Franklin Canyon Golf Course
Hercules, California · 18 holes · par 72 · Public. Designed by Robert Muir Graves, opened 1970.
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 230 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 13, where the green sits 95 ft above the tee and plays about 32 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 3, where the green sits 82 ft below the tee and plays about 27 yards shorter.
- 9 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 | Red |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 15 | 439 |
| 2 | 3 | 11 | 125 |
| 3 | 4 | 13 | 322 |
| 4 | 3 | 7 | 148 |
| 5 | 4 | 17 | 326 |
| 6 | 3 | 5 | 168 |
| 7 | 5 | 9 | 491 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | 325 |
| 9 | 5 | 3 | 418 |
| 10 | 4 | 8 | 354 |
| 11 | 3 | 2 | 130 |
| 12 | 4 | 14 | 275 |
| 13 | 5 | 4 | 424 |
| 14 | 4 | 10 | 313 |
| 15 | 4 | 6 | 370 |
| 16 | 4 | 16 | 280 |
| 17 | 3 | 12 | 90 |
| 18 | 5 | 18 | 375 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back | Male | 6550 | 71.8 | 132 |
| Middle | Female | 6145 | 74.9 | 132 |
| Middle | Male | 6145 | 69.6 | 127 |
| Red | Male | 5373 | 70.8 | 121 |
| Red | Female | 5373 | 66.7 | 120 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 460+62 ft
- Green · Red tee
- 425 · 439 · 457front · middle · back
- Green size
- 32 × 29yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 45 ydswide at 180
- Green slope
- 5%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker left: 17 to reach, 28 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 21 yards longer: the green sits 62 ft above the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 298 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 45 yards wide at 180 and narrows to 40 at 230.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 30 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-right to front-left, about 5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 137+36 ft
- Green · Red tee
- 110 · 125 · 143front · middle · back
- Green size
- 34 × 19yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 5%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 12 yards longer: the green sits 36 ft above the tee.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- The green falls from back to front, about 5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 295-82 ft
- Green · Red tee
- 310 · 322 · 339front · middle · back
- Green size
- 32 × 25yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 27 ydswide at 191
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker back-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 27 yards shorter: the green sits 82 ft below the tee.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 27 yards wide at 191.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 1.5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 35 · Par 46 · Par 37 · Par 58 · Par 49 · Par 510 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 413 · Par 514 · Par 415 · 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
- 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].