Coyote Creek Golf Club The Valley Course
Morgan Hill, California · 18 holes · par 72 · Public. Designed by Jack Nicklaus, opened 2001.
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 310 ft the ball carries about 0% 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 8, where the green sits 11 ft above the tee and plays about 4 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 3, where the green sits 28 ft below the tee and plays about 9 yards shorter.
- 15 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 | Gold | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 1 | 439 | 395 | 347 | 284 |
| 2 | 5 | 9 | 529 | 512 | 489 | 413 |
| 3 | 4 | 17 | 380 | 353 | 342 | 267 |
| 4 | 4 | 11 | 425 | 408 | 398 | 351 |
| 5 | 4 | 7 | 386 | 352 | 334 | 275 |
| 6 | 5 | 3 | 497 | 474 | 471 | 430 |
| 7 | 3 | 13 | 209 | 166 | 144 | 112 |
| 8 | 4 | 15 | 408 | 380 | 366 | 284 |
| 9 | 4 | 5 | 441 | 412 | 394 | 297 |
| 10 | 4 | 6 | 436 | 389 | 341 | 303 |
| 11 | 3 | 16 | 181 | 174 | 159 | 116 |
| 12 | 4 | 4 | 456 | 418 | 374 | 346 |
| 13 | 3 | 18 | 156 | 141 | 115 | 102 |
| 14 | 5 | 2 | 582 | 528 | 511 | 455 |
| 15 | 4 | 14 | 409 | 369 | 354 | 303 |
| 16 | 4 | 8 | 448 | 416 | 401 | 335 |
| 17 | 3 | 12 | 166 | 158 | 138 | 104 |
| 18 | 5 | 10 | 518 | 513 | 495 | 410 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | Male | 7066 | 74 | 132 |
| White | Male | 6558 | 71.6 | 128 |
| White/Gold | Male | 6375 | 70.5 | 126 |
| Gold | Male | 6173 | 69.6 | 124 |
| Gold | Female | 6173 | 75.8 | 129 |
| Red | Female | 5187 | 70 | 118 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 437-6 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 423 · 439 · 456front · middle · back
- Green size
- 35 × 25yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 35 ydswide at 231
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker right: 252 to reach, 266 to carry
- Water front of the green
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 2 yards shorter: the green sits 6 ft below the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 252 to reach, 266 to carry. Drives that finish short of 252 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 35 yards wide at 231 and narrows to 29 at 201.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- Water short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back to front, about 2%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 35 yards deep: a back pin can play about 2 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 2 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 530+2 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 517 · 529 · 544front · middle · back
- Green size
- 29 × 27yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 30 ydswide at 232
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker left: 234 to reach, 248 to carry
- Bunker left: 276 to reach, 291 to carry
- Bunker left: 445 to reach, 459 to carry
- Bunker right: 484 to reach, 495 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Dogleg left at about 251 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 234 to reach, 291 to carry. Drives that finish short of 234 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 30 yards wide at 232 and narrows to 25 at 252.
- Best lay-up: 100 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 23 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- The green falls from back to front, about 2%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 371-28 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 363 · 380 · 398front · middle · back
- Green size
- 40 × 27yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 26 ydswide at 227
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 9 yards shorter: the green sits 28 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 291 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 26 yards wide at 227.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- 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.
- The green is 40 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 46 · Par 57 · Par 38 · Par 49 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 413 · Par 314 · Par 515 · Par 416 · Par 417 · Par 318 · Par 5
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 41 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].