The Challenge drawn from GolfCore's traced course vectors — fairways, tees, greens, bunkers and water, in the app's own colors. This is the same geometry the app maps a round on.

20Greens Mapped 194Elevation Contours 7.5%Steepest Slope 18Holes 71Par

Green contour map of The Challenge in Jacksonville, Texas — 194 elevation contours at a 3-inch interval with fall-line arrows, traced from 1-meter lidar — One of 20 mapped greens at The Challenge, drawn from GolfCore's contour data baked from USGS 3DEP 1-meter lidar, in the same colors the app uses. Elevation bands run cool-low to warm-high; white lines are contours at a 3-inch interval, and dark arrows point down the fall line.

The course, by the numbers

Location	Jacksonville, Texas, United States
Address	14089 US-79, Jacksonville, TX 75766, USA
Phone	+1 903-541-4700
Website	cherokeeranchgolfclub.com
Holes	18
Par	71
Greens mapped	20
Elevation contours	194
Contour interval	3-inch
Largest green elevation span	4.7 ft
Steepest measured slope	7.5%
Course map	Traced hole by hole
Wind modeling	Live wind grid, 16 directions
Tree canopy	1-meter canopy height model
Course data updated	2026-08-07

The card

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out
Par	4	3	5	4	3	4	5	3	5	36
Yards	300	176	489	363	136	390	497	171	527	3,049

Hole	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In
Par	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	5	4	35
Yards	342	179	383	372	405	239	377	540	366	3,203

Total71 Yards6,252

Hole	Par	Yards
1	4	300
2	3	176
3	5	489
4	4	363
5	3	136
6	4	390
7	5	497
8	3	171
9	5	527
Out	36	3,049
10	4	342
11	3	179
12	4	383
13	4	372
14	4	405
15	3	239
16	4	377
17	5	540
18	4	366
In	35	3,203
Total	71	6,252

Hole data is what GolfCore holds for the course's layout. Clubs correct their own data in the app.

What GolfCore has for The Challenge

GolfCore's library covers The Challenge at the Woods green by green: 20 putting surfaces traced with 194 elevation contours from USGS 3DEP 1-meter lidar. The steepest measured slope on these greens tilts at 7.5 percent — the difference between a putt that dies at the hole and one that runs four feet past.

In the app, players and caddies read the same data live on the course: contour bands with fall-line arrows, wind simulated at the player's position, and pin positions that clubs on GolfCore set each morning. The Challenge at the Woods is one of more than six thousand courses GolfCore has mapped green by green.

For clubs, the same system runs the tee sheet and the caddie yard — assignments off real tee times, SMS confirmations, and a caddie network that spans every club on the platform. Read how caddie management on GolfCore works.

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Staff at The Challenge can claim this course by signing in with an email address at the club's own domain. That sets the club up on GolfCore with you as an administrator.

GolfCore maps courses from public elevation data and is not affiliated with or endorsed by The Challenge. Represent this club? Request changes or removal through our contact page.