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Almaden Golf Country Club

San Jose, California · 18 holes · par 72 · Private. Designed by Jack Fleming, opened 1956.

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

Altitude310 ftCarries about 0% farther
Bunkers68
Holes with water3 of 18
Average fairway width32 yds
Typical green5,400 sq ft
Sloped greens15 of 18Tilt 2% or more
  • At about 310 ft the ball carries about 0% 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 2, where the green sits 32 ft above the tee and plays about 11 yards longer.
  • Biggest drop: hole 4, where the green sits 30 ft below the tee and plays about 10 yards shorter.
  • 15 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

HoleParHcpBlackBlueWhiteGoldRed
158521489476466417
2414365346335321313
3412363359347347340
442424412398380372
544435391375336330
631814613612211497
7516506493484429472
8310201181159139118
946412397377354300
10513539512510500449
1141419407391372316
1247423396375308304
1339206184161146131
14415369353333316309
15317183162144132129
1643442411402384379
17411413388374326320
1855533513500473440

Tees

TeeYardsRatingSlope
BlackMale690073.7131
Black/BlueMale669973128
BlueMale653072.2127
Blue/WhiteMale633471.3124
WhiteFemale626376133
WhiteMale626370.8123
White/GoldMale609570.2122
GoldMale584368.3120
GoldFemale584373.1127
RedFemale553671.8124
Red/GreenFemale504069118

Hole 1 · Par 5

Lay-up zoneGreen falls this way

521 (Black) · 489 (Blue) · 476 (White) · 466 (Gold) · 417 (Red) yards · Handicap 8

Plays like
520-3 ft
Green · Black tee
510 · 521 · 530front · middle · back
Green size
25 × 31yards deep × wide
Fairway
36 ydswide at 230
Green slope
5%falls to the front-right

In play

  • Water left: 176 to reach, 400 to carry
  • Bunker right: 277 to reach, 302 to carry
  • Bunker front-left of the green
  • Bunker front-right of the green

Playing notes

  • Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 176 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 176 keeps them out of play.
  • The fairway is about 36 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 27 at 280.
  • Best lay-up: 70 to 120 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 35 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
  • Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
  • The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 2 · Par 4

Green falls this way

365 (Black) · 346 (Blue) · 335 (White) · 321 (Gold) · 313 (Red) yards · Handicap 14

Plays like
376+32 ft
Green · Black tee
345 · 365 · 387front · middle · back
Green size
43 × 27yards deep × wide
Fairway
36 ydswide at 230
Green slope
2%falls to the front-right

In play

  • 2 bunkers right: 210 to reach, 267 to carry
  • Bunker left: 243 to reach, 266 to carry
  • Bunker front-left of the green
  • Bunker front-right of the green
  • Bunker right of the green

Playing notes

  • Plays about 11 yards longer: the green sits 32 ft above the tee.
  • Dogleg right at about 233 yards.
  • Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 210 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 210 keeps them out of play.
  • The fairway is about 36 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 24 at 255.
  • Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
  • The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 2%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
  • The green is 43 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.

Hole 3 · Par 4

Green falls this way

363 (Black) · 359 (Blue) · 347 (White) · 347 (Gold) · 340 (Red) yards · Handicap 12

Plays like
359-11 ft
Green · Black tee
355 · 363 · 377front · middle · back
Green size
25 × 32yards deep × wide
Fairway
34 ydswide at 230
Green slope
2%falls to the front-right

In play

  • 3 bunkers left: 239 to reach, 270 to carry
  • Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 351 to carry

Playing notes

  • Plays about 4 yards shorter: the green sits 11 ft below the tee.
  • Dogleg right at about 202 yards.
  • Fairway bunkers on the left: 239 to reach, 270 to carry. Drives that finish short of 239 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
  • The fairway is about 34 yards wide at 230.
  • Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
  • The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 2%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Holes 4 to 18

4 · Par 45 · Par 46 · Par 37 · Par 58 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par 511 · Par 412 · Par 413 · Par 314 · Par 415 · 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
  • 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].

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