Mission Trails Golf Course
San Diego, 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 600 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 15, where the green sits 39 ft above the tee and plays about 13 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 10, where the green sits 51 ft below the tee and plays about 17 yards shorter.
- 16 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back | Male | 5940 | 68.8 | 118 |
| Middle | Male | 5515 | 66.7 | 114 |
| Forward | Female | 5045 | 70 | 122 |
| Forward | Male | 5045 | 64.6 | 107 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 515-26 ft
- Green
- 512 · 524 · 537front · middle · back
- Green size
- 27 × 23yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 34 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 5%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker right: 231 to reach, 246 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 9 yards shorter: the green sits 26 ft below the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 231 to reach, 246 to carry. Drives that finish short of 231 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 34 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 21 at 270.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 130 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 right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 318+20 ft
- Green
- 300 · 311 · 322front · middle · back
- Green size
- 23 × 29yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 31 ydswide at 194
- Green slope
- 4%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker front of the green
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 7 yards longer: the green sits 20 ft above the tee.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 31 yards wide at 194.
- 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-right to front-left, about 4%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 146+2 ft
- Green
- 136 · 145 · 155front · middle · back
- Green size
- 19 × 23yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker back-left of the green
Playing notes
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 2%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 46 · Par 57 · Par 38 · Par 49 · Par 310 · Par 311 · Par 412 · Par 513 · Par 414 · Par 515 · Par 416 · Par 417 · Par 318 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 19 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].