Maderas Golf Club
Poway, California · 18 holes · par 72 · Public. Designed by Johnny Miller and Robert Muir Graves, opened 2000.
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 540 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 2, where the green sits 79 ft above the tee and plays about 26 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 3, where the green sits 133 ft below the tee and plays about 44 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 | Black | Blue | White | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 17 | 394 | 355 | 337 | 305 |
| 2 | 4 | 9 | 387 | 357 | 352 | 259 |
| 3 | 5 | 7 | 583 | 560 | 540 | 470 |
| 4 | 3 | 15 | 172 | 164 | 150 | 97 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | 487 | 460 | 435 | 332 |
| 6 | 4 | 11 | 352 | 333 | 310 | 142 |
| 7 | 3 | 13 | 219 | 190 | 181 | 126 |
| 8 | 5 | 3 | 559 | 507 | 491 | 418 |
| 9 | 4 | 5 | 382 | 351 | 341 | 275 |
| 10 | 4 | 16 | 341 | 305 | 293 | 246 |
| 11 | 4 | 18 | 359 | 343 | 323 | 276 |
| 12 | 4 | 10 | 437 | 410 | 400 | 316 |
| 13 | 4 | 8 | 449 | 385 | 376 | 292 |
| 14 | 5 | 2 | 552 | 526 | 505 | 432 |
| 15 | 3 | 6 | 253 | 220 | 204 | 158 |
| 16 | 4 | 4 | 453 | 439 | 417 | 340 |
| 17 | 3 | 14 | 188 | 165 | 142 | 95 |
| 18 | 5 | 12 | 600 | 580 | 555 | 408 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 7167 | 75.2 | 142 |
| Maderas | Male | 6856 | 74 | 138 |
| Blue | Male | 6670 | 73.3 | 136 |
| White | Male | 6368 | 71.9 | 131 |
| White | Female | 6368 | 77.5 | 144 |
| Forward | Female | 5393 | 72.8 | 135 |
| Forward | Male | 5393 | 67.7 | 119 |
| Red | Male | 4967 | 65.2 | 113 |
| Red | Female | 4967 | 70 | 128 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 401+21 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 382 · 394 · 409front · middle · back
- Green size
- 30 × 33yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 43 ydswide at 241
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker right: 258 to reach, 283 to carry
- Bunker left of the green
- Bunker back-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 7 yards longer: the green sits 21 ft above the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 247 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 258 to reach, 283 to carry. Drives that finish short of 258 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 43 yards wide at 241 and narrows to 28 at 291.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back to front, about 3%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 413+79 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 369 · 387 · 404front · middle · back
- Green size
- 39 × 28yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 34 ydswide at 241
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker right: 278 to reach, 297 to carry
- Bunker left: 301 to reach, 327 to carry
Playing notes
- Plays about 26 yards longer: the green sits 79 ft above the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 278 to reach, 297 to carry. Drives that finish short of 278 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 34 yards wide at 241 and narrows to 22 at 291.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
- The green falls from back to front, about 3%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 39 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 3 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 539-133 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 565 · 583 · 601front · middle · back
- Green size
- 39 × 30yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 33 ydswide at 234
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the right
In play
- Bunker right: 146 to reach, 175 to carry
- 2 bunkers left: 300 to reach, 322 to carry
- Bunker across the hole: 524 to reach, 536 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 44 yards shorter: the green sits 133 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 295 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 300 to reach, 313 to carry. Drives that finish short of 300 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 33 yards wide at 234.
- Best lay-up: 120 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 31 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 left to right, about 3%. Finish on the right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 39 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 35 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 38 · Par 59 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 413 · Par 414 · Par 515 · Par 316 · Par 417 · Par 318 · Par 5
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].