FarmLinks Golf Course at Pursell Farms vs Hoover Country Club

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

near Talladega Springs, Alabama

near Hoover, Alabama

Measure	FarmLinks Golf Course at Pursell Farms	Hoover Country Club
Holes	18	17
Par	72	69
Par 3 · 4 · 5	4 · 10 · 4	4 · 8 · 5
Measured length	7,348 yd	6,658 yd
Longest hole	No. 18, 606 yd	No. 3, 561 yd
Bunkers	71	44
Sand	2.1 acres	1.2 acres
Holes with water	5	7
Water on the property	16.5 acres	2.4 acres
Total climb	165 ft	220 ft
Elevation	439–689 ft	485–587 ft
Biggest drop to a green	-138 ft	-81 ft
Average green	6,545 sq ft	5,261 sq ft
Average fairway width	52 yd	33 yd
Green to next tee, total	2,738 yd	1,194 yd
Property	502 acres	129 acres
Cart path	7.5 mi	4.5 mi
Driving range	not mapped	not mapped

Hole by hole

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

Hole	FarmLinks Golf Course at Pursell Farms			Hoover Country Club
	Par	Yd	Rise	Par	Yd	Rise
1	5	576	-24	4	371	+20
2	4	417	+2	3	217	-33
3	4	355	-5	5	561	+7
4	4	478	+13	4	431	-2
5	3	207	-138	3	178	+2
6	5	531	-83	5	549	-2
7	4	428	+14	4	424	+2
8	3	252	-88	3	187	+6
9	4	453	-16	5	561	-24
10	5	536	-13	4	317	+65
11	4	428	-11	5	549	-81
12	4	471	+11	3	236	+5
13	4	368	-32	4	411	+1
14	4	435	+7	4	412	-1
15	3	225	-2	4	382	+50
16	4	397	+23	4	376	-45
17	3	185	-49	–	–	–
18	5	606	+11	5	496	-25

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.