Pinnacle Peak Country Club
Scottsdale, Arizona · 18 holes · par 72 · Private. Opened 1976.
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 4, where the green sits 35 ft above the tee and plays about 12 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 14, where the green sits 35 ft below the tee and plays about 12 yards shorter.
- 7 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 | Blue | White | Green | Green/Gold |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 17 | 555 | 518 | 498 | 480 | 430 |
| 2 | 4 | 15 | 412 | 351 | 328 | 312 | 269 |
| 3 | 3 | 9 | 190 | 175 | 160 | 147 | 101 |
| 4 | 5 | 7 | 574 | 551 | 530 | 472 | 419 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | 431 | 407 | 380 | 342 | 293 |
| 6 | 4 | 11 | 367 | 358 | 351 | 333 | 287 |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | 494 | 422 | 398 | 368 | 292 |
| 8 | 4 | 5 | 436 | 371 | 347 | 304 | 280 |
| 9 | 3 | 13 | 170 | 155 | 140 | 116 | 110 |
| 10 | 4 | 4 | 422 | 398 | 373 | 348 | 282 |
| 11 | 3 | 16 | 205 | 185 | 155 | 133 | 93 |
| 12 | 4 | 8 | 376 | 361 | 345 | 333 | 278 |
| 13 | 4 | 2 | 446 | 397 | 368 | 345 | 317 |
| 14 | 5 | 18 | 545 | 532 | 510 | 491 | 434 |
| 15 | 3 | 10 | 218 | 195 | 183 | 161 | 127 |
| 16 | 4 | 12 | 369 | 347 | 333 | 314 | 251 |
| 17 | 4 | 14 | 404 | 375 | 348 | 323 | 282 |
| 18 | 5 | 6 | 588 | 556 | 526 | 483 | 414 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 7202 | 74 | 132 |
| Black/Blue | Male | 6855 | 72.4 | 127 |
| Blue | Male | 6654 | 71.6 | 126 |
| Blue/White | Male | 6417 | 70.2 | 125 |
| White | Female | 6273 | 76 | 136 |
| White | Male | 6273 | 69.2 | 123 |
| White/Green | Male | 5919 | 67.8 | 122 |
| White/Green | Female | 5919 | 73.8 | 132 |
| Green | Male | 5694 | 66.8 | 120 |
| Green | Female | 5694 | 72.7 | 128 |
| Green/Gold | Female | 5197 | 69.1 | 122 |
| Gold | Female | 4959 | 68.1 | 121 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 546-28 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 542 · 555 · 567front · middle · back
- Green size
- 27 × 24yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 37 ydswide at 304
In play
- Water left: 74 to reach, 180 to carry
- Water right: 74 to reach, 167 to carry
- Bunker right: 271 to reach, 282 to carry
- Bunker right: 315 to reach, 341 to carry
- Bunker left: 328 to reach, 340 to carry
- 2 bunkers right: 470 to reach, 507 to carry
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 538 to carry
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 9 yards shorter: the green sits 28 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 297 yards.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 74 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 74 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 37 yards wide at 304 and narrows to 21 at 334.
- Best lay-up: 90 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.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 403-26 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 391 · 412 · 420front · middle · back
- Green size
- 34 × 27yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 30 ydswide at 260
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker right: 287 to reach, 308 to carry
- Bunker across the hole: 310 to reach, 319 to carry
- Bunker left: 310 to reach, 336 to carry
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 394 to carry
- Bunker left of the green
- Bunker back-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 9 yards shorter: the green sits 26 ft below the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 287 to reach, 308 to carry. Drives that finish short of 287 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 30 yards wide at 260.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 1.5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 194+13 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 178 · 190 · 200front · middle · back
- Green size
- 27 × 27yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker right: 125 to reach, 132 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker right of the green
- Bunker back-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 4 yards longer: the green sits 13 ft above the tee.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- 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.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 55 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 48 · Par 49 · Par 310 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 413 · Par 414 · Par 515 · 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
- 56 hazards with reach and carry
- 14 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].