The Heights Golf Club
San Diego, California · 18 holes · par 72 · Private. Designed by Ted Robinson Sr., opened 1983.
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 770 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 13, where the green sits 59 ft above the tee and plays about 20 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 4, where the green sits 99 ft below the tee and plays about 33 yards shorter.
- 17 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 | Blue | White | Green | Gold | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 5 | 431 | 400 | 342 | 342 | 333 |
| 2 | 5 | 17 | 475 | 469 | 469 | 446 | 420 |
| 3 | 3 | 15 | 169 | 149 | 149 | 140 | 125 |
| 4 | 5 | 13 | 553 | 524 | 524 | 505 | 465 |
| 5 | 4 | 3 | 391 | 359 | 359 | 341 | 336 |
| 6 | 4 | 9 | 359 | 339 | 339 | 310 | 304 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | 386 | 365 | 329 | 329 | 320 |
| 8 | 4 | 7 | 377 | 360 | 349 | 349 | 317 |
| 9 | 3 | 11 | 184 | 157 | 133 | 133 | 126 |
| 10 | 4 | 6 | 414 | 392 | 344 | 344 | 337 |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | 414 | 379 | 360 | 360 | 336 |
| 12 | 3 | 12 | 202 | 166 | 147 | 147 | 142 |
| 13 | 5 | 16 | 492 | 461 | 461 | 448 | 416 |
| 14 | 4 | 10 | 400 | 365 | 365 | 342 | 333 |
| 15 | 4 | 8 | 418 | 394 | 394 | 372 | 365 |
| 16 | 3 | 18 | 170 | 152 | 152 | 140 | 125 |
| 17 | 5 | 14 | 502 | 484 | 449 | 449 | 441 |
| 18 | 4 | 4 | 412 | 373 | 337 | 337 | 329 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | Female | 6722 | 79.3 | 142 |
| Blue | Male | 6722 | 72.5 | 130 |
| Silver | Female | 6464 | 77.8 | 139 |
| Silver | Male | 6464 | 71.2 | 126 |
| White | Male | 6255 | 70.2 | 124 |
| White | Female | 6255 | 75 | 132 |
| Green | Male | 6015 | 68.9 | 121 |
| Green | Female | 6015 | 75 | 132 |
| Gold | Male | 5861 | 68.2 | 119 |
| Gold | Female | 5861 | 74.1 | 130 |
| Red | Male | 5601 | 66.8 | 115 |
| Red | Female | 5601 | 72.7 | 127 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 429-6 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 416 · 431 · 446front · middle · back
- Green size
- 31 × 20yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 37 ydswide at 228
- Green slope
- 3.5%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker right: 246 to reach, 294 to carry
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 2 yards shorter: the green sits 6 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 273 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 246 to reach, 294 to carry. Drives that finish short of 246 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 37 yards wide at 228 and narrows to 28 at 258.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- The green falls from back to front, about 3.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 460-45 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 464 · 475 · 485front · middle · back
- Green size
- 24 × 24yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 42 ydswide at 239
- Green slope
- 3.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker right: 256 to reach, 269 to carry
- Bunker right: 457 to reach, 457 to carry
- Water front-left of the green
- Bunker left of the green
- Bunker back of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 15 yards shorter: the green sits 45 ft below the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 256 to reach, 269 to carry. Drives that finish short of 256 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 42 yards wide at 239 and narrows to 21 at 269.
- Best lay-up: 90 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 35 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers and water; miss right.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 3.5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 166-10 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 155 · 169 · 176front · middle · back
- Green size
- 28 × 21yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker back of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 3 yards shorter: the green sits 10 ft below the tee.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back to front, about 2.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 55 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 48 · Par 49 · Par 310 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 313 · Par 514 · Par 415 · Par 416 · Par 317 · Par 518 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 52 hazards with reach and carry
- 15 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].