- 18Holes
- 72Par
- 17Rated tees
- 18Greens mapped
- 174Contours
- 7.2%Steepest slope
About Bide-A-Wee
Bide-A-Wee Golf Course is an 18-hole golf course playing to par 72 in Portsmouth, Virginia. Challaner Harper, Tom Clark designed it, and it opened in 1952. GolfCore has mapped 18 greens here with contour lines and fall-line arrows. The card below lists 17 rated tees with yardages for all 18 holes. GPS yardages and scoring are free in the GolfCore app.
Plan your visit
1 Bide-A-Wee Drive, Portsmouth, VA
+1 757-393-8600
How the greens break
GolfCore traced 18 greens at Bide-A-Wee from USGS 3DEP 1-meter lidar, with 174 elevation contours at a 3-inch interval. The steepest measured slope is 7.2 percent, and the largest rise across a single green is 3.4 ft.
In the app the same map sits under your ball on every green, with the fall line drawn to the hole and the wind modeled at your position. At clubs that run GolfCore, the pins the shop sets each morning show up there too.
Elevation: USGS 3D Elevation Program, U.S. Geological Survey, National Geospatial Program (public domain), processed by GolfCore.
The card
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Par | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 36 |
| Yards | 465 | 372 | 346 | 144 | 533 | 349 | 176 | 370 | 281 | 3,036 |
| Hcp | 11 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 15 |
| Hole | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Par | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 36 |
| Yards | 470 | 243 | 146 | 380 | 399 | 277 | 160 | 451 | 342 | 2,868 |
| Hcp | 8 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 10 |
Total72 Yards5,904
| Hole | Par | Yards | Hcp |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 465 | 11 |
| 2 | 4 | 372 | 9 |
| 3 | 4 | 346 | 7 |
| 4 | 3 | 144 | 17 |
| 5 | 5 | 533 | 1 |
| 6 | 4 | 349 | 5 |
| 7 | 3 | 176 | 13 |
| 8 | 4 | 370 | 3 |
| 9 | 4 | 281 | 15 |
| Out | 36 | 3,036 | |
| 10 | 5 | 470 | 8 |
| 11 | 4 | 243 | 16 |
| 12 | 3 | 146 | 12 |
| 13 | 4 | 380 | 6 |
| 14 | 4 | 399 | 4 |
| 15 | 4 | 277 | 18 |
| 16 | 3 | 160 | 14 |
| 17 | 5 | 451 | 2 |
| 18 | 4 | 342 | 10 |
| In | 36 | 2,868 | |
| Total | 72 | 5,904 |
Course rating and slope
| Tee | Yards | Par | Rating / Slope |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 6,940 | 72 | 78.8 / 141 (W) |
| Gold | 6,863 | 72 | 73.3 / 133 |
| Gold/Blue | 6,659 | 72 | 72.3 / 129 |
| Blue | 6,401 | 72 | 71.3 / 126 77.4 / 142 (W) |
| Blue/White | 6,213 | 72 | 70.4 / 124 76.3 / 140 (W) |
| White | 5,904 | 72 | 69.0 / 120 74.6 / 137 (W) |
| White/Yellow | 5,561 | 72 | 67.4 / 117 72.5 / 131 (W) |
| Yellow | 5,246 | 72 | 65.3 / 115 70.8 / 125 (W) |
| Yellow/Red | 5,129 | 72 | 64.7 / 114 70.0 / 122 (W) |
| Red | 4,928 | 72 | 63.9 / 111 69.0 / 120 (W) |
Hole data is what GolfCore holds for the course's layout. Picking a tee shows that tee's own yardages, pars and stroke indexes where the club has rated them. Spot a wrong par, yardage or stroke index? Report it from Map Settings in the app, or send us a correction.
Course details
- Location
- Portsmouth, Virginia, United States
- Address
- 1 Bide-A-Wee Drive, Portsmouth, VA
- Phone
- +1 757-393-8600
- Website
- portsvagolf.com
- Architect
- Challaner Harper, Tom Clark
- Opened
- 1952
- Holes
- 18
- Par
- 72
- Tees on the card
- 17, 17 USGA-rated
- Greens mapped
- 18
- Elevation contours
- 174
- Contour interval
- 3-inch
- Largest green elevation span
- 3.4 ft
- Steepest measured slope
- 7.2%
- Course map
- Traced hole by hole
- Wind modeling
- Live wind grid, 16 directions
- Tree canopy
- 1-meter canopy height model
- Course data updated
- 2026-11-10
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