Courses · California

Ponderosa Golf Course

Truckee, California · 9 holes · par 35 · Public. Designed by Bob E. Baldock, opened 1961.

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 5,900 ft the ball carries about 7% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 140. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
• Biggest climb: hole 3, where the green sits 33 ft above the tee and plays about 11 yards longer.
• Biggest drop: hole 1, where the green sits 26 ft below the tee and plays about 9 yards shorter.
• 9 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

386 yards mapped · Handicap 7

Plays like

378-26 ft

Green

374 · 387 · 400front · middle · back

Green size

27 × 28yards deep × wide

Fairway

28 ydswide at 230

Green slope

3.5%falls to the front-left

In play

• Bunker front-left of the green
• Bunker front-right of the green

Playing notes

• Plays about 9 yards shorter: the green sits 26 ft below the tee.
• No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
• The fairway is about 28 yards wide at 230.
• Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
• The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 3.5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 2 · Par 4

303 yards mapped · Handicap 13

Plays like

301-4 ft

Green

291 · 302 · 312front · middle · back

Green size

26 × 26yards deep × wide

Fairway

27 ydswide at 188

Green slope

4.5%falls to the front-left

In play

• Bunker front-left of the green

Playing notes

• No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
• The fairway is about 27 yards wide at 188.
• The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
• 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.

Hole 3 · Par 3

141 yards mapped · Handicap 17

Plays like

151+33 ft

Green

131 · 140 · 151front · middle · back

Green size

20 × 26yards deep × wide

Green slope

6%falls to the front

In play

• No bunkers or water mapped on this hole

Playing notes

• Plays about 11 yards longer: the green sits 33 ft above the tee.
• No hazards mapped around the green.
• The green falls from back to front, about 6%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Holes 4 to 9

4 · Par 45 · Par 46 · Par 37 · Par 48 · Par 49 · Par 5

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

• 6 plays-like yardages
• 7 hazards with reach and carry
• 6 green slope reads
• 1 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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