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Sunset Hills Country Club

Thousand Oaks, California · 18 holes · par 71 · Private. Designed by Ted Robinson, opened 1966.

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

Altitude950 ftCarries about 1% farther
Bunkers40
Holes with water1 of 18
Average fairway width27 yds
Typical green3,600 sq ft
Sloped greens15 of 18Tilt 2% or more
  • At about 950 ft the ball carries about 1% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 148. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
  • Biggest climb: hole 15, where the green sits 58 ft above the tee and plays about 19 yards longer.
  • Biggest drop: hole 18, where the green sits 82 ft below the tee and plays about 27 yards shorter.
  • Driving-zone hazards sit on the right on 4 holes and on the left on 2: a tee shot missed right costs more here.
  • 15 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

HoleParHcpBlackWhiteRed
149365355349
241405389332
353544534526
4411344338331
5315162153143
645388356348
747368324314
8417290284284
9313171143134
10416336314309
11518455449442
12312135133130
1348357348255
1442374369364
1554484479472
1646351336323
17310211205191
18414358339321

Tees

TeeYardsRatingSlope
BlackMale609869.9123
WhiteMale584868.6120
WhiteFemale584875134
RedFemale555573.1130
Red/ShortMale547772.6129
ForwardFemale326258.698

Hole 1 · Par 4

Green falls this way

365 (Black) · 355 (White) · 349 (Red) yards · Handicap 9

Plays like
361-12 ft
Green · Black tee
353 · 365 · 377front · middle · back
Green size
25 × 15yards deep × wide
Fairway
22 ydswide at 231
Green slope
2%falls to the front

In play

  • Bunker front-left of the green

Playing notes

  • Plays about 4 yards shorter: the green sits 12 ft below the tee.
  • Dogleg left at about 181 yards.
  • No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
  • The fairway is about 22 yards wide at 231.
  • The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
  • The green falls from back to front, about 2%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 2 · Par 4

Green falls this way

405 (Black) · 389 (White) · 332 (Red) yards · Handicap 1

Plays like
412+21 ft
Green · Black tee
393 · 405 · 420front · middle · back
Green size
31 × 31yards deep × wide
Fairway
29 ydswide at 241
Green slope
4%falls to the front-right

In play

  • Bunker front-left of the green

Playing notes

  • Plays about 7 yards longer: the green sits 21 ft above the tee.
  • Dogleg left at about 284 yards.
  • No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
  • The fairway is about 29 yards wide at 241 and narrows to 24 at 211.
  • The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
  • The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 4%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 3 · Par 5

Lay-up zoneGreen falls this way

544 (Black) · 534 (White) · 526 (Red) yards · Handicap 3

Plays like
559+46 ft
Green · Black tee
527 · 544 · 562front · middle · back
Green size
35 × 27yards deep × wide
Fairway
29 ydswide at 210
Green slope
4%falls to the front-left

In play

  • Bunker left: 217 to reach, 235 to carry
  • Bunker left: 398 to reach, 418 to carry
  • Bunker left of the green

Playing notes

  • Plays about 15 yards longer: the green sits 46 ft above the tee.
  • Dogleg right at about 236 yards.
  • Fairway bunkers on the left: 217 to reach, 235 to carry. Drives that finish short of 217 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
  • The fairway is about 29 yards wide at 210.
  • Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 24 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-right to front-left, about 4%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
  • The green is 35 yards deep: a back pin can play about 2 clubs more than a front pin.

Holes 4 to 18

4 · Par 45 · Par 36 · Par 47 · Par 48 · Par 49 · Par 310 · Par 411 · Par 512 · Par 313 · Par 414 · Par 415 · Par 516 · Par 417 · Par 318 · Par 4

The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:

  • 15 plays-like yardages
  • 34 hazards with reach and carry
  • 14 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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