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The Links At Spanish Baytm

Pebble Beach, California · 18 holes · par 72 · Resort. Designed by Robert Trent Jones, Jr., Tom Watson & Sandy Tatum, opened 1987.

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

Altitude40 ftCarries about 0% farther
Bunkers85
Holes with water1 of 18
Average fairway width47 yds
Typical green6,400 sq ft
Sloped greens17 of 18Tilt 2% or more
  • 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.
  • Biggest climb: hole 9, where the green sits 28 ft above the tee and plays about 9 yards longer.
  • Biggest drop: hole 14, where the green sits 56 ft below the tee and plays about 19 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

HoleParHcpBlueGoldWhiteGreenRed
159500489461448429
2413308296267248219
345344336311304270
4315185176157148124
541454416405385348
6411397378355344292
743423416387358348
8317160155146136127
947390364348342318
1058510477464437404
11414376351317310279
1246425415402370333
13318124117968872
1452567540533503471
15412392374367335290
16316200191156144125
1744402363342336306
18510582574523484463

Tees

TeeYardsRatingSlope
BlueMale673973.8143
GoldMale642872.4135
GoldFemale642878.8144
WhiteMale603770.7131
WhiteFemale603776.7141
GreenFemale572074.5137
GreenMale572069.3123
RedMale521867.3114
RedFemale521871.9129

Hole 1 · Par 5

Lay-up zoneGreen falls this way

500 (Blue) · 489 (Gold) · 461 (White) · 448 (Green) · 429 (Red) yards · Handicap 9

Plays like
492-25 ft
Green · Blue tee
483 · 500 · 517front · middle · back
Green size
35 × 24yards deep × wide
Fairway
67 ydswide at 239
Green slope
4%falls to the front-right

In play

  • Bunker left: 217 to reach, 231 to carry
  • Bunker right: 283 to reach, 292 to carry
  • Bunker front-left of the green
  • Bunker back-left of the green

Playing notes

  • Plays about 8 yards shorter: the green sits 25 ft below the tee.
  • Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 217 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 217 keeps them out of play.
  • The fairway is about 67 yards wide at 239 and narrows to 46 at 219.
  • Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 41 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-left to front-right, about 4%. Finish on the front-right 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.

Hole 2 · Par 4

Green falls this way

308 (Blue) · 296 (Gold) · 267 (White) · 248 (Green) · 219 (Red) yards · Handicap 13

Plays like
317+27 ft
Green · Blue tee
297 · 308 · 322front · middle · back
Green size
27 × 30yards deep × wide
Fairway
42 ydswide at 197
Green slope
5.5%falls to the front-right

In play

  • Bunker right: 214 to reach, 224 to carry
  • Bunker front-left of the green

Playing notes

  • Plays about 9 yards longer: the green sits 27 ft above the tee.
  • Fairway bunkers on the right: 214 to reach, 224 to carry. Drives that finish short of 214 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
  • The fairway is about 42 yards wide at 197 and narrows to 19 at 220.
  • The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
  • The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 5.5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 3 · Par 4

Green falls this way

344 (Blue) · 336 (Gold) · 311 (White) · 304 (Green) · 270 (Red) yards · Handicap 5

Plays like
336-23 ft
Green · Blue tee
324 · 344 · 361front · middle · back
Green size
37 × 28yards deep × wide
Fairway
41 ydswide at 211
Green slope
3%falls to the front-right

In play

  • Bunker across the hole: 36 to reach, 113 to carry
  • 3 bunkers left: 130 to reach, 188 to carry
  • Bunker right: 264 to reach, 273 to carry

Playing notes

  • Plays about 8 yards shorter: the green sits 23 ft below the tee.
  • Dogleg left at about 174 yards.
  • Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 154 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 154 keeps them out of play.
  • The fairway is about 41 yards wide at 211 and narrows to 35 at 255.
  • No hazards mapped around the green.
  • The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 3%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
  • The green is 37 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 48 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par 511 · Par 412 · Par 413 · Par 314 · Par 515 · Par 416 · Par 317 · Par 418 · Par 5

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

  • 15 plays-like yardages
  • 47 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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