Castle Creek Country Club
Escondido, California · 18 holes · par 72 · Semi-Private. Opened 1948.
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 450 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 11, where the green sits 66 ft above the tee and plays about 22 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 10, where the green sits 79 ft below the tee and plays about 26 yards shorter.
- 13 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 | Black | Blue | White | Red | Green |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 9 | 391 | 372 | 358 | 341 | 300 |
| 2 | 5 | 7 | 528 | 513 | 506 | 493 | 421 |
| 3 | 4 | 13 | 278 | 273 | 252 | 223 | 217 |
| 4 | 4 | 5 | 410 | 401 | 394 | 381 | 347 |
| 5 | 3 | 17 | 157 | 145 | 127 | 117 | 91 |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | 610 | 588 | 554 | 486 | 457 |
| 7 | 4 | 11 | 371 | 361 | 351 | 292 | 267 |
| 8 | 3 | 15 | 149 | 143 | 129 | 111 | 89 |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | 371 | 366 | 362 | 348 | 288 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | 438 | 431 | 418 | 333 | 325 |
| 11 | 5 | 8 | 466 | 461 | 445 | 420 | 356 |
| 12 | 5 | 4 | 496 | 491 | 476 | 458 | 422 |
| 13 | 4 | 16 | 287 | 284 | 265 | 243 | 181 |
| 14 | 4 | 10 | 369 | 328 | 272 | 250 | 201 |
| 15 | 3 | 18 | 156 | 152 | 141 | 131 | 119 |
| 16 | 4 | 12 | 320 | 316 | 283 | 268 | 211 |
| 17 | 3 | 14 | 215 | 202 | 172 | 126 | 88 |
| 18 | 4 | 6 | 361 | 352 | 344 | 334 | 262 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 6688 | 72 | 132 |
| Blue | Male | 6372 | 70.6 | 129 |
| White | Female | 5919 | 73.1 | 143 |
| White | Male | 5919 | 68.6 | 123 |
| Red | Female | 5396 | 71.9 | 131 |
| Green | Female | 4697 | 68 | 116 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 374-52 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 379 · 391 · 406front · middle · back
- Green size
- 28 × 20yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 36 ydswide at 226
In play
- Bunker left: 231 to reach, 260 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 17 yards shorter: the green sits 52 ft below the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 231 to reach, 260 to carry. Drives that finish short of 231 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 36 yards wide at 226.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
Hole 2 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 532+12 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 516 · 528 · 540front · middle · back
- Green size
- 24 × 21yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 39 ydswide at 234
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker left: 181 to reach, 193 to carry
- Bunker front of the green
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 4 yards longer: the green sits 12 ft above the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 181 to reach, 193 to carry. Drives that finish short of 181 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 39 yards wide at 234.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 37 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- 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 2.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 277-3 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 265 · 278 · 292front · middle · back
- Green size
- 26 × 18yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 39 ydswide at 172
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 257 to carry
- Bunker back-right of the green
Playing notes
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 39 yards wide at 172 and narrows to 30 at 207.
- 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 to front, about 2.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 36 · Par 57 · Par 48 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 512 · Par 513 · Par 414 · Par 415 · Par 316 · Par 417 · Par 318 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 46 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].