Skylinks Golf Course
Long Beach, California · 18 holes · par 72 · Public. Designed by Cal Olsen, opened 1959.
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 40 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.
- 10 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 | Blue | White | Red | Gold |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 15 | 327 | 305 | 290 | 260 | 247 |
| 2 | 5 | 11 | 571 | 546 | 518 | 488 | 482 |
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 385 | 322 | 309 | 294 | 285 |
| 4 | 4 | 3 | 427 | 401 | 386 | 356 | 350 |
| 5 | 3 | 17 | 185 | 155 | 140 | 120 | 108 |
| 6 | 5 | 9 | 513 | 473 | 458 | 443 | 432 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | 439 | 414 | 398 | 365 | 331 |
| 8 | 4 | 7 | 388 | 354 | 342 | 316 | 306 |
| 9 | 3 | 13 | 226 | 199 | 178 | 152 | 145 |
| 10 | 4 | 16 | 355 | 330 | 313 | 284 | 278 |
| 11 | 5 | 8 | 573 | 532 | 518 | 491 | 476 |
| 12 | 4 | 6 | 379 | 350 | 340 | 314 | 303 |
| 13 | 3 | 10 | 215 | 182 | 167 | 141 | 131 |
| 14 | 4 | 14 | 358 | 328 | 313 | 290 | 268 |
| 15 | 5 | 12 | 529 | 493 | 482 | 442 | 430 |
| 16 | 3 | 18 | 156 | 141 | 111 | 94 | 88 |
| 17 | 4 | 2 | 433 | 397 | 387 | 350 | 338 |
| 18 | 4 | 4 | 450 | 421 | 410 | 379 | 366 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 6909 | 72.7 | 127 |
| Blue | Male | 6343 | 70.3 | 121 |
| White | Male | 6060 | 68.8 | 118 |
| White | Female | 6060 | 75.1 | 127 |
| Red | Male | 5573 | 66.4 | 113 |
| Red | Female | 5573 | 72.7 | 122 |
| Gold | Male | 5370 | 65.1 | 110 |
| Gold | Female | 5370 | 71.1 | 117 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 327+1 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 310 · 327 · 342front · middle · back
- Green size
- 34 × 32yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 47 ydswide at 202
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the left
In play
- Bunker right: 276 to reach, 294 to carry
- Water across the hole in front of the green: 292 to carry
- 2 bunkers front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Water crosses the hole: 236 to reach, 292 to carry.
- Water crosses the hole: 239 to reach, 291 to carry.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 276 to reach, 294 to carry. Drives that finish short of 276 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 47 yards wide at 202 and narrows to 21 at 234.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- Water short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from right to left, about 1.5%. Finish on the left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 572+4 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 559 · 571 · 586front · middle · back
- Green size
- 44 × 25yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 34 ydswide at 228
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker left: 238 to reach, 255 to carry
- Bunker right: 433 to reach, 453 to carry
- Bunker right: 499 to reach, 518 to carry
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 549 to carry
- Bunker right of the green
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 238 to reach, 255 to carry. Drives that finish short of 238 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 34 yards wide at 228.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 120 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 back-right to front-left, about 2.5%. 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 4
- Plays like
- 385level
- Green · Black tee
- 369 · 385 · 396front · middle · back
- Green size
- 34 × 39yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 49 ydswide at 260
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- 3 bunkers right: 270 to reach, 308 to carry
- Water across the hole in front of the green: 345 to carry
- Bunker back-right of the green
- Bunker back of the green
Playing notes
- Dogleg right at about 294 yards.
- Water crosses the hole: 334 to reach, 345 to carry.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 270 to reach, 308 to carry. Drives that finish short of 270 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 49 yards wide at 260.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 1.5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 36 · Par 57 · Par 48 · Par 49 · Par 310 · Par 411 · Par 512 · Par 413 · Par 314 · Par 415 · Par 516 · Par 317 · Par 418 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 54 hazards with reach and carry
- 13 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].