Courses · California

Rams Hill Golf Club

Borrego Springs, California · 18 holes · par 72 · Semi-Private/Resort. Designed by Tom Fazio, opened 1983.

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 770 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 13, where the green sits 58 ft above the tee and plays about 19 yards longer.
• Biggest drop: hole 11, where the green sits 94 ft below the tee and plays about 31 yards shorter.
• Driving-zone hazards sit on the right on 14 holes and on the left on 6: a tee shot missed right costs more here.
• 17 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

439 (Black) · 415 (Gold) · 390 (Gold/Blue) · 362 (White) · 302 (Red) yards · Handicap 3

Plays like

452+39 ft

Green · Black tee

421 · 439 · 454front · middle · back

Green size

38 × 21yards deep × wide

Fairway

45 ydswide at 229

Green slope

5.5%falls to the front-left

In play

• Water across the hole: 33 to reach, 107 to carry
• Bunker right: 234 to reach, 291 to carry
• Bunker right: 369 to reach, 392 to carry
• Bunker front-left of the green

Playing notes

• Plays about 13 yards longer: the green sits 39 ft above the tee.
• Water crosses the hole: 33 to reach, 107 to carry.
• Fairway bunkers on the right: 234 to reach, 291 to carry. Drives that finish short of 234 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
• The fairway is about 45 yards wide at 229 and narrows to 32 at 239.
• The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
• The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 5.5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
• The green is 38 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.

Hole 2 · Par 5

543 (Black) · 522 (Gold) · 501 (Gold/Blue) · 464 (White) · 435 (Red) yards · Handicap 7

Plays like

555+35 ft

Green · Black tee

537 · 543 · 553front · middle · back

Green size

26 × 30yards deep × wide

Fairway

48 ydswide at 219

Green slope

3%falls to the front-right

In play

• Water right: 30 to reach, 103 to carry
• 2 bunkers right: 257 to reach, 293 to carry
• Bunker left: 352 to reach, 383 to carry
• 3 bunkers right: 416 to reach, 442 to carry
• Bunker left: 445 to reach, 475 to carry
• Bunker left of the green

Playing notes

• Plays about 12 yards longer: the green sits 35 ft above the tee.
• Dogleg left at about 293 yards.
• Fairway bunkers on the right: 257 to reach, 293 to carry. Drives that finish short of 257 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
• The fairway is about 48 yards wide at 219 and narrows to 27 at 269.
• Best lay-up: 130 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 38 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
• The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
• The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 3%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 3 · Par 4

472 (Black) · 454 (Gold) · 419 (Gold/Blue) · 384 (White) · 357 (Red) yards · Handicap 5

Plays like

462-30 ft

Green · Black tee

449 · 472 · 491front · middle · back

Green size

44 × 24yards deep × wide

Fairway

32 ydswide at 231

Green slope

4%falls to the front-left

In play

• Bunker right: 274 to reach, 317 to carry
• Bunker front of the green
• Bunker front-left of the green

Playing notes

• Plays about 10 yards shorter: the green sits 30 ft below the tee.
• Dogleg right at about 332 yards.
• Fairway bunkers on the right: 274 to reach, 317 to carry. Drives that finish short of 274 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
• The fairway is about 32 yards wide at 231.
• 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-right to front-left, about 4%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
• The green is 44 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.

Holes 4 to 18

4 · Par 45 · Par 36 · Par 57 · Par 48 · Par 49 · Par 310 · Par 311 · Par 512 · Par 413 · Par 414 · Par 415 · Par 416 · Par 317 · Par 418 · Par 5

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

• 15 plays-like yardages
• 81 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].

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