El Caballero Country Club
Tarzana, California · 18 holes · par 71 · Private. Designed by Rees Jones, opened 1957.
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 920 ft the ball carries about 1% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 148. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
- Biggest climb: hole 1, where the green sits 62 ft above the tee and plays about 21 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 9, where the green sits 64 ft below the tee and plays about 21 yards shorter.
- 16 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 | White | Gold |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 15 | 522 | 485 | 426 |
| 2 | 4 | 1 | 423 | 387 | 326 |
| 3 | 4 | 13 | 381 | 356 | 314 |
| 4 | 4 | 9 | 379 | 355 | 304 |
| 5 | 4 | 11 | 366 | 344 | 292 |
| 6 | 3 | 5 | 217 | 168 | 127 |
| 7 | 5 | 17 | 509 | 502 | 437 |
| 8 | 3 | 7 | 214 | 158 | 139 |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | 453 | 387 | 387 |
| 10 | 3 | 6 | 167 | 141 | 118 |
| 11 | 4 | 12 | 402 | 337 | 337 |
| 12 | 5 | 18 | 521 | 471 | 429 |
| 13 | 4 | 14 | 385 | 334 | 255 |
| 14 | 4 | 4 | 384 | 366 | 322 |
| 15 | 4 | 10 | 416 | 368 | 343 |
| 16 | 3 | 16 | 169 | 152 | 125 |
| 17 | 4 | 2 | 430 | 415 | 415 |
| 18 | 4 | 8 | 431 | 387 | 321 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jones | Male | 7019 | 74.6 | 137 |
| Jones | Female | 7019 | 146 | |
| Black | Male | 6726 | 73.2 | 133 |
| Black | Female | 6726 | 78.9 | 141 |
| El Cab | Female | 6467 | 77.4 | 138 |
| El Cab | Male | 6467 | 71.9 | 130 |
| White | Male | 6072 | 70 | 125 |
| White | Female | 6072 | 75.1 | 133 |
| Gold | Female | 5539 | 72.1 | 127 |
| Gold | Male | 5539 | 67.3 | 118 |
| Knight | Male | 5212 | 65.6 | 114 |
| Knight | Female | 5212 | 70.1 | 122 |
| Family | Female | 3243 | 59.2 | 98 |
| Family | Male | 3243 | 58.1 | 95 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 543+62 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 506 · 522 · 538front · middle · back
- Green size
- 32 × 21yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 27 ydswide at 243
- Green slope
- 5%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker left: 247 to reach, 280 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 21 yards longer: the green sits 62 ft above the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 247 to reach, 280 to carry. Drives that finish short of 247 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 27 yards wide at 243 and narrows to 21 at 273.
- Best lay-up: 80 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 21 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 5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 428+16 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 406 · 423 · 439front · middle · back
- Green size
- 36 × 21yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 31 ydswide at 224
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the front
In play
- 2 bunkers right: 237 to reach, 275 to carry
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 402 to carry
- Bunker right of the green
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 5 yards longer: the green sits 16 ft above the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 237 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 237 to reach, 275 to carry. Drives that finish short of 237 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 31 yards wide at 224.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back to front, about 3%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 36 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 373-23 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 369 · 381 · 394front · middle · back
- Green size
- 25 × 25yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 29 ydswide at 235
- Green slope
- 4%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
- 2 bunkers right of the green
- Bunker left of the green
- Bunker back 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 29 yards wide at 235.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back to front, about 4%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 46 · Par 37 · Par 58 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par 311 · Par 412 · Par 513 · Par 414 · Par 415 · Par 416 · Par 317 · Par 418 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 73 hazards with reach and carry
- 15 green slope reads
- 2 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].