Bel Air Country Club
Los Angeles, California · 18 holes · par 70 · Private. Opened 1926.
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 510 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 18, where the green sits 57 ft above the tee and plays about 19 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 1, where the green sits 109 ft below the tee and plays about 36 yards shorter.
- Driving-zone hazards sit on the left on 4 holes and on the right on 1: a tee shot missed left costs more here.
- 14 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 | Gold | Blue | White | Red | Green |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 5 | 495 | 475 | 460 | 435 | 435 |
| 2 | 4 | 1 | 440 | 395 | 390 | 360 | 380 |
| 3 | 3 | 15 | 175 | 160 | 150 | 110 | 130 |
| 4 | 4 | 7 | 445 | 445 | 430 | 405 | 410 |
| 5 | 3 | 17 | 145 | 145 | 115 | 105 | 110 |
| 6 | 4 | 11 | 380 | 380 | 355 | 310 | 320 |
| 7 | 4 | 13 | 415 | 380 | 350 | 320 | 340 |
| 8 | 5 | 3 | 515 | 495 | 470 | 450 | 455 |
| 9 | 4 | 9 | 410 | 325 | 310 | 295 | 300 |
| 10 | 3 | 18 | 205 | 205 | 205 | 95 | 100 |
| 11 | 4 | 4 | 395 | 395 | 385 | 365 | 375 |
| 12 | 4 | 6 | 395 | 385 | 355 | 325 | 330 |
| 13 | 3 | 14 | 240 | 220 | 200 | 170 | 175 |
| 14 | 5 | 2 | 585 | 580 | 560 | 515 | 545 |
| 15 | 4 | 8 | 465 | 445 | 430 | 420 | 425 |
| 16 | 3 | 16 | 200 | 200 | 175 | 150 | 155 |
| 17 | 4 | 12 | 475 | 475 | 455 | 425 | 430 |
| 18 | 4 | 10 | 420 | 400 | 385 | 395 | 375 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Male | 6782 | 74.3 | 138 |
| Blue | Male | 6523 | 72.6 | 135 |
| White | Male | 6235 | 71.2 | 131 |
| White | Female | 6235 | 73 | 142 |
| Red | Female | 5812 | 75 | 137 |
| Red | Male | 5812 | 68.8 | 126 |
| Green | Male | 5794 | 68.6 | 126 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 459-109 ft
- Green · Gold tee
- 481 · 495 · 510front · middle · back
- Green size
- 29 × 28yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 78 ydswide at 237
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the right
In play
- 2 bunkers left: 397 to reach, 433 to carry
Playing notes
- Plays about 36 yards shorter: the green sits 109 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 259 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 78 yards wide at 237 and narrows to 62 at 287.
- Best lay-up: 110 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 48 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
- 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
- 447+22 ft
- Green · Gold tee
- 426 · 440 · 454front · middle · back
- Green size
- 29 × 34yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 53 ydswide at 282
- Green slope
- 4%falls to the front-left
In play
- 3 bunkers left: 149 to reach, 189 to carry
- Bunker across the hole: 255 to reach, 269 to carry
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 422 to carry
Playing notes
- Plays about 7 yards longer: the green sits 22 ft above the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 176 to reach, 189 to carry. Drives that finish short of 176 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 53 yards wide at 282 and narrows to 46 at 312.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 4%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 164-32 ft
- Green · Gold tee
- 162 · 175 · 189front · middle · back
- Green size
- 29 × 23yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 157 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker back-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 11 yards shorter: the green sits 32 ft below the tee.
- 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-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 36 · Par 47 · Par 48 · Par 59 · Par 410 · Par 311 · Par 412 · Par 413 · Par 314 · Par 515 · Par 416 · Par 317 · Par 418 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 32 hazards with reach and carry
- 15 green slope reads
- 2 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].