Course record

Crystal Downs Country Club

MacKenzie and Maxwell worked together on the routing and green contours. Maxwell then supervised construction over several summers. The new first nine was playable by late summer 1929; the second nine was completed in 1933.¹

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Original design: Alister MacKenziePerry Maxwell
Holes: 18
Par: 70
Club location: Frankfort

MacKenzie and Maxwell at Crystal Downs

Only the front nine was maintained through the wartime shortages. The back-nine greens were protected with buckwheat, and that half of the course reopened in 1947. Later financial restraint limited alterations, helping preserve the design that the Club’s historian describes today.¹

Course design

Date unrecorded Co-design

Alister MacKenzie
Date unrecorded Co-design

Perry Maxwell

Hosted competitions

U.S. Senior Amateur

1991 U.S. Senior Amateur

Scorecard

Complete 18-hole record

Historical competitions may have used different tees or routing.

Course record

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Tee register

Tee	Gender	Par	Rating	Slope	Front yards	Back yards	Total yards	Front par	Back par
Blue	Men	70	72.9	143	3,282	3,278	6,560	35	35
White · Women	Women	74	77.9	146	3,152	3,150	6,302	37	37
White · Men	Men	70	71.2	141	3,152	3,150	6,302	35	35
White/gold Hybrid	Men	70	70.3	135	3,044	2,960	6,004	35	35
Gold · Men	Men	70	68.6	125	2,787	2,866	5,653	35	35
Gold · Women	Women	74	74.1	141	2,787	2,866	5,653	37	37
Red · Men	Men	70	67.8	122	2,709	2,741	5,450	35	35
Red · Women	Women	74	73	137	2,709	2,741	5,450	37	37
Silver · Men	Men	70	62.5	110	2,122	2,029	4,151	35	35
Silver · Women	Women	74	65.5	123	2,122	2,029	4,151	37	37

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Tot
Blue	460	425	191	409	353	384	335	550	175	3,282	395	196	430	484	147	327	588	311	400	3,278	6,560
White · Women	449	420	159	397	345	351	330	542	159	3,152	390	184	420	435	139	322	577	301	382	3,150	6,302
White · Men	449	420	159	397	345	351	330	542	159	3,152	390	184	420	435	139	322	577	301	382	3,150	6,302
White/gold Hybrid	449	374	159	397	345	289	330	542	159	3,044	390	142	385	435	139	322	464	301	382	2,960	6,004
Gold · Men	438	374	149	385	268	289	330	411	143	2,787	385	142	385	411	139	322	464	244	374	2,866	5,653
Gold · Women	438	374	149	385	268	289	330	411	143	2,787	385	142	385	411	139	322	464	244	374	2,866	5,653
Red · Men	438	374	149	385	228	289	292	411	143	2,709	385	142	385	376	94	277	464	244	374	2,741	5,450
Red · Women	438	374	149	385	228	289	292	411	143	2,709	385	142	385	376	94	277	464	244	374	2,741	5,450
Silver · Men	301	278	149	274	228	222	292	278	100	2,122	246	79	265	275	94	210	358	244	258	2,029	4,151
Silver · Women	301	278	149	274	228	222	292	278	100	2,122	246	79	265	275	94	210	358	244	258	2,029	4,151
Par	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	5	3	35	4	3	4	4	3	4	5	4	4	35	70
Hcp	3	5	17	7	9	13	11	1	15		6	16	4	8	18	14	2	12	10

Front nine Holes 1-9

Tee or hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out
Blue	460	425	191	409	353	384	335	550	175	3,282
White · Women	449	420	159	397	345	351	330	542	159	3,152
White · Men	449	420	159	397	345	351	330	542	159	3,152
White/gold Hybrid	449	374	159	397	345	289	330	542	159	3,044
Gold · Men	438	374	149	385	268	289	330	411	143	2,787
Gold · Women	438	374	149	385	268	289	330	411	143	2,787
Red · Men	438	374	149	385	228	289	292	411	143	2,709
Red · Women	438	374	149	385	228	289	292	411	143	2,709
Silver · Men	301	278	149	274	228	222	292	278	100	2,122
Silver · Women	301	278	149	274	228	222	292	278	100	2,122
Par	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	5	3	35
Hcp	3	5	17	7	9	13	11	1	15

Back nine Holes 10-18

Tee or hole	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In
Blue	395	196	430	484	147	327	588	311	400	3,278
White · Women	390	184	420	435	139	322	577	301	382	3,150
White · Men	390	184	420	435	139	322	577	301	382	3,150
White/gold Hybrid	390	142	385	435	139	322	464	301	382	2,960
Gold · Men	385	142	385	411	139	322	464	244	374	2,866
Gold · Women	385	142	385	411	139	322	464	244	374	2,866
Red · Men	385	142	385	376	94	277	464	244	374	2,741
Red · Women	385	142	385	376	94	277	464	244	374	2,741
Silver · Men	246	79	265	275	94	210	358	244	258	2,029
Silver · Women	246	79	265	275	94	210	358	244	258	2,029
Par	4	3	4	4	3	4	5	4	4	35
Hcp	6	16	4	8	18	14	2	12	10

Sources and record notes3 references

Sources for this history

Crystal Downs David M. Rosenberger, Club Historian / The Alister MacKenzie Society
Club incorporation, Eugene Goebel nine, Ewing’s account of MacKenzie and Maxwell, construction through 1933, wartime closure and 1947 reopening.
Consulted 2026-09-17

Course record sources

Crystal Downs official storyAlister MacKenzie · Co-design · Date unrecorded
Crystal Downs official irrigation historyPerry Maxwell · Co-design · Date unrecorded