San Francisco Golf Club
San Francisco, California · 18 holes · par 71 · Private. Designed by A.W. Tillinghast, opened 1915.
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 150 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.
- Biggest climb: hole 15, where the green sits 54 ft above the tee and plays about 18 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 14, where the green sits 56 ft below the tee and plays about 19 yards shorter.
- 18 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
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | Male | 6828 | 74.1 | 136 |
| Regular | Female | 6411 | 78 | 140 |
| Regular | Male | 6411 | 71.8 | 132 |
| Forward | Female | 5981 | 75.5 | 135 |
| Forward | Male | 5981 | 69.6 | 126 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 520-47 ft
- Green
- 525 · 536 · 548front · middle · back
- Green size
- 25 × 27yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 71 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker right: 214 to reach, 245 to carry
- Bunker left: 326 to reach, 351 to carry
- Bunker right: 345 to reach, 387 to carry
- Bunker left: 372 to reach, 396 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 16 yards shorter: the green sits 47 ft below the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 214 to reach, 245 to carry. Drives that finish short of 214 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 71 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 56 at 200.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 130 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 54 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 to front, about 2.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 462+12 ft
- Green
- 444 · 458 · 472front · middle · back
- Green size
- 29 × 28yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 36 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 3.5%falls to the front
In play
- Water right: 102 to reach, 131 to carry
- Bunker left: 235 to reach, 255 to carry
- Bunker right: 239 to reach, 258 to carry
- Bunker left: 372 to reach, 397 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker left of the green
- Bunker back of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 4 yards longer: the green sits 12 ft above the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 332 yards.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 235 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 235 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 36 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 23 at 250.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back to front, about 3.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 398-14 ft
- Green
- 391 · 403 · 415front · middle · back
- Green size
- 24 × 30yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 54 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the left
In play
- Bunker across the hole: 168 to reach, 216 to carry
- Bunker left: 245 to reach, 264 to carry
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 380 to carry
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 5 yards shorter: the green sits 14 ft below the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 245 to reach, 264 to carry. Drives that finish short of 245 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 54 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 39 at 200.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from right to left, about 3%. Finish on the left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 35 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 38 · Par 49 · Par 510 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 413 · 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
- 88 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].