Kiawah Island Caddy Book Caddy Book

Hole	Information	Overhead
1 Par 4 Handicap 15 Distance Green	The Ocean Course opens with a short par 4. A good drive in the left center of the fairway will leave a short iron into this gently undulating green tucked into a natural dune area. Kiawah Notes Hole 1:
2 Par 5 Handicap 3 Distance Green	Extremely demanding 3 shot par 5. Depending on the result of your drive, either lay up short of the marsh, leaving approximately 140 yards to carry over it, leaving a short wedge to a long but shallow green. Kiawah Notes Hole 2:
3 Par 4 Handicap 9 Distance Green	The best angle to this green is from upper or left part of a wide two level fairway. The green is elevated with marsh coming into play long and left. Kiawah Notes Hole 3:
4 Par 4 Handicap 1 Distance Green	Keeping your tee shot left of the pot bunkers will give you the best angle to approach the green. Guarded by waste areas front right and dunes behind has made this a very challenging par. Kiawah Notes Hole 4:
5 Par 3 Handicap 11 Distance Green	This par 3 green is divided in half by a huge ridge. If the hole is on the left half of the green, add at least one club. Watch the wind here. Putts from the opposite side of the ridge will be challenging. Kiawah Notes Hole 5:
6 Par 4 Handicap 13 Distance Green	This medium length par 4 offers a wide fairway with a waste bunker and a pond protecting the left side. The approach to this deep green is open in the front while protected by a waste area to the right and additional bunkers to the left. Kiawah Notes Hole 6:
7 Par 5 Handicap 7 Distance Green	This second of the par 5s is reachable in two. Fairway narrows towards the green about 50 yards out. If players think their way through it, this hole will yield birdies. Kiawah Notes Hole 7:
8 Par 3 Handicap 17 Distance Green	A wide two-level green that narrows at the back where it slopes down. A short middle iron to the center of the green will always leave a reasonable two putt. This green is guarded by a waste area on the right and behind. Kiawah Notes Hole 8:
9 Par 4 Handicap 5 Distance Green	Visually intimidating, however the fairway is quite wide. The green accepts shots more readily than it appears. A right to left approach from the right center of the fairway is desired here. Watch for a deep pot bunker behind the green. Kiawah Notes Hole 9:
10 Par 4 Handicap 18 Distance Green	This is a big risk/reward hole when aiming over the waste bunker off the tee. If you miss, you will be staring at the bunker's huge wall forcing a lay-up. If you can get it over, you'll have a short wedge down the length of the green. Kiawah Notes Hole 10:
11 Par 5 Handicap 10 Distance Green	This hole requires the golfer to avoid bunkers that guard the Inside of each turn. Two good shots should set up a short approach to a deep green set high atop a dune ridge and guarded in front by more deep bunkers. Kiawah Notes Hole 11:
12 Par 4 Handicap 8 Distance Green	Perhaps the widest fairway on the course gives way to one of the narrowest approaches at No. 12. A good drive here sets up a downhill second shot to a green guarded closely by the canal, dunes and thick native grasses. Though narrow, the approach is open in the front, with a rolling collar area providing some room to miss the left. Kiawah Notes Hole 12:
13 Par 4 Handicap 12 Distance Green	Players electing to take the "safe" route away from the water may find one of two deep, pot-bunker-like waste areas guarding the left side. This is another classic risk/reward hole. Kiawah Notes Hole 13:
14 Par 3 Handicap 14 Distance Green	The first par-3 on the back nine provides a spectacular view of the ocean. The only place to miss it is front right. Miss it anywhere else and you'll have a hard time recovering. There's quite a bit of room behind this green but it's a tough up-and-down. Kiawah Notes Hole 14:
15 Par 4 Handicap 16 Distance Green	Short irons will be the scoring clubs at this medium length par-4. The approach is to a green running diagonally away from the golfer from the right. Waste areas are left and back right of this green which is perched high on a dune ridge. Kiawah Notes Hole 15:
16 Par 5 Handicap 4 Distance Green	A straight-away par-5, No.16 will require the player to carry his drive over a pond to reach a terraced fairway that is higher to the right side. The toughest part of this hole is your third shot. It's a very intimidating shot where having the correct yardage is essential. Kiawah Notes Hole 16:
17 Par 3 Handicap 6 Distance Green	The green appears narrow, and Is fiercely guarded by water to the front and right. Be sure to pay special attention to the wind as your approach is all carry. Any shot that finds land here is a good one. Kiawah Notes Hole 17:
18 Par 4 Handicap 2 Distance Green	The best drive will be one that hugs the right side of the fairway That will set up a second shot to an elevated green open from the right and running away to the back left. An excellent finishing hole! Kiawah Notes Hole 18: