General Old Golf Course
March Air Reserve Base, California · 18 holes · par 72 · Public. Opened 1955.
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 1,600 ft the ball carries about 2% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 147. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
- Biggest climb: hole 9, where the green sits 24 ft above the tee and plays about 8 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 1, where the green sits 38 ft below the tee and plays about 13 yards shorter.
- 11 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 | Red | Gold |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 13 | 524 | 489 | 425 | 425 |
| 2 | 3 | 9 | 207 | 167 | 121 | 121 |
| 3 | 4 | 11 | 387 | 380 | 331 | 331 |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | 439 | 379 | 341 | 341 |
| 5 | 5 | 7 | 546 | 535 | 489 | 489 |
| 6 | 4 | 5 | 388 | 382 | 340 | 340 |
| 7 | 4 | 17 | 335 | 322 | 281 | 281 |
| 8 | 3 | 15 | 185 | 171 | 130 | 130 |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | 399 | 390 | 346 | 346 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | 434 | 410 | 335 | 335 |
| 11 | 3 | 16 | 196 | 178 | 144 | 144 |
| 12 | 4 | 4 | 395 | 370 | 300 | 300 |
| 13 | 5 | 8 | 541 | 522 | 507 | 507 |
| 14 | 4 | 14 | 357 | 336 | 317 | 317 |
| 15 | 4 | 10 | 376 | 345 | 293 | 293 |
| 16 | 3 | 18 | 158 | 149 | 131 | 131 |
| 17 | 4 | 12 | 382 | 366 | 348 | 348 |
| 18 | 5 | 6 | 552 | 457 | 429 | 429 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | Male | 6801 | 72.1 | 120 |
| White | Male | 6348 | 70.5 | 115 |
| Red | Female | 5608 | 72.3 | 118 |
| Gold | Male | 5608 | 67.8 | 109 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 511-38 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 514 · 524 · 535front · middle · back
- Green size
- 22 × 20yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 29 ydswide at 249
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the right
In play
- Bunker front of the green
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 13 yards shorter: the green sits 38 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 240 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 29 yards wide at 249.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 24 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from left to right, about 2%. Finish on the right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 207+1 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 191 · 207 · 219front · middle · back
- Green size
- 28 × 26yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- 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.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 381-17 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 374 · 387 · 400front · middle · back
- Green size
- 27 × 24yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 26 ydswide at 237
In play
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 6 yards shorter: the green sits 17 ft below the tee.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 26 yards wide at 237.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 56 · Par 47 · Par 48 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 413 · Par 514 · Par 415 · Par 416 · Par 317 · Par 418 · Par 5
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 33 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].