San Jose Municipal Golf Course
San Jose, California · 18 holes · par 72 · Public/Municipal. Designed by William P. Bell, opened 1968.
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 70 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 drop: hole 4, where the green sits 8 ft below the tee and plays about 3 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
| Hole | Par | Hcp | Gold | Black |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 15 | 499 | 480 |
| 2 | 4 | 1 | 402 | 371 |
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 409 | 373 |
| 4 | 3 | 17 | 135 | 129 |
| 5 | 4 | 11 | 367 | 342 |
| 6 | 4 | 7 | 373 | 358 |
| 7 | 3 | 9 | 184 | 160 |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | 415 | 397 |
| 9 | 5 | 13 | 518 | 476 |
| 10 | 4 | 12 | 383 | 366 |
| 11 | 5 | 4 | 529 | 514 |
| 12 | 3 | 18 | 160 | 138 |
| 13 | 4 | 6 | 397 | 383 |
| 14 | 4 | 16 | 364 | 350 |
| 15 | 4 | 2 | 415 | 399 |
| 16 | 4 | 8 | 395 | 359 |
| 17 | 3 | 10 | 190 | 161 |
| 18 | 5 | 14 | 541 | 497 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Male | 6676 | 71.8 | 122 |
| Black | Female | 6253 | 75.5 | 127 |
| Black | Male | 6253 | 69.8 | 120 |
| Silver | Male | 5518 | 66.2 | 113 |
| Silver | Female | 5518 | 71.6 | 117 |
| Orange | Female | 4140 | 63.1 | 102 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 500+2 ft
- Green · Gold tee
- 487 · 499 · 511front · middle · back
- Green size
- 26 × 24yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 36 ydswide at 232
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front
In play
- Water left: 50 to reach, 131 to carry
- Bunker left: 213 to reach, 225 to carry
- Bunker back-left of the green
- Bunker back of the green
Playing notes
- Dogleg left at about 259 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 213 to reach, 225 to carry. Drives that finish short of 213 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 36 yards wide at 232 and narrows to 31 at 222.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 33 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
- 401-2 ft
- Green · Gold tee
- 388 · 402 · 414front · middle · back
- Green size
- 26 × 24yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 50 ydswide at 222
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front-right
In play
- Water right: 166 to reach, 337 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker back-right of the green
Playing notes
- Dogleg right at about 39 yards.
- Fairway water on the right: 166 to reach, 337 to carry. Drives that finish short of 166 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 50 yards wide at 222 and narrows to 38 at 272.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 2%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 409-1 ft
- Green · Gold tee
- 395 · 409 · 422front · middle · back
- Green size
- 29 × 23yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 28 ydswide at 232
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker right: 248 to reach, 263 to carry
- Bunker left: 253 to reach, 265 to carry
- Bunker back-left of the green
- Bunker back-right of the green
Playing notes
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 248 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 248 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 28 yards wide at 232 and narrows to 23 at 262.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back to front, about 3%. Finish on the front 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 512 · Par 313 · Par 414 · Par 415 · Par 416 · Par 417 · Par 318 · Par 5
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 52 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].