Bakersfield Country Club
Bakersfield, California · 18 holes · par 72 · Private. Designed by William P. Bell, opened 1950.
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 750 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 7, where the green sits 56 ft above the tee and plays about 19 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 6, where the green sits 78 ft below the tee and plays about 26 yards shorter.
- Driving-zone hazards sit on the left on 4 holes and on the right on 2: a tee shot missed left costs more here.
- 16 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 | Gold | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 5 | 372 | 358 | 350 | 350 |
| 2 | 5 | 9 | 530 | 493 | 485 | 485 |
| 3 | 3 | 13 | 177 | 164 | 156 | 129 |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | 456 | 450 | 445 | 335 |
| 5 | 4 | 3 | 451 | 411 | 400 | 400 |
| 6 | 5 | 7 | 592 | 560 | 513 | 472 |
| 7 | 4 | 15 | 343 | 315 | 307 | 307 |
| 8 | 3 | 11 | 180 | 162 | 132 | 105 |
| 9 | 4 | 17 | 347 | 326 | 297 | 297 |
| 10 | 4 | 8 | 393 | 382 | 372 | 372 |
| 11 | 5 | 16 | 515 | 502 | 496 | 496 |
| 12 | 4 | 12 | 360 | 345 | 335 | 335 |
| 13 | 3 | 6 | 227 | 199 | 196 | 175 |
| 14 | 4 | 2 | 441 | 432 | 429 | 429 |
| 15 | 5 | 10 | 531 | 520 | 512 | 512 |
| 16 | 4 | 18 | 296 | 293 | 288 | 288 |
| 17 | 3 | 14 | 192 | 170 | 156 | 156 |
| 18 | 4 | 4 | 419 | 402 | 325 | 325 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | Male | 6822 | 72.6 | 131 |
| White | Male | 6484 | 71 | 127 |
| Gold | Female | 6194 | 76.3 | 135 |
| Gold | Male | 6194 | 69.6 | 124 |
| Red | Female | 5968 | 74.8 | 133 |
| Silver | Male | 5441 | 66.1 | 113 |
| Silver | Female | 5441 | 72.1 | 126 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 380+25 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 356 · 372 · 387front · middle · back
- Green size
- 31 × 29yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 23 ydswide at 215
- Green slope
- 3.5%falls to the front
In play
- Water right: -15 to reach, 105 to carry
- Bunker right: 195 to reach, 213 to carry
- Bunker left: 225 to reach, 251 to carry
- Water right: 237 to reach, 322 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 8 yards longer: the green sits 25 ft above the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 41 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 23 yards wide at 215.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back to front, about 3.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 536+18 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 514 · 530 · 546front · middle · back
- Green size
- 32 × 32yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 27 ydswide at 226
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the front
In play
- Water right: 339 to reach, 425 to carry
- Bunker right: 480 to reach, 490 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 6 yards longer: the green sits 18 ft above the tee.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 27 yards wide at 226.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 23 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 3%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 170-22 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 164 · 177 · 194front · middle · back
- Green size
- 33 × 28yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the back-right
In play
- No bunkers or water mapped on this hole
Playing notes
- Plays about 7 yards shorter: the green sits 22 ft below the tee.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
- The green falls from front-left to back-right, about 1.5%. Finish on the back-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 46 · Par 57 · Par 48 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 512 · Par 413 · Par 314 · Par 415 · Par 516 · Par 417 · Par 318 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 30 hazards with reach and carry
- 14 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].