Courses · California

Poplar Creek Golf Course

San Mateo, California · 18 holes · par 70 · Public/Municipal. Designed by Steve Halsey, opened 1933.

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 10 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.
• 11 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 5

519 (Black) · 493 (Gold) yards · Handicap 11

Plays like

517-5 ft

Green · Black tee

502 · 519 · 532front · middle · back

Green size

33 × 30yards deep × wide

Fairway

34 ydswide at 226

Green slope

2%falls to the front

In play

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

Playing notes

• No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
• The fairway is about 34 yards wide at 226.
• Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 26 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
• Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
• The green falls from back to front, about 2%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 2 · Par 4

421 (Black) · 397 (Gold) yards · Handicap 1

Plays like

422+3 ft

Green · Black tee

408 · 421 · 434front · middle · back

Green size

27 × 28yards deep × wide

Fairway

29 ydswide at 237

Green slope

2%falls to the front

In play

• Water left: 170 to reach, 170 to carry
• Water left: 235 to reach, 382 to carry

Playing notes

• Dogleg right at about 235 yards.
• Fairway water on the left: 235 to reach, 382 to carry. Drives that finish short of 235 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
• The fairway is about 29 yards wide at 237 and narrows to 23 at 257.
• No hazards mapped around the green.
• The green falls from back to front, about 2%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 3 · Par 3

205 (Black) · 175 (Gold) yards · Handicap 3

Plays like

206+2 ft

Green · Black tee

185 · 205 · 216front · middle · back

Green size

33 × 27yards deep × wide

Green slope

1.5%falls to the front

In play

• Water front-left of the green

Playing notes

• The green is guarded on the left by water; miss right.
• The green falls from back to front, about 1.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Holes 4 to 18

4 · Par 45 · Par 36 · Par 47 · Par 38 · Par 49 · Par 510 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 313 · Par 414 · Par 515 · Par 316 · Par 517 · Par 318 · Par 4

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

• 15 plays-like yardages
• 31 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].

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