Purgatory Golf Club
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Spread across 218 acres, the Ron Kern-designed Purgatory Golf Club is the longest par-72 course east of the Mississippi River. Nevertheless, the course is set up to be enjoyed by all, with six different sets of tees ranging from more than 7,700 yards all the way down to just under 4,600 yards. Bunkering is one of the club's defining features, with more than 130 coming into play. Nowhere is this more apparent than on the par-3 17th, where eight massive bunkers almost completely surround the putting surface.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Purgatory | 72 | 7754 yards | 78.1 | 142 |
| Black | 72 | 7268 yards | 76.1 | 137 |
| Blue | 72 | 6796 yards | 73.8 | 131 |
| White | 72 | 6422 yards | 72.0 | 128 |
| Green | 72 | 5683 yards | 68.5 | 121 |
| Green (W) | 72 | 5683 yards | 73.4 | 126 |
| Yellow (W) | 72 | 4562 yards | 66.9 | 115 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Purgatory M: 78.3/148 | 373 | 462 | 197 | 473 | 551 | 434 | 231 | 487 | 579 | 3787 | 473 | 406 | 235 | 741 | 469 | 453 | 474 | 173 | 543 | 3967 | 7754 |
| Black M: 76.4/144 | 361 | 442 | 173 | 445 | 533 | 417 | 212 | 481 | 561 | 3625 | 449 | 390 | 202 | 590 | 454 | 434 | 441 | 159 | 524 | 3643 | 7268 |
| Blue M: 74.3/138 | 332 | 409 | 156 | 421 | 508 | 395 | 183 | 455 | 544 | 3403 | 424 | 356 | 184 | 558 | 436 | 397 | 409 | 145 | 484 | 3393 | 6796 |
| White M: 72.0/135 | 328 | 394 | 142 | 408 | 489 | 372 | 156 | 423 | 519 | 3231 | 396 | 328 | 170 | 528 | 430 | 378 | 384 | 120 | 457 | 3191 | 6422 |
| Hybrid M: 70.6/134 | 332 | 338 | 142 | 380 | 454 | 372 | 136 | 338 | 519 | 3011 | 339 | 328 | 120 | 528 | 331 | 326 | 380 | 145 | 457 | 2954 | 5965 |
| Green M: 68.5/130 W: 73.8/131 | 260 | 338 | 109 | 380 | 454 | 313 | 136 | 338 | 450 | 2778 | 339 | 291 | 120 | 490 | 331 | 326 | 380 | 115 | 417 | 2809 | 5587 |
| Yellow W: 67.3/114 | 206 | 295 | 91 | 292 | 367 | 241 | 96 | 336 | 372 | 2296 | 289 | 251 | 89 | 357 | 250 | 298 | 293 | 54 | 385 | 2266 | 4562 |
| Handicap | 18 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 17 | 13 | |||
| Par | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 14 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 17 | 7 |
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Conditions Have Turned A Corner
Purgatory is conditioned the best it has been since it opened. Other than removing a bunker in front of 1 green, they’ve made some great changes. And if you haven’t played here because of conditions/greens issues, those are nonstarters this year. Great job Purg!
Quit early
have played here several times - love the course. Tough layout for my game, which is why I like it. Sadly, after 11 holes the pace-of-play stopped in it's tracks. It took 40 minutes to play #12 and looked as though it might take another 2.5 hours to finish the round. I, and 1 other guy (a member) decided to call it quits so we just left. WHERE IS A RANGER.?.?.?...I'm semiretired..I could do the job! LOL. Seriously, no one was there to watch pace of play or help.
TOUGH!!
this course is tough! Hope you can hit your tee shots straight becuase you’ll get punished otherwise. But it was super fun. In great shape. Chatted with the started for about 10 mins before the tee time to kinda get the lay off the land. Turns out I knew him from highschool. After the round was finished the bar was closed (7p sunday evening) but the staff member was able to sell my buddy and I a beer anyways and let us chill on the patio as the sun set. 10/10 experience and will 100% be coming back.
Great layout - great condition
Big surprise- golf course design and condition outstanding.
Very tough layout.
Tough but fun course
So many bunkers. Some of them need some attention for sure. It's hard to play a blast out of hardpan in a greenside bunker. Overall a beautiful layout and very challenging course. Play the correct tees for your game and it will make things much more fun.
Little to no drinking water
The course was interesting and certainly a major challenge the longer the tees you choose. My only complaints are too many single players - we let four singles through during our round and the lack of any water to drink on the course. There was only one (accessible from the front and back nine) that i saw and it had essentially no water.
course was in great condition
Greens were fast and pin placements were challenging. Best condition I've seen this year
Great course
The course layout is great. Pace of play a little slow. The course is in great condition. The staff is extremely friendly and the food is great. I would definitely recommend this course and I will definitely play this course again!!
Purgatory golf course
Half the course is an unplayable lie because there’s fescue everywhere. And the green side bunkers are impossible to get your club under the ball so you just end up bouncing the club under the ball and hitting the ball over the green. And since there’s like 200 bunkers in the course that creates a problem. Rocks in the bunkers, bunkers very hard.
Greens
The greens are amazing it seems like every green with the exact same speed as the last one
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