Pauma Valley Country Club
Pauma Valley, California · 18 holes · par 71 · Private. Designed by Robert Trent Jones, opened 1960.
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 780 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 17, where the green sits 41 ft above the tee and plays about 14 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 11, where the green sits 51 ft below the tee and plays about 17 yards shorter.
- 13 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 | RTJ - White | Gold | Green |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 9 | 536 | 528 | 460 | 372 | |
| 2 | 4 | 13 | 427 | 393 | 352 | 338 | |
| 3 | 3 | 15 | 205 | 189 | 142 | 112 | |
| 4 | 4 | 5 | 484 | 428 | 380 | 330 | |
| 5 | 4 | 7 | 474 | 427 | 374 | 307 | |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | 511 | 426 | 355 | 322 | |
| 7 | 3 | 17 | 207 | 172 | 132 | 110 | |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | 433 | 418 | 375 | 290 | |
| 9 | 4 | 11 | 426 | 391 | 333 | 311 | |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | 393 | 378 | 340 | 265 | |
| 11 | 5 | 6 | 570 | 559 | 509 | 401 | |
| 12 | 3 | 18 | 218 | 192 | 157 | 132 | |
| 13 | 4 | 14 | 386 | 366 | 323 | 252 | |
| 14 | 4 | 4 | 493 | 462 | 398 | 355 | |
| 15 | 4 | 12 | 402 | 377 | 338 | 316 | |
| 16 | 3 | 16 | 209 | 185 | 150 | 120 | |
| 17 | 5 | 10 | 570 | 514 | 478 | 356 | |
| 18 | 4 | 8 | 462 | 446 | 384 | 311 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 7406 | 75.7 | 137 |
| Blue | Male | 6851 | 73.4 | 132 |
| Blue | Female | 6851 | 79.8 | 143 |
| RTJ - White | Male | 6384 | 71.2 | 127 |
| RTJ - White | Female | 6384 | 77.1 | 137 |
| Gold | Female | 5980 | 74.6 | 131 |
| Gold | Male | 5980 | 69 | 122 |
| Silver | Male | 5448 | 66.6 | 116 |
| Silver | Female | 5448 | 71.8 | 124 |
| Green | Male | 5000 | 64.4 | 110 |
| Green | Female | 5000 | 69.3 | 119 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 538+5 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 521 · 536 · 551front · middle · back
- Green size
- 30 × 19yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 34 ydswide at 229
- Green slope
- 4%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker left: 219 to reach, 240 to carry
- Bunker right: 257 to reach, 276 to carry
- 2 bunkers across the hole in front of the green: 518 to carry
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Dogleg right at about 239 yards.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 219 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 219 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 34 yards wide at 229.
- 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.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- 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
- Plays like
- 421-18 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 414 · 427 · 438front · middle · back
- Green size
- 33 × 43yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 41 ydswide at 261
- Green slope
- 3.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- 2 bunkers left: 250 to reach, 291 to carry
- Bunker right: 278 to reach, 280 to carry
- Bunker right: 296 to reach, 305 to carry
- Bunker front of the green
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 6 yards shorter: the green sits 18 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 278 yards.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 250 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 250 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 41 yards wide at 261 and narrows to 35 at 311.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 3.5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 205-1 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 187 · 205 · 229front · middle · back
- Green size
- 43 × 32yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Water back-left of the green
- Bunker back-left of the green
Playing notes
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 1.5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 43 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 38 · Par 49 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 512 · Par 313 · Par 414 · Par 415 · Par 416 · Par 317 · Par 518 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 73 hazards with reach and carry
- 15 green slope reads
- 2 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].