Dinosaur Mountain At Gold Canyon Golf Resort
Gold Canyon, Arizona · 18 holes · par 70 · Resort. Opened 1982.
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 1,920 ft the ball carries about 2% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 147. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
- Biggest climb: hole 3, where the green sits 81 ft above the tee and plays about 27 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 15, where the green sits 89 ft below the tee and plays about 30 yards shorter.
- 16 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 | Gold | Black | Blue | White |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 15 | 316 | 305 | 300 | 271 |
| 2 | 3 | 11 | 197 | 188 | 174 | 150 |
| 3 | 5 | 1 | 514 | 495 | 465 | 418 |
| 4 | 4 | 3 | 467 | 452 | 408 | 372 |
| 5 | 3 | 13 | 236 | 223 | 199 | 170 |
| 6 | 4 | 9 | 451 | 435 | 409 | 378 |
| 7 | 4 | 7 | 439 | 419 | 355 | 335 |
| 8 | 3 | 17 | 203 | 191 | 148 | 130 |
| 9 | 5 | 5 | 542 | 535 | 514 | 490 |
| 10 | 3 | 18 | 170 | 152 | 142 | 136 |
| 11 | 5 | 10 | 543 | 517 | 463 | 453 |
| 12 | 4 | 4 | 448 | 427 | 381 | 346 |
| 13 | 4 | 2 | 454 | 420 | 384 | 343 |
| 14 | 3 | 6 | 226 | 201 | 179 | 143 |
| 15 | 4 | 14 | 378 | 365 | 354 | 340 |
| 16 | 5 | 8 | 535 | 510 | 464 | 436 |
| 17 | 3 | 16 | 168 | 148 | 138 | 116 |
| 18 | 4 | 12 | 366 | 339 | 319 | 310 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Male | 6653 | 71.9 | 145 |
| Black | Male | 6322 | 70.1 | 137 |
| Black/Blue | Male | 5953 | 68.6 | 132 |
| Blue | Female | 5796 | 74.5 | 140 |
| Blue | Male | 5796 | 67.5 | 125 |
| Blue/White | Male | 5494 | 66.3 | 122 |
| White | Male | 5337 | 65.6 | 117 |
| White | Female | 5337 | 71.6 | 129 |
| Silver | Male | 5144 | 64.6 | 115 |
| Silver | Female | 5144 | 70.2 | 125 |
| Copper | Female | 4793 | 67.6 | 120 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 332+47 ft
- Green · Gold tee
- 303 · 316 · 329front · middle · back
- Green size
- 27 × 17yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 28 ydswide at 206
- Green slope
- 5.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker left: 241 to reach, 255 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 16 yards longer: the green sits 47 ft above the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 241 to reach, 255 to carry. Drives that finish short of 241 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 28 yards wide at 206.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 5.5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 180-52 ft
- Green · Gold tee
- 187 · 197 · 206front · middle · back
- Green size
- 20 × 18yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker front of the green
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 17 yards shorter: the green sits 52 ft below the tee.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back to front, about 2.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 541+81 ft
- Green · Gold tee
- 501 · 514 · 528front · middle · back
- Green size
- 28 × 13yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 17 ydswide at 299
- Green slope
- 7%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker left: 217 to reach, 266 to carry
- Bunker right: 458 to reach, 468 to carry
- Bunker front of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 27 yards longer: the green sits 81 ft above the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 242 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 217 to reach, 266 to carry. Drives that finish short of 217 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 17 yards wide at 299.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 27 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back to front, about 7%. Finish on the front 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 311 · Par 512 · Par 413 · Par 414 · Par 315 · 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
- 41 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].