green sits 49 ft below the tee and plays about 16 yards shorter.
• 13 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 5

551 (Black) · 544 (Blue) · 513 (White) · 479 (Green) · 400 (Gold) yards · Handicap 5

Plays like

543-23 ft

Green · Black tee

537 · 551 · 562front · middle · back

Green size

25 × 26yards deep × wide

Fairway

36 ydswide at 254

Green slope

5%falls to the left

In play

• Bunker right: 269 to reach, 294 to carry
• Bunker front-left of the green

Playing notes

• Plays about 8 yards shorter: the green sits 23 ft below the tee.
• Fairway bunkers on the right: 269 to reach, 294 to carry. Drives that finish short of 269 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
• The fairway is about 36 yards wide at 254 and narrows to 23 at 284.
• Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 32 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
• The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
• The green falls from right to left, about 5%. Finish on the left side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 2 · Par 4

349 (Black) · 320 (Blue) · 301 (White) · 278 (Green) · 278 (Gold) yards · Handicap 11

Plays like

339-30 ft

Green · Black tee

333 · 349 · 368front · middle · back

Green size

36 × 25yards deep × wide

Fairway

29 ydswide at 248

Green slope

1.5%falls to the back-left

In play

• Bunker back-left of the green

Playing notes

• Plays about 10 yards shorter: the green sits 30 ft below the tee.
• Dogleg right at about 80 yards.
• No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
• The fairway is about 29 yards wide at 248.
• The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
• 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.
• The green is 36 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.

Hole 3 · Par 3

124 (Black) · 121 (Blue) · 118 (White) · 115 (Green) · 115 (Gold) yards · Handicap 17

Plays like

126+5 ft

Green · Black tee

109 · 124 · 135front · middle · back

Green size

27 × 28yards deep × wide

Green slope

1%falls to the left

In play

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

Playing notes

• The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
• Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
• 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 55 · Par 46 · Par 37 · Par 48 · Par 49 · Par 510 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 513 · Par 314 · Par 415 · Par 416 · Par 417 · Par 418 · Par 4

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

• 15 plays-like yardages
• 19 hazards with reach and carry
• 14 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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