La Purisima Golf Course
Lompoc, California · 18 holes · par 72 · Public. Designed by Robert Muir Graves, opened 1986.
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 290 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 5, where the green sits 50 ft above the tee and plays about 17 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 8, where the green sits 80 ft below the tee and plays about 27 yards shorter.
- 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 | Black | Blue | White | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 9 | 542 | 529 | 510 | 447 |
| 2 | 4 | 3 | 432 | 403 | 365 | 337 |
| 3 | 3 | 17 | 158 | 130 | 130 | 98 |
| 4 | 4 | 13 | 340 | 321 | 321 | 274 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | 433 | 400 | 344 | 344 |
| 6 | 5 | 7 | 566 | 540 | 527 | 457 |
| 7 | 4 | 5 | 427 | 400 | 360 | 353 |
| 8 | 4 | 11 | 437 | 405 | 375 | 353 |
| 9 | 3 | 15 | 227 | 201 | 175 | 165 |
| 10 | 4 | 4 | 465 | 438 | 400 | 365 |
| 11 | 4 | 16 | 389 | 371 | 345 | 329 |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | 609 | 587 | 570 | 558 |
| 13 | 3 | 18 | 169 | 149 | 145 | 123 |
| 14 | 4 | 10 | 366 | 366 | 320 | 304 |
| 15 | 5 | 6 | 532 | 503 | 460 | 458 |
| 16 | 4 | 8 | 436 | 395 | 350 | 340 |
| 17 | 3 | 14 | 167 | 145 | 140 | 118 |
| 18 | 4 | 12 | 410 | 387 | 350 | 340 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 7105 | 75.6 | 143 |
| Black | Female | 7105 | 154 | |
| Blue | Male | 6670 | 73.5 | 137 |
| Blue | Female | 6670 | 148 | |
| Combo | Female | 6375 | 78.6 | 144 |
| Combo | Male | 6375 | 72.1 | 133 |
| White | Female | 6187 | 77.8 | 142 |
| White | Male | 6187 | 71.4 | 131 |
| Red | Male | 5763 | 69 | 125 |
| Red | Female | 5763 | 75.1 | 136 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 545+9 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 525 · 542 · 560front · middle · back
- Green size
- 35 × 19yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 43 ydswide at 232
- Green slope
- 4%falls to the front-right
In play
- Water right: 285 to reach, 351 to carry
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 518 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 3 yards longer: the green sits 9 ft above the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 308 yards.
- Fairway water on the right: 285 to reach, 351 to carry. Drives that finish short of 285 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 43 yards wide at 232 and narrows to 24 at 282.
- Best lay-up: 80 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 22 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 4%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 35 yards deep: a back pin can play about 2 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 419-40 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 416 · 432 · 443front · middle · back
- Green size
- 31 × 32yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 4%falls to the front
In play
- Water right: 250 to reach, 250 to carry
- Water across the hole in front of the green: 411 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 13 yards shorter: the green sits 40 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 301 yards.
- Water crosses the hole: 333 to reach, 411 to carry.
- Fairway water on the right: 250 to reach, 250 to carry. Drives that finish short of 250 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from back to front, about 4%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 155-9 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 149 · 158 · 168front · middle · back
- Green size
- 25 × 44yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Water right: 105 to reach, 133 to carry
- Water across the hole in front of the green: 128 to carry
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 144 to carry
- Bunker back-left of the green
- Bunker back of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 3 yards shorter: the green sits 9 ft below the tee.
- Water crosses the hole: 82 to reach, 128 to carry.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- Bunkers and water short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 46 · Par 57 · Par 48 · Par 49 · Par 310 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 513 · Par 314 · Par 415 · Par 516 · Par 417 · Par 318 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 44 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].