California Golf Club Of San Francisco
South San Francisco, California · 18 holes · par 72 · Private. Designed by Willie Locke and A. Vernon Macan; Alister MacKenzie (redesign); Kyle Phillips (2007-2008 restoration), 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 130 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 15, where the green sits 72 ft above the tee and plays about 24 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 14, where the green sits 67 ft below the tee and plays about 22 yards shorter.
- Driving-zone hazards sit on the right on 12 holes and on the left on 4: a tee shot missed right costs more here.
- 12 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
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venturi | Male | 7216 | 74.7 | 135 |
| Back | Male | 6797 | 72.7 | 131 |
| Combo | Male | 6703 | 72.3 | 130 |
| Middle | Male | 6308 | 70.2 | 129 |
| Middle | Female | 6308 | 76.2 | 135 |
| Forward | Male | 5310 | 66.2 | 120 |
| Forward | Female | 5310 | 71 | 126 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 524-59 ft
- Green
- 533 · 544 · 553front · middle · back
- Green size
- 21 × 25yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 44 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker left: 178 to reach, 184 to carry
- Bunker right: 179 to reach, 191 to carry
- Bunker left: 289 to reach, 314 to carry
- 2 bunkers left: 412 to reach, 445 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker back-left of the green
- Bunker back-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 20 yards shorter: the green sits 59 ft below the tee.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 178 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 178 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 44 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 36 at 200.
- Best lay-up: 150 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 40 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-right to front-left, about 2%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 426+57 ft
- Green
- 387 · 407 · 425front · middle · back
- Green size
- 39 × 23yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 108 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 4%falls to the front-left
In play
- 4 bunkers left: 96 to reach, 129 to carry
- 3 bunkers right: 222 to reach, 278 to carry
- Bunker left: 270 to reach, 284 to carry
- Bunker left: 326 to reach, 338 to carry
- Bunker across the hole: 341 to reach, 347 to carry
- Bunker front of the green
- Bunker back-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 19 yards longer: the green sits 57 ft above the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 307 yards.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 222 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 222 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 108 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 28 at 280.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- 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.
- The green is 39 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 426-16 ft
- Green
- 421 · 431 · 444front · middle · back
- Green size
- 24 × 26yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 42 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker across the hole: 228 to reach, 256 to carry
- 2 bunkers right: 261 to reach, 305 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker front of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 5 yards shorter: the green sits 16 ft below the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 261 to reach, 305 to carry. Drives that finish short of 261 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 42 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 30 at 200.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back to front, about 1.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 55 · Par 46 · Par 37 · Par 48 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 313 · Par 414 · Par 415 · Par 516 · Par 317 · Par 518 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 90 hazards with reach and carry
- 12 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].