Los Altos Golf Country Club
Los Altos, California · 18 holes · par 71 · Private. Opened 1923.
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 260 ft the ball carries about 0% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 150. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
- Biggest climb: hole 11, where the green sits 32 ft above the tee and plays about 11 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 12, where the green sits 81 ft below the tee and plays about 27 yards shorter.
- 15 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Club | Female | 6505 | 78.6 | 142 |
| Club | Male | 6505 | 72.3 | 136 |
| Combo 1 | Male | 6288 | 71.3 | 135 |
| College | Male | 6139 | 70.6 | 134 |
| College | Female | 6139 | 76.5 | 138 |
| Combo 2 | Male | 5941 | 69.8 | 133 |
| Hale Ranch | Female | 5755 | 74.4 | 133 |
| Hale Ranch | Male | 5755 | 69.1 | 131 |
| Combo | Female | 5504 | 73.1 | 130 |
| Rancho | Female | 5361 | 72.1 | 127 |
| Rancho | Male | 5361 | 67.5 | 128 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 506+12 ft
- Green
- 486 · 502 · 515front · middle · back
- Green size
- 32 × 29yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 34 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 4.5%falls to the front
In play
- 2 bunkers left: 225 to reach, 271 to carry
- Bunker right: 410 to reach, 434 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker right of the green
- Bunker back-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 4 yards longer: the green sits 12 ft above the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 225 to reach, 271 to carry. Drives that finish short of 225 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 34 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 25 at 260.
- Best lay-up: 100 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 26 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back to front, about 4.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 358-34 ft
- Green
- 354 · 369 · 382front · middle · back
- Green size
- 30 × 24yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 20 ydswide at 229
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker right: 213 to reach, 241 to carry
- Bunker front of the green
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker back of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 11 yards shorter: the green sits 34 ft below the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 213 to reach, 241 to carry. Drives that finish short of 213 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 20 yards wide at 229.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 1.5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 187-22 ft
- Green
- 181 · 194 · 207front · middle · back
- Green size
- 32 × 29yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the right
In play
- Bunker back of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 7 yards shorter: the green sits 22 ft below the tee.
- The green falls from left to right, about 2%. Finish on the right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 46 · Par 37 · Par 48 · Par 49 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 413 · Par 414 · Par 415 · Par 316 · Par 417 · Par 518 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 42 hazards with reach and carry
- 13 green slope reads
- 1 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].