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Ak Chin Southern Dunes Golf Club

Maricopa, Arizona · 18 holes · par 72 · Public. Designed by Brian Curley and Fred Couples, opened 2002.

A caddie's yardage book for every hole: plays-like distance from USGS lidar elevation, reach and carry numbers for every bunker and water hazard, green front, middle and back, which way each green falls, and the lay-up zone on par 5s. Distances are from the back tees along the mapped hole; for a shorter tee, take off the scorecard difference.

Course profile

Altitude1,150 ftCarries about 1% farther
Bunkers114
Holes with water2 of 18
Average fairway width50 yds
Typical green4,600 sq ft
Sloped greens11 of 18Tilt 2% or more
  • At about 1,150 ft the ball carries about 1% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 148. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
  • Biggest drop: hole 9, where the green sits 9 ft below the tee and plays about 3 yards shorter.
  • 11 greens tilt 2% or more. Each hole below says which side of the hole leaves an uphill putt.

Maps: tee at the bottom, green at the top. The dashed line is the mapped hole; the gold band is the lay-up zone; the arrow on the green points downhill.

Scorecard

HoleParHcpBlackGoldBlueWhiteRed
149433411382325253
2415365323310300238
351548513467460390
4317160152145128120
547426390370315229
6313244217200154151
753576548530515448
845465445429372339
9411445421415398299
10414408388366342301
11318182170160139112
1248462442408355298
1352587546507496451
14412312302283260252
1546491470430410362
1654570549515499412
17316198180170138124
18410458435406375276

Tees

TeeYardsRatingSlope
TipsMale754676.5142
BlackMale733075.2138
GoldMale690272.7132
BlueMale649371.2129
BlueFemale649378.1149
ChampionshipFemale613876141
WhiteFemale598175139
WhiteMale598168.7124
ComboFemale553872.1132
RedFemale505569.9121
RedMale505564.3105

Hole 1 · Par 4

433 (Black) · 411 (Gold) · 382 (Blue) · 325 (White) · 253 (Red) yards · Handicap 9

Plays like
431-5 ft
Green · Black tee
419 · 433 · 440front · middle · back
Green size
34 × 25yards deep × wide
Fairway
51 ydswide at 267

In play

  • Bunker right: 270 to reach, 331 to carry
  • Bunker left: 306 to reach, 337 to carry
  • Bunker front-right of the green
  • Bunker back-left of the green
  • Bunker back-right of the green

Playing notes

  • Dogleg right at about 185 yards.
  • Fairway bunkers on the right: 270 to reach, 331 to carry. Drives that finish short of 270 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
  • The fairway is about 51 yards wide at 267 and narrows to 40 at 287.
  • Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.

Hole 2 · Par 4

Green falls this way

365 (Black) · 323 (Gold) · 310 (Blue) · 300 (White) · 238 (Red) yards · Handicap 15

Plays like
365+1 ft
Green · Black tee
359 · 365 · 372front · middle · back
Green size
21 × 32yards deep × wide
Fairway
49 ydswide at 219
Green slope
6%falls to the front

In play

  • Bunker left: 194 to reach, 211 to carry
  • Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 336 to carry
  • Bunker back-right of the green

Playing notes

  • Dogleg right at about 262 yards.
  • Fairway bunkers on the left: 194 to reach, 211 to carry. Drives that finish short of 194 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
  • The fairway is about 49 yards wide at 219.
  • The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
  • Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
  • The green falls from back to front, about 6%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
  • Shallow green, 21 yards deep and 32 wide: distance control matters more than line.

Hole 3 · Par 5

Lay-up zoneGreen falls this way

548 (Black) · 513 (Gold) · 467 (Blue) · 460 (White) · 390 (Red) yards · Handicap 1

Plays like
548level
Green · Black tee
531 · 548 · 565front · middle · back
Green size
35 × 27yards deep × wide
Fairway
49 ydswide at 259
Green slope
1.5%falls to the front-left

In play

  • Bunker left: 209 to reach, 342 to carry
  • 2 bunkers right: 316 to reach, 337 to carry
  • Bunker right: 460 to reach, 475 to carry
  • Bunker front of the green
  • Bunker front-right of the green
  • Bunker right of the green
  • Bunker back of the green

Playing notes

  • Dogleg left at about 288 yards.
  • Fairway bunkers on the left: 209 to reach, 342 to carry. Drives that finish short of 209 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
  • The fairway is about 49 yards wide at 259 and narrows to 38 at 309.
  • Best lay-up: 100 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 35 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
  • The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
  • Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
  • The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 1.5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
  • The green is 35 yards deep: a back pin can play about 2 clubs more than a front pin.

Holes 4 to 18

4 · Par 35 · Par 46 · Par 37 · Par 58 · Par 49 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 413 · Par 514 · Par 415 · Par 416 · Par 517 · Par 318 · Par 4

The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:

  • 15 plays-like yardages
  • 75 hazards with reach and carry
  • 13 green slope reads
  • 3 par-5 lay-up zones

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Hole maps, hazards and playing notes come from mapped course data and USGS 3DEP elevation (public domain), not a visit. Plays-like numbers use the Skitty caddie's rule of one yard per 3 ft of rise, from the longest tee; altitude uses 1.16% of carry per 1,000 ft. Tees, hazards and conditions change; check with the course before you play. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0) via OpenGolfAPI. Scorecard yardages and ratings as published. See a mistake? Email [email protected].

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