Friendly Hills Country Club
Whittier, California · 18 holes · par 70 · Private. Designed by James Wilfred Billy Hines, opened 1967.
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 460 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 1, where the green sits 86 ft above the tee and plays about 29 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 4, where the green sits 111 ft below the tee and plays about 37 yards shorter.
- 14 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 | Gold |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 5 | 542 |
| 2 | 3 | 11 | 181 |
| 3 | 4 | 7 | 346 |
| 4 | 4 | 3 | 448 |
| 5 | 4 | 13 | 302 |
| 6 | 4 | 9 | 412 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | 368 |
| 8 | 3 | 17 | 145 |
| 9 | 4 | 15 | 357 |
| 10 | 4 | 18 | 334 |
| 11 | 4 | 6 | 367 |
| 12 | 4 | 14 | 335 |
| 13 | 3 | 12 | 178 |
| 14 | 4 | 2 | 375 |
| 15 | 5 | 4 | 479 |
| 16 | 3 | 10 | 208 |
| 17 | 4 | 16 | 363 |
| 18 | 4 | 8 | 372 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | Male | 6408 | 71.7 | 136 |
| Unicorn | Female | 6265 | 79 | 149 |
| Unicorn | Male | 6265 | 71.7 | 134 |
| Gold | Male | 6112 | 70.4 | 133 |
| Gold | Female | 6112 | 78.1 | 146 |
| Fairway | Female | 5777 | 75.9 | 143 |
| Fairway | Male | 5777 | 68.9 | 129 |
| Silver | Male | 5645 | 68.2 | 127 |
| Silver | Female | 5645 | 75.5 | 141 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 571+86 ft
- Green · Gold tee
- 523 · 542 · 562front · middle · back
- Green size
- 42 × 29yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 27 ydswide at 204
- Green slope
- 7.5%falls to the front
In play
- Water across the hole: -7 to reach, 98 to carry
- 2 bunkers right: 190 to reach, 232 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 521 to carry
- Bunker back-right of the green
- Bunker back-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 29 yards longer: the green sits 86 ft above the tee.
- Water crosses the hole: -7 to reach, 98 to carry.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 190 to reach, 232 to carry. Drives that finish short of 190 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 27 yards wide at 204 and narrows to 21 at 224.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 27 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 7.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 42 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 2 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 189+25 ft
- Green · Gold tee
- 167 · 181 · 194front · middle · back
- Green size
- 27 × 20yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 5%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker right of the green
- Bunker back-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 8 yards longer: the green sits 25 ft above the tee.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- 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 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 372+79 ft
- Green · Gold tee
- 326 · 346 · 357front · middle · back
- Green size
- 31 × 22yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 19 ydswide at 208
- Green slope
- 6%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker left: 140 to reach, 159 to carry
- Bunker left: 201 to reach, 217 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 26 yards longer: the green sits 79 ft above the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 201 to reach, 217 to carry. Drives that finish short of 201 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 19 yards wide at 208.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back to front, about 6%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 48 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 413 · Par 314 · Par 415 · Par 516 · Par 317 · Par 418 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 78 hazards with reach and carry
- 14 green slope reads
- 1 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].