The 500 Club
Glendale, Arizona · 18 holes · par 72 · Public. Designed by Brian Whitcomb, opened 1989.
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 1,370 ft the ball carries about 2% 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 11, where the green sits 34 ft above the tee and plays about 11 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 12, where the green sits 53 ft below the tee and plays about 18 yards shorter.
- Driving-zone hazards sit on the right on 10 holes and on the left on 5: a tee shot missed right costs more here.
- 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
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | Male | 6897 | 72.2 | 122 |
| Regular | Male | 6202 | 69 | 118 |
| Forward | Male | 5508 | 71.3 | 125 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 398-9 ft
- Green
- 394 · 401 · 414front · middle · back
- Green size
- 22 × 33yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 34 ydswide at 230
In play
- Bunker right: 195 to reach, 201 to carry
- Bunker left: 258 to reach, 263 to carry
- Bunker left: 286 to reach, 302 to carry
- Bunker right: 292 to reach, 307 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 3 yards shorter: the green sits 9 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 263 yards.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 195 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 195 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 34 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 23 at 280.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
Hole 2 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 553+1 ft
- Green
- 543 · 553 · 564front · middle · back
- Green size
- 24 × 28yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 23 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker left: 328 to reach, 337 to carry
- Bunker left: 425 to reach, 436 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker left of the green
- Bunker back of the green
Playing notes
- Dogleg right at about 364 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 23 yards wide at 230.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 130 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 24 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 2.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 391+12 ft
- Green
- 371 · 387 · 399front · middle · back
- Green size
- 32 × 34yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 30 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front
In play
- 2 bunkers right: 246 to reach, 276 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 4 yards longer: the green sits 12 ft above the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 263 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 246 to reach, 276 to carry. Drives that finish short of 246 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 30 yards wide at 230.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back to front, about 2.5%. 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 511 · Par 312 · Par 413 · Par 314 · Par 415 · Par 416 · Par 417 · Par 418 · Par 5
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 58 hazards with reach and carry
- 12 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].