Castle Rock Golf & Recreation vs Thorn Spring Golf Course

16 mi apart · numbers from each course's map geometry

near Pembroke, Virginia

near Pulaski, Virginia

Measure	Castle Rock Golf & Recreation	Thorn Spring Golf Course
Holes	18	18
Par	70	72
Par 3 · 4 · 5	4 · 12 · 2	4 · 10 · 4
Measured length	5,806 yd	6,350 yd
Longest hole	No. 8, 482 yd	No. 18, 504 yd
Bunkers	23	23
Sand	0.2 acres	0.2 acres
Holes with water	4	3
Water on the property	0.7 acres	0.8 acres
Total climb	555 ft	449 ft
Elevation	1,710–1,848 ft	1,969–2,101 ft
Biggest drop to a green	-51 ft	-81 ft
Average green	3,997 sq ft	4,004 sq ft
Average fairway width	36 yd	33 yd
Green to next tee, total	1,307 yd	1,402 yd
Property	145 acres	174 acres
Cart path	3.5 mi	0.1 mi
Driving range	not mapped	yes

Hole by hole

Par and measured yards for each hole; rise is tee to green.

Hole	Castle Rock Golf & Recreation			Thorn Spring Golf Course
	Par	Yd	Rise	Par	Yd	Rise
1	4	392	-34	4	304	-1
2	4	285	+40	3	196	+7
3	3	169	+17	4	368	-56
4	4	330	-51	5	499	-7
5	4	354	-7	4	384	+36
6	4	330	+41	4	320	+24
7	3	193	-39	4	338	-36
8	5	482	+71	3	185	-28
9	4	333	-49	5	466	+48
10	4	430	-42	4	424	-40
11	3	125	-8	3	181	-44
12	4	366	+13	5	503	+64
13	5	472	+23	4	436	-60
14	4	382	+16	4	393	+64
15	3	173	-27	4	374	-81
16	4	317	-15	3	151	-9
17	4	310	-30	4	324	+64
18	4	363	+30	5	504	-3

Both courses are drawn by OpenStreetMap contributors; a difference in detail (bunker counts especially) can be a difference in how carefully each was mapped. How each number is measured.