Sensei Porcupine Creek Golf Club
Rancho Mirage, California · 18 holes · par 72 · Private. Opened 2004.
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 390 ft the ball carries about 0% 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 60 ft above the tee and plays about 20 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 15, where the green sits 114 ft below the tee and plays about 38 yards shorter.
- 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 13 | 513 |
| 2 | 3 | 15 | 154 |
| 3 | 5 | 11 | 516 |
| 4 | 4 | 9 | 383 |
| 5 | 3 | 5 | 190 |
| 6 | 4 | 7 | 359 |
| 7 | 4 | 17 | 296 |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | 394 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | 416 |
| 10 | 4 | 12 | 420 |
| 11 | 4 | 18 | 280 |
| 12 | 3 | 14 | 190 |
| 13 | 5 | 10 | 559 |
| 14 | 4 | 16 | 313 |
| 15 | 3 | 8 | 217 |
| 16 | 4 | 4 | 475 |
| 17 | 4 | 6 | 484 |
| 18 | 5 | 2 | 506 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 6665 | 72 | 135 |
| Black | Female | 6665 | 78.3 | 142 |
| Silver | Male | 6146 | 69.2 | 129 |
| Silver | Female | 6146 | 75.2 | 135 |
| Copper | Male | 5152 | 64.6 | 119 |
| Copper | Female | 5152 | 69.5 | 123 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 492-62 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 499 · 513 · 527front · middle · back
- Green size
- 40 × 25yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 24 ydswide at 243
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the back-left
In play
- Bunker across the hole: 233 to reach, 249 to carry
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 491 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Water back-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 21 yards shorter: the green sits 62 ft below the tee.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 24 yards wide at 243 and narrows to 16 at 223.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 35 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from front-right to back-left, about 2.5%. Finish on the back-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 40 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 2 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 144-31 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 136 · 154 · 169front · middle · back
- Green size
- 34 × 18yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the left
In play
- Water across the hole in front of the green: 131 to carry
- Bunker right of the green
- Bunker back-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 10 yards shorter: the green sits 31 ft below the tee.
- Water crosses the hole: 91 to reach, 131 to carry.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- Water short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from right to left, about 2.5%. Finish on the left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 523+21 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 503 · 516 · 529front · middle · back
- Green size
- 33 × 29yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 35 ydswide at 244
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker left: 201 to reach, 230 to carry
- Bunker across the hole: 390 to reach, 435 to carry
- Bunker front of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 7 yards longer: the green sits 21 ft above the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 201 to reach, 230 to carry. Drives that finish short of 201 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 35 yards wide at 244 and narrows to 27 at 214.
- Best lay-up: 150 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 30 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 3%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 36 · Par 47 · Par 48 · Par 49 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 313 · Par 514 · Par 415 · Par 316 · Par 417 · Par 418 · Par 5
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 62 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].