Pacific Grove Golf Links
Pacific Grove, California · 18 holes · par 70 · Public. Designed by H. Chandler Egan (original nine holes, 1932) and Jack Neville (back nine, 1960), opened 1932.
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 60 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 2, where the green sits 20 ft above the tee and plays about 7 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 11, where the green sits 34 ft below the tee and plays about 11 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
| Hole | Par | Hcp | Blue | White | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 15 | 146 | 133 | 121 |
| 2 | 3 | 9 | 197 | 180 | 125 |
| 3 | 4 | 13 | 310 | 297 | 283 |
| 4 | 4 | 17 | 277 | 268 | 259 |
| 5 | 5 | 7 | 525 | 517 | 503 |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | 538 | 526 | 475 |
| 7 | 4 | 11 | 308 | 300 | 292 |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | 422 | 413 | 395 |
| 9 | 3 | 5 | 214 | 202 | 191 |
| 10 | 3 | 18 | 108 | 100 | 92 |
| 11 | 4 | 12 | 303 | 275 | 255 |
| 12 | 5 | 4 | 508 | 481 | 464 |
| 13 | 4 | 10 | 314 | 298 | 282 |
| 14 | 4 | 6 | 356 | 343 | 322 |
| 15 | 4 | 2 | 400 | 385 | 295 |
| 16 | 4 | 8 | 356 | 344 | 332 |
| 17 | 3 | 16 | 150 | 136 | 99 |
| 18 | 4 | 14 | 300 | 293 | 287 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | Male | 5727 | 67.9 | 113 |
| White | Male | 5571 | 67 | 110 |
| White | Female | 5571 | 72.3 | 120 |
| Red | Female | 5305 | 70.2 | 116 |
Hole 1 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 148+5 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 138 · 146 · 156front · middle · back
- Green size
- 23 × 19yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 4%falls to the front-left
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-right to front-left, about 4%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 204+20 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 188 · 197 · 205front · middle · back
- Green size
- 18 × 23yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 3.5%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 7 yards longer: the green sits 20 ft above the tee.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- The green falls from back to front, about 3.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 308-6 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 301 · 310 · 321front · middle · back
- Green size
- 21 × 23yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 30 ydswide at 192
- Green slope
- 4.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker front of the green
- Bunker back of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 2 yards shorter: the green sits 6 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 176 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 30 yards wide at 192 and narrows to 18 at 208.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 4.5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 56 · Par 57 · Par 48 · Par 49 · Par 310 · Par 311 · Par 412 · Par 513 · Par 414 · Par 415 · 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
- 27 hazards with reach and carry
- 12 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].