California Country Club
Whittier, California · 18 holes · par 72 · Private. Designed by William Bell Jr., 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
- At about 270 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 9, where the green sits 20 ft above the tee and plays about 7 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 10, where the green sits 44 ft below the tee and plays about 15 yards shorter.
- Driving-zone hazards sit on the right on 6 holes and on the left on 3: a tee shot missed right costs more here.
- 11 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 | 5 | 9 | 506 | 501 | |
| 2 | 3 | 11 | 151 | 129 | |
| 3 | 4 | 15 | 356 | 323 | |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | 461 | 438 | |
| 5 | 3 | 17 | 176 | 127 | |
| 6 | 4 | 13 | 387 | 323 | |
| 7 | 4 | 5 | 359 | 342 | |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | 381 | 339 | |
| 9 | 5 | 7 | 501 | 478 | |
| 10 | 3 | 18 | 167 | 129 | |
| 11 | 5 | 10 | 567 | 545 | |
| 12 | 4 | 8 | 417 | 351 | |
| 13 | 4 | 6 | 454 | 438 | |
| 14 | 4 | 2 | 427 | 372 | |
| 15 | 4 | 14 | 337 | 297 | |
| 16 | 5 | 16 | 480 | 409 | |
| 17 | 3 | 12 | 214 | 170 | |
| 18 | 4 | 4 | 463 | 387 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | Male | 6804 | 72.6 | 129 |
| White | Male | 6531 | 71.3 | 127 |
| White/Red | Male | 6242 | 70.1 | 123 |
| Red | Female | 6098 | 75.9 | 137 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 497-26 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 494 · 506 · 518front · middle · back
- Green size
- 24 × 14yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 25 ydswide at 233
- Green slope
- 3.5%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker left: 187 to reach, 202 to carry
- Bunker right: 224 to reach, 228 to carry
- Bunker left: 238 to reach, 249 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker left of the green
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 9 yards shorter: the green sits 26 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 228 yards.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 187 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 187 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 25 yards wide at 233.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 24 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 to front, about 3.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 149-6 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 141 · 151 · 159front · middle · back
- Green size
- 22 × 23yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the left
In play
- Water left: 106 to reach, 126 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 2 yards shorter: the green sits 6 ft below the tee.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from right to left, about 2.5%. Finish on the left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 358+6 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 338 · 356 · 369front · middle · back
- Green size
- 34 × 21yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 28 ydswide at 228
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 2 yards longer: the green sits 6 ft above the tee.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 28 yards wide at 228.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 1.5%. 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 311 · Par 512 · Par 413 · Par 414 · Par 415 · Par 416 · Par 517 · Par 318 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 57 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].