Lakes At Blackhawk Country Club
Danville, California · 18 holes · par 72 · Private. Opened 1981.
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 760 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 5, where the green sits 107 ft above the tee and plays about 36 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 6, where the green sits 144 ft below the tee and plays about 48 yards shorter.
- 14 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 | 4 | 6 | 417 | 382 | 350 | 324 |
| 2 | 4 | 16 | 338 | 312 | 290 | 282 |
| 3 | 5 | 10 | 585 | 576 | 560 | 554 |
| 4 | 3 | 14 | 206 | 175 | 157 | 133 |
| 5 | 5 | 18 | 468 | 439 | 421 | 410 |
| 6 | 4 | 4 | 395 | 387 | 377 | 318 |
| 7 | 3 | 8 | 206 | 184 | 149 | 118 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | 407 | 359 | 346 | 322 |
| 9 | 5 | 12 | 543 | 534 | 507 | 431 |
| 10 | 3 | 11 | 195 | 172 | 149 | 137 |
| 11 | 5 | 3 | 564 | 548 | 467 | 447 |
| 12 | 3 | 15 | 177 | 156 | 145 | 127 |
| 13 | 4 | 13 | 333 | 313 | 300 | 282 |
| 14 | 4 | 5 | 380 | 349 | 333 | 266 |
| 15 | 5 | 1 | 620 | 590 | 497 | 487 |
| 16 | 3 | 9 | 224 | 207 | 183 | 135 |
| 17 | 4 | 17 | 323 | 310 | 281 | 240 |
| 18 | 4 | 7 | 394 | 359 | 346 | 342 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 6769 | 73.4 | 138 |
| Black/Blue | Male | 6584 | 72.3 | 137 |
| Blue | Male | 6321 | 71.2 | 136 |
| Blue/White | Male | 5997 | 69.4 | 134 |
| White | Male | 5849 | 68.8 | 133 |
| White/Red | Male | 5649 | 73.8 | 135 |
| Red | Male | 5382 | 71.9 | 134 |
| Red Short | Male | 5296 | 71.4 | 132 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 428+32 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 409 · 417 · 427front · middle · back
- Green size
- 28 × 28yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 39 ydswide at 275
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the front-left
In play
- Water right: 85 to reach, 179 to carry
- Bunker left: 257 to reach, 269 to carry
- Bunker right: 294 to reach, 308 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 11 yards longer: the green sits 32 ft above the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 286 yards.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 257 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 257 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 39 yards wide at 275 and narrows to 25 at 305.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- 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 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 336-7 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 330 · 338 · 347front · middle · back
- Green size
- 18 × 30yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 24 ydswide at 213
- Green slope
- 4.5%falls to the front
In play
- 3 bunkers left: 234 to reach, 283 to carry
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 323 to carry
- Bunker back-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 2 yards shorter: the green sits 7 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 246 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 234 to reach, 283 to carry. Drives that finish short of 234 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 24 yards wide at 213.
- 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 to front, about 4.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- Shallow green, 18 yards deep and 30 wide: distance control matters more than line.
Hole 3 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 538-140 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 577 · 585 · 600front · middle · back
- Green size
- 24 × 20yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 29 ydswide at 240
In play
- Bunker left: 239 to reach, 260 to carry
- 2 bunkers across the hole: 432 to reach, 455 to carry
- Bunker right: 489 to reach, 509 to carry
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 569 to carry
- Bunker left of the green
- Bunker back of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 47 yards shorter: the green sits 140 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 294 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 239 to reach, 260 to carry. Drives that finish short of 239 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 29 yards wide at 240 and narrows to 20 at 290.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 110 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.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 35 · Par 56 · Par 47 · Par 38 · Par 49 · Par 510 · Par 311 · Par 512 · Par 313 · Par 414 · 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
- 58 hazards with reach and carry
- 13 green slope reads
- 4 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].