Courses · California

Santa Anita Golf Course

Arcadia, California · 18 holes · par 71 · Public. Designed by James Harrison Smith, opened 1935.

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 450 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 18, where the green sits 11 ft above the tee and plays about 4 yards longer.
• Biggest drop: hole 10, where the green sits 15 ft below the tee and plays about 5 yards shorter.
• 12 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

371 (Blue) · 350 (White) · 299 (Red) yards · Handicap 11

Plays like

366-14 ft

Green · Blue tee

364 · 371 · 381front · middle · back

Green size

39 × 26yards deep × wide

Fairway

59 ydswide at 226

Green slope

1%falls to the front

In play

• 2 bunkers left: 225 to reach, 254 to carry
• Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 359 to carry

Playing notes

• Plays about 5 yards shorter: the green sits 14 ft below the tee.
• Fairway bunkers on the left: 225 to reach, 254 to carry. Drives that finish short of 225 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
• The fairway is about 59 yards wide at 226 and narrows to 34 at 256.
• The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
• The green falls from back to front, about 1%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
• The green is 39 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.

Hole 2 · Par 4

364 (Blue) · 353 (White) · 342 (Red) yards · Handicap 5

Plays like

365+4 ft

Green · Blue tee

352 · 364 · 375front · middle · back

Green size

26 × 31yards deep × wide

Fairway

43 ydswide at 227

In play

• Bunker front of the green

Playing notes

• No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
• The fairway is about 43 yards wide at 227 and narrows to 28 at 267.
• Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.

Hole 3 · Par 5

554 (Blue) · 541 (White) · 529 (Red) yards · Handicap 3

Plays like

551-9 ft

Green · Blue tee

544 · 554 · 565front · middle · back

Green size

29 × 29yards deep × wide

Fairway

60 ydswide at 234

In play

• Bunker right: 224 to reach, 242 to carry
• Bunker right: 420 to reach, 436 to carry
• Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 542 to carry
• Bunker right of the green
• Bunker back of the green

Playing notes

• Plays about 3 yards shorter: the green sits 9 ft below the tee.
• Fairway bunkers on the right: 224 to reach, 242 to carry. Drives that finish short of 224 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
• The fairway is about 60 yards wide at 234.
• Best lay-up: 70 to 120 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 74 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
• The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
• Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.

Holes 4 to 18

4 · Par 35 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 48 · Par 39 · Par 510 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 313 · Par 514 · Par 415 · Par 316 · Par 417 · Par 418 · 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
• 13 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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