Palms Golf Club
Littlefield, Arizona · 18 holes · par 72 · Resort. Designed by William Hull, opened 1990.
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 1,690 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 18, where the green sits 70 ft above the tee and plays about 23 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 15, where the green sits 113 ft below the tee and plays about 38 yards shorter.
- 12 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 | Blue | White | Gold | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 5 | 485 | 428 | 375 | 317 |
| 2 | 4 | 3 | 406 | 387 | 325 | 320 |
| 3 | 3 | 17 | 210 | 190 | 150 | 125 |
| 4 | 5 | 1 | 541 | 495 | 440 | 434 |
| 5 | 4 | 9 | 411 | 360 | 347 | 302 |
| 6 | 4 | 7 | 416 | 379 | 335 | 328 |
| 7 | 3 | 13 | 201 | 163 | 118 | 114 |
| 8 | 4 | 15 | 442 | 409 | 349 | 344 |
| 9 | 4 | 11 | 454 | 403 | 360 | 273 |
| 10 | 5 | 4 | 518 | 501 | 375 | 371 |
| 11 | 3 | 18 | 214 | 165 | 151 | 127 |
| 12 | 4 | 10 | 335 | 300 | 295 | 219 |
| 13 | 4 | 14 | 350 | 340 | 268 | 263 |
| 14 | 3 | 16 | 190 | 155 | 137 | 122 |
| 15 | 5 | 6 | 545 | 490 | 482 | 371 |
| 16 | 4 | 12 | 363 | 314 | 300 | 280 |
| 17 | 4 | 8 | 353 | 330 | 305 | 235 |
| 18 | 4 | 2 | 426 | 369 | 265 | 261 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | Male | 6860 | 73.2 | 131 |
| White | Male | 6178 | 69.7 | 126 |
| White | Female | 6178 | 76.8 | 141 |
| Gold | Male | 5377 | 66.1 | 116 |
| Gold | Female | 5377 | 72.3 | 128 |
| Red | Female | 4806 | 67.8 | 117 |
| Red | Male | 4806 | 62.3 | 106 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 485+1 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 471 · 485 · 493front · middle · back
- Green size
- 30 × 39yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 29 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front
In play
- 2 bunkers right: 200 to reach, 235 to carry
- Bunker left: 266 to reach, 275 to carry
- Bunker right: 434 to reach, 458 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker back-left of the green
Playing notes
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 200 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 200 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 29 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 20 at 200.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 30 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- The green falls from back to front, about 2%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 405-2 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 384 · 406 · 421front · middle · back
- Green size
- 40 × 33yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 30 ydswide at 230
In play
- Water left: 123 to reach, 287 to carry
- Bunker right: 224 to reach, 247 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker right of the green
- Bunker back-left of the green
Playing notes
- Dogleg left at about 247 yards.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 123 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 123 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 30 yards wide at 230.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green is 40 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 3 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 212+5 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 196 · 210 · 226front · middle · back
- Green size
- 32 × 31yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- Water left: 103 to reach, 181 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker left of the green
- Bunker back of the green
Playing notes
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 2.5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 55 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 38 · Par 49 · Par 410 · Par 511 · Par 312 · Par 413 · Par 414 · Par 315 · Par 516 · Par 417 · Par 418 · 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
- 2 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].