Rancho Bernardo Inn
San Diego, California · 18 holes · par 72 · Resort. Designed by William F. Bell, ASGCA/Ted Robinson, ASGCA, opened 1964.
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 440 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 5, where the green sits 43 ft above the tee and plays about 14 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 16, where the green sits 35 ft below the tee and plays about 12 yards shorter.
- 16 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 | White | Gold |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 15 | 347 | 333 | 312 | 261 |
| 2 | 3 | 13 | 205 | 163 | 136 | 107 |
| 3 | 5 | 7 | 525 | 481 | 469 | 409 |
| 4 | 3 | 11 | 208 | 177 | 175 | 95 |
| 5 | 4 | 3 | 381 | 366 | 356 | 293 |
| 6 | 4 | 5 | 385 | 366 | 323 | 276 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | 451 | 444 | 435 | 354 |
| 8 | 5 | 9 | 503 | 477 | 471 | 416 |
| 9 | 4 | 17 | 306 | 290 | 271 | 242 |
| 10 | 4 | 8 | 409 | 389 | 367 | 302 |
| 11 | 3 | 16 | 178 | 150 | 129 | 80 |
| 12 | 5 | 10 | 505 | 479 | 468 | 422 |
| 13 | 3 | 18 | 149 | 124 | 100 | 84 |
| 14 | 4 | 2 | 438 | 419 | 361 | 314 |
| 15 | 4 | 4 | 377 | 362 | 348 | 301 |
| 16 | 4 | 14 | 395 | 384 | 331 | 275 |
| 17 | 4 | 12 | 361 | 341 | 319 | 284 |
| 18 | 5 | 6 | 544 | 527 | 508 | 434 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 6631 | 72.3 | 133 |
| Blue | Male | 6243 | 70.4 | 129 |
| White | Male | 5780 | 68 | 124 |
| White | Female | 5780 | 73.6 | 129 |
| Gold | Male | 4945 | 68.5 | 119 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 344-10 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 335 · 347 · 360front · middle · back
- Green size
- 27 × 22yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 3.5%falls to the front
In play
- Water left: 166 to reach, 189 to carry
- Bunker right: 216 to reach, 241 to carry
- Bunker right: 294 to reach, 305 to carry
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 3 yards shorter: the green sits 10 ft below the tee.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 166 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 166 keeps them out of play.
- 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 2 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 198-21 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 192 · 205 · 217front · middle · back
- Green size
- 30 × 26yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 3.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker front-right of the green
- 2 bunkers back of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 7 yards shorter: the green sits 21 ft below the tee.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- 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 3 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 523-7 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 516 · 525 · 538front · middle · back
- Green size
- 28 × 28yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 40 ydswide at 256
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker front of the green
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 2 yards shorter: the green sits 7 ft below the tee.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 40 yards wide at 256 and narrows to 27 at 236.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 21 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-left to front-right, about 2%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 35 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 48 · Par 59 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 513 · Par 314 · Par 415 · Par 416 · Par 417 · Par 418 · Par 5
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 51 hazards with reach and carry
- 15 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].