FarmLinks Golf Course at Pursell Farms vs Shoal Creek

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

near Talladega Springs, Alabama

near Hoover, Alabama

Measure	FarmLinks Golf Course at Pursell Farms	Shoal Creek
Holes	18	18
Par	72	72
Par 3 · 4 · 5	4 · 10 · 4	4 · 10 · 4
Measured length	7,348 yd	6,995 yd
Longest hole	No. 18, 606 yd	No. 17, 551 yd
Bunkers	71	73
Sand	2.1 acres	1.8 acres
Holes with water	5	11
Water on the property	16.5 acres	13.2 acres
Total climb	165 ft	104 ft
Elevation	439–689 ft	734–819 ft
Biggest drop to a green	-138 ft	-35 ft
Average green	6,545 sq ft	5,635 sq ft
Average fairway width	52 yd	38 yd
Green to next tee, total	2,738 yd	1,768 yd
Property	502 acres	217 acres
Cart path	7.5 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			Shoal Creek
	Par	Yd	Rise	Par	Yd	Rise
1	5	576	-24	4	401	-16
2	4	417	+2	4	420	-22
3	4	355	-5	5	530	+12
4	4	478	+13	4	475	0
5	3	207	-138	3	215	-35
6	5	531	-83	5	530	-12
7	4	428	+14	4	467	-3
8	3	252	-88	3	166	-22
9	4	453	-16	4	462	-4
10	5	536	-13	4	397	-9
11	4	428	-11	5	503	-11
12	4	471	+11	4	391	+12
13	4	368	-32	3	166	-1
14	4	435	+7	4	371	-3
15	3	225	-2	4	370	+11
16	4	397	+23	3	179	-15
17	3	185	-49	5	551	-28
18	5	606	+11	4	401	-31

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.