James C Haggerty North Kern Golf Course
Bakersfield, California · 18 holes · par 72 · Public. Opened 1953.
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 570 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 37 ft above the tee and plays about 12 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 9, where the green sits 26 ft below the tee and plays about 9 yards shorter.
- Driving-zone hazards sit on the right on 6 holes and on the left on 0: a tee shot missed right costs more here.
- 16 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 | Gold | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 17 | 480 | 473 | 395 | 385 |
| 2 | 4 | 13 | 341 | 331 | 322 | 308 |
| 3 | 4 | 9 | 368 | 346 | 333 | 321 |
| 4 | 5 | 15 | 537 | 527 | 457 | 448 |
| 5 | 3 | 5 | 206 | 195 | 184 | 164 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | 443 | 434 | 358 | 351 |
| 7 | 3 | 11 | 180 | 155 | 144 | 133 |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | 425 | 411 | 322 | 316 |
| 9 | 4 | 7 | 385 | 376 | 341 | 333 |
| 10 | 4 | 6 | 364 | 356 | 312 | 308 |
| 11 | 3 | 12 | 190 | 178 | 168 | 149 |
| 12 | 4 | 8 | 399 | 384 | 376 | 367 |
| 13 | 4 | 4 | 416 | 408 | 337 | 329 |
| 14 | 4 | 10 | 401 | 392 | 384 | 379 |
| 15 | 5 | 16 | 477 | 469 | 392 | 382 |
| 16 | 4 | 2 | 468 | 454 | 367 | 360 |
| 17 | 3 | 14 | 178 | 160 | 146 | 139 |
| 18 | 5 | 18 | 496 | 472 | 441 | 410 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | Male | 6754 | 71.4 | 117 |
| White | Male | 6521 | 69.6 | 112 |
| Gold | Male | 5779 | 67.1 | 106 |
| Red | Female | 5582 | 71.6 | 115 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 492+37 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 468 · 480 · 495front · middle · back
- Green size
- 32 × 26yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 47 ydswide at 238
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker right: 208 to reach, 228 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 12 yards longer: the green sits 37 ft above the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 208 to reach, 228 to carry. Drives that finish short of 208 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 47 yards wide at 238 and narrows to 38 at 218.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 41 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 2.5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 333-23 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 329 · 341 · 354front · middle · back
- Green size
- 27 × 25yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 38 ydswide at 210
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker left: 57 to reach, 71 to carry
- Bunker right: 215 to reach, 231 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 8 yards shorter: the green sits 23 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 24 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 215 to reach, 231 to carry. Drives that finish short of 215 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 38 yards wide at 210.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 3%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 377+26 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 358 · 368 · 377front · middle · back
- Green size
- 22 × 24yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 44 ydswide at 231
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker right: 275 to reach, 292 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 9 yards longer: the green sits 26 ft above the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 275 to reach, 292 to carry. Drives that finish short of 275 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 44 yards wide at 231.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 3%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 55 · Par 36 · Par 47 · Par 38 · Par 49 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 413 · Par 414 · Par 415 · Par 516 · Par 417 · Par 318 · Par 5
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 21 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].