Mather Golf Course
Mather, California · 18 holes · par 72 · Public. Designed by Jack Fleming, opened 1959.
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 4, where the green sits 16 ft above the tee and plays about 5 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 5, where the green sits 20 ft below the tee and plays about 7 yards shorter.
- Driving-zone hazards sit on the left on 3 holes and on the right on 1: a tee shot missed left costs more here.
- 12 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bomber | Male | 6767 | 71.7 | 125 |
| Raptor | Male | 6406 | 70.1 | 120 |
| Combo | Male | 5975 | 68 | 115 |
| Navigator | Male | 5544 | 65.5 | 112 |
| Navigator | Female | 5544 | 71.1 | 122 |
| Mustang | Male | 5178 | 63.9 | 108 |
| Mustang | Female | 5178 | 69.3 | 119 |
| Pilot | Male | 4926 | 62.9 | 103 |
| Pilot | Female | 4926 | 67.8 | 117 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 397-11 ft
- Green
- 388 · 401 · 416front · middle · back
- Green size
- 30 × 19yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 32 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 1%falls to the right
In play
- Bunker right: 172 to reach, 183 to carry
- Bunker left: 175 to reach, 185 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 4 yards shorter: the green sits 11 ft below the tee.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 172 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 172 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 32 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 26 at 200.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- The green falls from left to right, about 1%. Finish on the right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 539+5 ft
- Green
- 525 · 537 · 550front · middle · back
- Green size
- 25 × 20yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 38 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker left: 213 to reach, 223 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 213 to reach, 223 to carry. Drives that finish short of 213 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 38 yards wide at 230.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 29 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 2.5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 159-2 ft
- Green
- 144 · 160 · 171front · middle · back
- Green size
- 27 × 28yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the right
In play
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from left to right, about 2.5%. Finish on the right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 38 · Par 49 · Par 510 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 513 · Par 414 · Par 315 · Par 416 · Par 517 · Par 418 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 26 hazards with reach and carry
- 13 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].