Los Verdes Golf Course
Rancho Palos Verdes, California · 18 holes · par 71 · Public. Designed by William Bell, opened 1964.
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 630 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 16, where the green sits 56 ft above the tee and plays about 19 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 11, where the green sits 75 ft below the tee and plays about 25 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 | Blue | White | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 11 | 501 | 471 | 458 |
| 2 | 4 | 9 | 370 | 351 | 322 |
| 3 | 3 | 15 | 178 | 163 | 138 |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | 445 | 430 | 316 |
| 5 | 3 | 13 | 190 | 149 | 134 |
| 6 | 5 | 7 | 558 | 507 | 467 |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | 379 | 361 | 328 |
| 8 | 4 | 17 | 365 | 352 | 338 |
| 9 | 4 | 5 | 412 | 401 | 393 |
| 10 | 4 | 14 | 377 | 364 | 334 |
| 11 | 4 | 18 | 304 | 291 | 276 |
| 12 | 3 | 16 | 147 | 134 | 114 |
| 13 | 4 | 2 | 397 | 364 | 352 |
| 14 | 4 | 6 | 416 | 375 | 357 |
| 15 | 4 | 4 | 441 | 432 | 396 |
| 16 | 5 | 12 | 490 | 462 | 438 |
| 17 | 3 | 10 | 218 | 201 | 176 |
| 18 | 4 | 8 | 417 | 403 | 368 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | Male | 6617 | 72 | 124 |
| White | Male | 6234 | 70.3 | 120 |
| White | Female | 6234 | 76.7 | 131 |
| Red | Female | 5772 | 74 | 123 |
| Red | Male | 5772 | 68 | 115 |
| Orange | Male | 4373 | 62 | 101 |
| Orange | Female | 4373 | 67.1 | 115 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 485-47 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 486 · 501 · 515front · middle · back
- Green size
- 31 × 24yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 45 ydswide at 225
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- 2 bunkers right: 225 to reach, 270 to carry
- Bunker right: 291 to reach, 307 to carry
- Bunker left: 437 to reach, 450 to carry
Playing notes
- Plays about 16 yards shorter: the green sits 47 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 225 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 225 to reach, 307 to carry. Drives that finish short of 225 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 45 yards wide at 225 and narrows to 21 at 275.
- Best lay-up: 80 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 23 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
- 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 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 366-11 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 355 · 370 · 384front · middle · back
- Green size
- 30 × 22yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 23 ydswide at 231
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 4 yards shorter: the green sits 11 ft below the tee.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 23 yards wide at 231.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 2.5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 186+24 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 165 · 178 · 190front · middle · back
- Green size
- 26 × 28yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 3.5%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 8 yards longer: the green sits 24 ft above the tee.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from back to front, about 3.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 36 · Par 57 · Par 48 · Par 49 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 313 · Par 414 · Par 415 · Par 416 · Par 517 · Par 318 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 34 hazards with reach and carry
- 15 green slope reads
- 2 par-5 lay-up zones
One-time purchase, no account needed. It unlocks in this browser; lost access? Email [email protected] with your receipt. Or join the free beta and get every course in the app.
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].