Crystal Springs Golf Course
Burlingame, California · 18 holes · par 72 · Semi-Private. Designed by William Herbert Fowler, opened 1924.
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 620 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 5, where the green sits 58 ft above the tee and plays about 19 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 6, where the green sits 131 ft below the tee and plays about 44 yards shorter.
- Driving-zone hazards sit on the right on 4 holes and on the left on 2: 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
| Hole | Par | Hcp | Blue | White | Gold | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 7 | 382 | 373 | 328 | 312 |
| 2 | 4 | 1 | 408 | 391 | 357 | 352 |
| 3 | 3 | 13 | 202 | 153 | 139 | 132 |
| 4 | 5 | 15 | 494 | 477 | 423 | 423 |
| 5 | 4 | 5 | 386 | 374 | 337 | 330 |
| 6 | 4 | 11 | 420 | 405 | 391 | 379 |
| 7 | 5 | 17 | 480 | 466 | 441 | 363 |
| 8 | 3 | 9 | 203 | 175 | 171 | 158 |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | 421 | 389 | 361 | 353 |
| 10 | 4 | 16 | 358 | 332 | 283 | 248 |
| 11 | 3 | 12 | 148 | 136 | 125 | 101 |
| 12 | 4 | 4 | 392 | 357 | 323 | 302 |
| 13 | 3 | 10 | 150 | 145 | 140 | 136 |
| 14 | 4 | 2 | 417 | 397 | 335 | 330 |
| 15 | 4 | 14 | 319 | 304 | 273 | 243 |
| 16 | 5 | 18 | 461 | 444 | 426 | 411 |
| 17 | 4 | 6 | 382 | 353 | 337 | 316 |
| 18 | 5 | 8 | 527 | 512 | 476 | 407 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | Male | 6550 | 72.3 | 131 |
| Blue/White | Male | 6365 | 71.4 | 127 |
| White | Male | 6183 | 70.7 | 126 |
| White | Female | 6183 | 76.2 | 135 |
| White/Gold | Male | 5972 | 69.5 | 125 |
| White/Gold | Female | 5972 | 75.1 | 132 |
| Gold | Female | 5666 | 73.4 | 128 |
| Gold | Male | 5666 | 68.2 | 123 |
| Gold/Red | Male | 5509 | 67.3 | 122 |
| Gold/Red | Female | 5509 | 72.5 | 125 |
| Red | Male | 5296 | 66.3 | 118 |
| Red | Female | 5296 | 71.6 | 120 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 374-23 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 368 · 382 · 398front · middle · back
- Green size
- 30 × 23yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 32 ydswide at 233
- Green slope
- 4.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 8 yards shorter: the green sits 23 ft below the tee.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 32 yards wide at 233 and narrows to 23 at 283.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 4.5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 413+16 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 391 · 408 · 423front · middle · back
- Green size
- 33 × 20yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 19 ydswide at 237
- Green slope
- 5%falls to the right
In play
- Bunker right: 212 to reach, 227 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 5 yards longer: the green sits 16 ft above the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 146 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 212 to reach, 227 to carry. Drives that finish short of 212 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 19 yards wide at 237.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from left to right, about 5%. Finish on the right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 199-10 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 186 · 202 · 217front · middle · back
- Green size
- 31 × 27yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 1%falls to the front-left
In play
- No bunkers or water mapped on this hole
Playing notes
- Plays about 3 yards shorter: the green sits 10 ft below the tee.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 1%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 55 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 58 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 413 · Par 314 · Par 415 · Par 416 · Par 517 · Par 418 · Par 5
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 37 hazards with reach and carry
- 14 green slope reads
- 4 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].