Granite Bay Golf Club
Granite Bay, California · 18 holes · par 71 · Private. Designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr. and Kyle Phillips, opened 1994.
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 350 ft the ball carries about 0% 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 17, where the green sits 53 ft above the tee and plays about 18 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 18, where the green sits 107 ft below the tee and plays about 36 yards shorter.
- 10 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
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tournament | Male | 6909 | 73.6 | 140 |
| Granite | Male | 6520 | 71.8 | 134 |
| Club | Male | 6100 | 70.1 | 126 |
| Club | Female | 6100 | 76.4 | 144 |
| Cobble | Male | 5739 | 68.5 | 122 |
| Cobble | Female | 5739 | 74.4 | 140 |
| Combo | Female | 5413 | 72.5 | 134 |
| Pebble | Female | 5109 | 70.9 | 131 |
| Nugget | Female | 4969 | 70 | 128 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 330-5 ft
- Green
- 323 · 332 · 343front · middle · back
- Green size
- 23 × 31yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 37 ydswide at 206
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- Water across the hole in front of the green: 144 to carry
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 311 to carry
Playing notes
- Dogleg left at about 205 yards.
- Water crosses the hole: 61 to reach, 144 to carry.
- Water crosses the hole: 61 to reach, 144 to carry.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 37 yards wide at 206.
- The green is guarded on the left by water; miss right.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- 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.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 427+29 ft
- Green
- 401 · 417 · 434front · middle · back
- Green size
- 36 × 27yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 29 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker left: 231 to reach, 251 to carry
- Bunker left: 277 to reach, 295 to carry
- 2 bunkers front of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 10 yards longer: the green sits 29 ft above the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 231 to reach, 295 to carry. Drives that finish short of 231 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 29 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 24 at 240.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 2%. Finish on the front-left 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 3
- Plays like
- 164+2 ft
- Green
- 151 · 163 · 177front · middle · back
- Green size
- 32 × 29yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the front
In play
- Water across the hole: 21 to reach, 82 to carry
- Water across the hole in front of the green: 139 to carry
- Bunker front of the green
- Bunker back-right of the green
- Bunker back of the green
Playing notes
- Water crosses the hole: 21 to reach, 82 to carry.
- Water crosses the hole: 21 to reach, 139 to carry.
- Water crosses the hole: 22 to reach, 135 to carry.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- Bunkers and water short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back to front, about 1.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 55 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 38 · Par 49 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 513 · Par 414 · Par 315 · Par 516 · Par 417 · Par 418 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 59 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].