Aliso Viejo Country Club
Aliso Viejo, California · 18 holes · par 72 · Private. Designed by Jack Nicklaus, opened 1999.
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 490 ft the ball carries about 1% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 149. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
- Biggest climb: hole 4, where the green sits 38 ft above the tee and plays about 13 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 12, where the green sits 97 ft below the tee and plays about 32 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 | Black | Blue | White | Gold | Green |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 16 | 340 | 330 | 323 | 306 | 252 |
| 2 | 4 | 18 | 297 | 291 | 276 | 262 | 225 |
| 3 | 4 | 8 | 358 | 335 | 331 | 255 | 255 |
| 4 | 4 | 6 | 365 | 350 | 333 | 284 | 246 |
| 5 | 3 | 10 | 183 | 155 | 145 | 145 | 115 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | 459 | 436 | 370 | 342 | 320 |
| 7 | 3 | 14 | 158 | 150 | 138 | 120 | 103 |
| 8 | 4 | 4 | 435 | 417 | 406 | 344 | 344 |
| 9 | 5 | 12 | 493 | 489 | 479 | 479 | 438 |
| 10 | 4 | 3 | 424 | 397 | 370 | 311 | 311 |
| 11 | 4 | 15 | 306 | 300 | 289 | 289 | 250 |
| 12 | 3 | 17 | 154 | 141 | 138 | 138 | 122 |
| 13 | 4 | 5 | 414 | 404 | 370 | 311 | 311 |
| 14 | 5 | 11 | 549 | 511 | 491 | 374 | 374 |
| 15 | 5 | 13 | 502 | 446 | 443 | 402 | 402 |
| 16 | 3 | 9 | 220 | 196 | 176 | 176 | 152 |
| 17 | 4 | 1 | 410 | 403 | 387 | 318 | 318 |
| 18 | 5 | 7 | 504 | 496 | 469 | 457 | 410 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 6571 | 71.9 | 133 |
| Blue | Female | 6247 | 76.6 | 143 |
| Blue | Male | 6247 | 70.5 | 128 |
| Blue/White | Male | 6072 | 69.8 | 126 |
| White | Male | 5934 | 69.1 | 124 |
| White | Female | 5934 | 74.2 | 136 |
| Gold | Female | 5313 | 71.3 | 133 |
| Gold | Male | 5313 | 66.2 | 116 |
| Green | Female | 4948 | 69.3 | 128 |
| Green | Male | 4948 | 64.4 | 111 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 328-36 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 326 · 340 · 355front · middle · back
- Green size
- 30 × 27yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 42 ydswide at 215
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the right
In play
- Water across the hole: 122 to reach, 126 to carry
- Bunker left: 232 to reach, 245 to carry
- Bunker front of the green
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 12 yards shorter: the green sits 36 ft below the tee.
- Water crosses the hole: 122 to reach, 126 to carry.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 232 to reach, 245 to carry. Drives that finish short of 232 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 42 yards wide at 215 and narrows to 34 at 250.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from left to right, about 1.5%. Finish on the right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 305+25 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 288 · 297 · 307front · middle · back
- Green size
- 25 × 34yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 48 ydswide at 184
- Green slope
- 4.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Water right: 117 to reach, 144 to carry
- Bunker left: 248 to reach, 263 to carry
Playing notes
- Plays about 8 yards longer: the green sits 25 ft above the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 248 to reach, 263 to carry. Drives that finish short of 248 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 48 yards wide at 184 and narrows to 41 at 210.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 4.5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 349-26 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 347 · 358 · 369front · middle · back
- Green size
- 34 × 31yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 34 ydswide at 219
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the left
In play
- Bunker right: 192 to reach, 267 to carry
- 3 bunkers left: 232 to reach, 246 to carry
- Bunker right: 283 to reach, 293 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 9 yards shorter: the green sits 26 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 232 yards.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 192 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 192 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 34 yards wide at 219.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- The green falls from right to left, about 1.5%. Finish on the left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 36 · Par 47 · Par 38 · Par 49 · Par 510 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 313 · Par 414 · Par 515 · Par 516 · Par 317 · Par 418 · Par 5
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 53 hazards with reach and carry
- 15 green slope reads
- 4 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].