Courses · California

Shady Canyon Golf Club

Irvine, California · 18 holes · par 71 · Private. Designed by Tom Fazio, opened 2002.

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 320 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 11, where the green sits 32 ft above the tee and plays about 11 yards longer.
• Biggest drop: hole 7, where the green sits 106 ft below the tee and plays about 35 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

Tees

Hole 1 · Par 4

448 (Black) · 421 (Gold) · 375 (Gold/Blue) · 338 (White) · 256 (Green) yards · Handicap 7

Plays like

444-12 ft

Green · Black tee

429 · 448 · 465front · middle · back

Green size

40 × 33yards deep × wide

Fairway

14 ydswide at 234

Green slope

5.5%falls to the front-left

In play

• Bunker right: 268 to reach, 299 to carry
• Bunker right: 350 to reach, 400 to carry
• Bunker left of the green

Playing notes

• Plays about 4 yards shorter: the green sits 12 ft below the tee.
• Dogleg right at about 324 yards.
• Fairway bunkers on the right: 268 to reach, 299 to carry. Drives that finish short of 268 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
• The fairway is about 14 yards wide at 234.
• The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
• The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 5.5%. Finish on the front-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

174 (Black) · 162 (Gold) · 144 (Gold/Blue) · 135 (White) · 113 (Green) yards · Handicap 17

Plays like

167-20 ft

Green · Black tee

152 · 174 · 196front · middle · back

Green size

44 × 23yards deep × wide

Green slope

3.5%falls to the front-left

In play

• Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 149 to carry
• Bunker right of the green
• Bunker left of the green

Playing notes

• Plays about 7 yards shorter: the green sits 20 ft below the tee.
• 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 back-right to front-left, about 3.5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
• The green is 44 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.

Hole 3 · Par 5

548 (Black) · 522 (Gold) · 506 (Gold/Blue) · 478 (White) · 415 (Green) yards · Handicap 11

Plays like

555+21 ft

Green · Black tee

530 · 548 · 566front · middle · back

Green size

36 × 27yards deep × wide

Fairway

47 ydswide at 237

Green slope

6%falls to the front-left

In play

• 2 bunkers across the hole: 213 to reach, 239 to carry
• 2 bunkers left: 233 to reach, 269 to carry
• 2 bunkers right: 279 to reach, 295 to carry
• Bunker front-left of the green
• Bunker front-right of the green
• Bunker left of the green

Playing notes

• Plays about 7 yards longer: the green sits 21 ft above the tee.
• Dogleg left at about 279 yards.
• Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 233 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 233 keeps them out of play.
• The fairway is about 47 yards wide at 237 and narrows to 36 at 287.
• Best lay-up: 100 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 27 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
• Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
• The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 6%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
• The green is 36 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.

Holes 4 to 18

4 · Par 35 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 58 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 512 · Par 413 · Par 414 · Par 315 · 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
• 60 hazards with reach and carry
• 14 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].

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