Hidden Valley Golf Club
Norco, California · 18 holes · par 72 · Public. Designed by Casey O'Callaghan, opened 1997.
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 1,070 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 6, where the green sits 105 ft above the tee and plays about 35 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 15, where the green sits 250 ft below the tee and plays about 83 yards shorter.
- 17 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 | Blue | White | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 11 | 545 | 495 | 478 | 331 |
| 2 | 4 | 3 | 437 | 388 | 343 | 232 |
| 3 | 4 | 15 | 377 | 352 | 312 | 234 |
| 4 | 4 | 9 | 387 | 351 | 330 | 267 |
| 5 | 3 | 5 | 247 | 217 | 196 | 104 |
| 6 | 5 | 7 | 512 | 489 | 455 | 409 |
| 7 | 4 | 17 | 314 | 302 | 287 | 213 |
| 8 | 3 | 13 | 177 | 166 | 143 | 114 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | 462 | 401 | 397 | 343 |
| 10 | 4 | 6 | 380 | 376 | 286 | 240 |
| 11 | 5 | 14 | 556 | 505 | 468 | 421 |
| 12 | 4 | 12 | 362 | 321 | 286 | 258 |
| 13 | 3 | 16 | 172 | 148 | 118 | 106 |
| 14 | 4 | 18 | 312 | 302 | 288 | 262 |
| 15 | 5 | 8 | 574 | 554 | 532 | 476 |
| 16 | 3 | 10 | 188 | 179 | 174 | 152 |
| 17 | 4 | 4 | 439 | 322 | 296 | 254 |
| 18 | 4 | 2 | 439 | 424 | 383 | 282 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 6880 | 74 | 140 |
| Blue | Male | 6292 | 71.4 | 132 |
| White | Male | 5772 | 68.7 | 124 |
| Silver | Male | 5327 | 66.6 | 117 |
| Red | Male | 4698 | 67.3 | 120 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 525-60 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 530 · 545 · 561front · middle · back
- Green size
- 32 × 25yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 50 ydswide at 260
- Green slope
- 4.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker left: 321 to reach, 338 to carry
- Bunker left: 490 to reach, 505 to carry
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 525 to carry
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 20 yards shorter: the green sits 60 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 362 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 50 yards wide at 260 and narrows to 8 at 310.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 120 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.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 4.5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 430-20 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 422 · 437 · 450front · middle · back
- Green size
- 30 × 22yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 37 ydswide at 226
- Green slope
- 5%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker left: 298 to reach, 302 to carry
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 419 to carry
Playing notes
- Plays about 7 yards shorter: the green sits 20 ft below the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 298 to reach, 302 to carry. Drives that finish short of 298 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 37 yards wide at 226.
- 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 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 361-49 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 365 · 377 · 389front · middle · back
- Green size
- 27 × 25yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 84 ydswide at 233
- Green slope
- 5%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker across the hole: 258 to reach, 286 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 16 yards shorter: the green sits 49 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 246 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 84 yards wide at 233 and narrows to 55 at 203.
- 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.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 36 · Par 57 · Par 48 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 512 · 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
- 52 hazards with reach and carry
- 15 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].