Courses · California

Marin Country Club

Novato, California · 18 holes · par 72 · Private. Designed by Lawrence M. Hughes, opened 1957.

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 140 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 1, where the green sits 62 ft above the tee and plays about 21 yards longer.
• Biggest drop: hole 2, where the green sits 77 ft below the tee and plays about 26 yards shorter.
• Driving-zone hazards sit on the left on 10 holes and on the right on 5: a tee shot missed left costs more here.
• 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

Hole 1 · Par 4

367 (Black) · 350 (Blue) · 325 (White) · 267 (Green) · 207 (Green/Gold) yards · Handicap 9

Plays like

388+62 ft

Green · Black tee

355 · 367 · 378front · middle · back

Green size

23 × 27yards deep × wide

Fairway

27 ydswide at 225

Green slope

4%falls to the front

In play

• Bunker front-left of the green

Playing notes

• Plays about 21 yards longer: the green sits 62 ft above the tee.
• Dogleg left at about 252 yards.
• No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
• The fairway is about 27 yards wide at 225.
• The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
• The green falls from back to front, about 4%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 2 · Par 4

392 (Black) · 377 (Blue) · 356 (White) · 322 (Green) · 264 (Green/Gold) yards · Handicap 13

Plays like

366-77 ft

Green · Black tee

377 · 392 · 406front · middle · back

Green size

31 × 25yards deep × wide

Fairway

39 ydswide at 227

In play

• Bunker right: 265 to reach, 280 to carry
• Bunker left of the green

Playing notes

• Plays about 26 yards shorter: the green sits 77 ft below the tee.
• Fairway bunkers on the right: 265 to reach, 280 to carry. Drives that finish short of 265 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
• The fairway is about 39 yards wide at 227 and narrows to 34 at 257.
• The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.

Hole 3 · Par 4

380 (Black) · 370 (Blue) · 360 (White) · 271 (Green) · 221 (Green/Gold) yards · Handicap 3

Plays like

389+27 ft

Green · Black tee

365 · 380 · 395front · middle · back

Green size

31 × 24yards deep × wide

Fairway

31 ydswide at 228

Green slope

2.5%falls to the front-left

In play

• Bunker left: 234 to reach, 252 to carry
• Bunker front of the green

Playing notes

• Plays about 9 yards longer: the green sits 27 ft above the tee.
• Dogleg right at about 68 yards.
• Fairway bunkers on the left: 234 to reach, 252 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 31 yards wide at 228 and narrows to 18 at 248.
• Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
• 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.

Holes 4 to 18

4 · Par 45 · Par 46 · Par 37 · Par 58 · Par 49 · Par 410 · Par 511 · Par 312 · Par 413 · Par 414 · Par 415 · Par 416 · Par 317 · Par 418 · Par 5

The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:

• 15 plays-like yardages
• 57 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].

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