Birnam Wood Golf Club
Santa Barbara, California · 18 holes · par 70 · Private. Designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr., opened 1968.
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 220 ft the ball carries about 0% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 150. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
- Biggest climb: hole 18, where the green sits 42 ft above the tee and plays about 14 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 14, where the green sits 71 ft below the tee and plays about 24 yards shorter.
- 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 | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 1 | 415 | 401 | 401 |
| 2 | 3 | 11 | 157 | 146 | 121 |
| 3 | 4 | 9 | 393 | 373 | 354 |
| 4 | 4 | 5 | 344 | 332 | 312 |
| 5 | 3 | 13 | 150 | 141 | 127 |
| 6 | 4 | 7 | 376 | 363 | 312 |
| 7 | 4 | 17 | 340 | 328 | 310 |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | 352 | 344 | 288 |
| 9 | 5 | 15 | 478 | 469 | 453 |
| 10 | 4 | 4 | 385 | 374 | 336 |
| 11 | 4 | 6 | 410 | 398 | 359 |
| 12 | 3 | 18 | 136 | 124 | 111 |
| 13 | 4 | 12 | 356 | 344 | 322 |
| 14 | 5 | 14 | 480 | 470 | 434 |
| 15 | 3 | 10 | 181 | 173 | 163 |
| 16 | 4 | 2 | 418 | 400 | 373 |
| 17 | 3 | 8 | 167 | 157 | 128 |
| 18 | 5 | 16 | 497 | 485 | 459 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | Male | 6035 | 69.9 | 128 |
| White | Female | 5822 | 74.5 | 133 |
| White | Male | 5822 | 68.9 | 126 |
| Red | Female | 5363 | 72.1 | 129 |
| Red | Male | 5363 | 66.9 | 121 |
| Combo | Female | 4920 | 70 | 124 |
| Jones | Male | 4457 | 62.9 | 111 |
| Jones | Female | 4457 | 67.5 | 119 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 407-23 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 405 · 415 · 427front · middle · back
- Green size
- 23 × 31yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 38 ydswide at 251
- Green slope
- 4%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker right: 255 to reach, 259 to carry
Playing notes
- Plays about 8 yards shorter: the green sits 23 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 258 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 255 to reach, 259 to carry. Drives that finish short of 255 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 38 yards wide at 251 and narrows to 26 at 221.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 4%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 153-12 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 147 · 157 · 170front · middle · back
- Green size
- 30 × 19yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 4 yards shorter: the green sits 12 ft below the tee.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 2.5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 401+24 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 379 · 393 · 407front · middle · back
- Green size
- 29 × 21yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 32 ydswide at 249
- Green slope
- 4%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker left of the green
- Bunker right of the green
- Bunker back of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 8 yards longer: the green sits 24 ft above the tee.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 32 yards wide at 249.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 4%. 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 49 · Par 510 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 313 · Par 414 · Par 515 · Par 316 · Par 417 · Par 318 · 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
- 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].