Arizona Biltmore Golf Club Links Course
Phoenix, Arizona · 18 holes · par 71 · Resort. Opened 1979.
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
- At about 1,260 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 climb: hole 13, where the green sits 36 ft above the tee and plays about 12 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 15, where the green sits 55 ft below the tee and plays about 18 yards shorter.
- Driving-zone hazards sit on the left on 3 holes and on the right on 0: a tee shot missed left costs more here.
- 17 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
| Hole | Par | Hcp | Black | White |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 9 | 351 | 333 |
| 2 | 5 | 1 | 532 | 500 |
| 3 | 3 | 13 | 151 | 132 |
| 4 | 4 | 7 | 365 | 351 |
| 5 | 3 | 17 | 130 | 125 |
| 6 | 4 | 3 | 402 | 360 |
| 7 | 4 | 11 | 334 | 319 |
| 8 | 3 | 15 | 129 | 117 |
| 9 | 5 | 5 | 529 | 488 |
| 10 | 5 | 4 | 549 | 502 |
| 11 | 3 | 18 | 176 | 159 |
| 12 | 4 | 14 | 336 | 282 |
| 13 | 4 | 2 | 434 | 384 |
| 14 | 4 | 12 | 340 | 311 |
| 15 | 3 | 16 | 183 | 162 |
| 16 | 4 | 10 | 387 | 353 |
| 17 | 4 | 6 | 451 | 367 |
| 18 | 5 | 8 | 521 | 481 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 6300 | 69.7 | 124 |
| White | Female | 5726 | 72.7 | 129 |
| White | Male | 5726 | 67.2 | 116 |
| Yellow | Male | 5255 | 64.9 | 111 |
| Orange | Female | 4747 | 67.1 | 112 |
| Orange | Male | 4747 | 62.7 | 100 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 348-8 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 340 · 351 · 359front · middle · back
- Green size
- 22 × 20yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 27 ydswide at 226
In play
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker back-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 3 yards shorter: the green sits 8 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 284 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 27 yards wide at 226.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
Hole 2 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 530-5 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 521 · 532 · 543front · middle · back
- Green size
- 27 × 24yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 30 ydswide at 232
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the front-left
In play
- Water across the hole: 45 to reach, 160 to carry
- Water left: 296 to reach, 381 to carry
- Water front-left of the green
- Bunker right of the green
- Bunker back of the green
Playing notes
- Water crosses the hole: 45 to reach, 160 to carry.
- Fairway water on the left: 296 to reach, 381 to carry. Drives that finish short of 296 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 30 yards wide at 232 and narrows to 25 at 202.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 25 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 3%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 150-3 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 138 · 151 · 164front · middle · back
- Green size
- 27 × 23yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front-left
In play
- Water left: 184 to reach, 376 to carry
- Water across the hole in front of the green: 115 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker right of the green
- Bunker back-left of the green
- Bunker back of the green
Playing notes
- Water crosses the hole: 93 to reach, 115 to carry.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- Water short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 2%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 36 · Par 47 · Par 48 · Par 39 · Par 510 · Par 511 · Par 312 · Par 413 · Par 414 · Par 415 · Par 316 · Par 417 · Par 418 · Par 5
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 42 hazards with reach and carry
- 15 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].