Antelope Valley Country Club
Palmdale, California · 18 holes · par 72 · Private. Designed by Bill Bell Sr., opened 1954.
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 2,650 ft the ball carries about 3% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 145. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
- Biggest climb: hole 9, where the green sits 17 ft above the tee and plays about 6 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 1, where the green sits 15 ft below the tee and plays about 5 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 | Blue | White | Red | Red/Gold |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 5 | 430 | 380 | 368 | 266 |
| 2 | 3 | 9 | 179 | 168 | 165 | 147 |
| 3 | 4 | 3 | 382 | 369 | 357 | 290 |
| 4 | 5 | 7 | 562 | 542 | 528 | 420 |
| 5 | 3 | 17 | 164 | 150 | 121 | 113 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | 424 | 400 | 390 | 288 |
| 7 | 4 | 11 | 383 | 365 | 357 | 280 |
| 8 | 4 | 15 | 348 | 324 | 314 | 237 |
| 9 | 5 | 13 | 513 | 491 | 481 | 390 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | 456 | 446 | 432 | 365 |
| 11 | 3 | 18 | 182 | 147 | 118 | 110 |
| 12 | 4 | 8 | 391 | 378 | 369 | 320 |
| 13 | 4 | 10 | 353 | 325 | 299 | 245 |
| 14 | 5 | 16 | 502 | 474 | 379 | 368 |
| 15 | 4 | 6 | 413 | 387 | 375 | 274 |
| 16 | 4 | 4 | 434 | 424 | 418 | 364 |
| 17 | 3 | 12 | 178 | 166 | 155 | 133 |
| 18 | 5 | 14 | 500 | 484 | 478 | 328 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | Male | 6794 | 72.9 | 130 |
| Blue | Female | 6794 | 78.9 | 144 |
| White | Male | 6420 | 71.1 | 126 |
| White | Female | 6420 | 76.8 | 139 |
| Red | Male | 6104 | 69.5 | 122 |
| Red | Female | 6104 | 75.1 | 134 |
| Red/Gold | Male | 5455 | 66.5 | 115 |
| Red/Gold | Female | 5455 | 71.4 | 126 |
| Gold | Female | 4938 | 68.4 | 120 |
| Gold | Male | 4938 | 64 | 110 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 425-15 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 418 · 430 · 445front · middle · back
- Green size
- 27 × 27yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 34 ydswide at 260
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker left: 258 to reach, 285 to carry
- Bunker right: 301 to reach, 311 to carry
- Bunker front of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 5 yards shorter: the green sits 15 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 278 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 258 to reach, 285 to carry. Drives that finish short of 258 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 34 yards wide at 260.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- 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.
Hole 2 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 182+10 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 168 · 179 · 189front · middle · back
- Green size
- 21 × 24yards deep × wide
In play
- Bunker front of the green
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 3 yards longer: the green sits 10 ft above the tee.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 386+13 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 371 · 382 · 393front · middle · back
- Green size
- 22 × 22yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 30 ydswide at 232
In play
- Bunker across the hole: 337 to reach, 342 to carry
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 4 yards longer: the green sits 13 ft above the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 242 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 30 yards wide at 232 and narrows to 23 at 212.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 55 · Par 36 · Par 47 · Par 48 · Par 49 · Par 510 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 413 · Par 414 · Par 515 · Par 416 · Par 417 · Par 318 · Par 5
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 46 hazards with reach and carry
- 14 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].