The Sea Ranch Golf Links
Sea Ranch, California · 18 holes · par 72 · Public. Designed by Robert Muir Graves, opened 1974.
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 100 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 2, where the green sits 41 ft above the tee and plays about 14 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 4, where the green sits 36 ft below the tee and plays about 12 yards shorter.
- Driving-zone hazards sit on the left on 6 holes and on the right on 3: a tee shot missed left costs more here.
- 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
| Hole | Par | Hcp | Black | Blue | White | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 7 | 525 | 501 | 439 | 411 |
| 2 | 4 | 15 | 341 | 321 | 294 | 253 |
| 3 | 3 | 11 | 224 | 197 | 171 | 125 |
| 4 | 4 | 17 | 375 | 355 | 288 | 267 |
| 5 | 4 | 5 | 406 | 382 | 354 | 308 |
| 6 | 5 | 3 | 545 | 518 | 482 | 457 |
| 7 | 4 | 9 | 379 | 334 | 301 | 270 |
| 8 | 3 | 13 | 190 | 158 | 125 | 107 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | 390 | 369 | 315 | 297 |
| 10 | 4 | 18 | 307 | 277 | 243 | 215 |
| 11 | 4 | 4 | 370 | 358 | 312 | 277 |
| 12 | 3 | 12 | 223 | 207 | 134 | 91 |
| 13 | 5 | 8 | 501 | 486 | 406 | 395 |
| 14 | 5 | 6 | 547 | 525 | 400 | 392 |
| 15 | 4 | 14 | 380 | 356 | 338 | 307 |
| 16 | 4 | 2 | 385 | 373 | 315 | 269 |
| 17 | 3 | 16 | 160 | 148 | 135 | 85 |
| 18 | 4 | 10 | 401 | 368 | 303 | 264 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 6649 | 72.5 | 130 |
| Blue | Male | 6233 | 71 | 125 |
| White | Female | 5439 | 71.2 | 124 |
| White | Male | 5439 | 67.4 | 117 |
| Red | Male | 4805 | 68.2 | 117 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 517-24 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 507 · 525 · 540front · middle · back
- Green size
- 35 × 22yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 41 ydswide at 231
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker left: 233 to reach, 263 to carry
- Bunker right: 250 to reach, 283 to carry
- Bunker right: 356 to reach, 437 to carry
- Water left: 419 to reach, 443 to carry
Playing notes
- Plays about 8 yards shorter: the green sits 24 ft below the tee.
- 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 41 yards wide at 231 and narrows to 23 at 271.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 21 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
- The green falls from back to front, about 3%. Finish on the front 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
- Plays like
- 355+41 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 326 · 341 · 353front · middle · back
- Green size
- 29 × 26yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 33 ydswide at 205
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker left: 181 to reach, 196 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Water right of the green
- Bunker back-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 14 yards longer: the green sits 41 ft above the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 236 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 181 to reach, 196 to carry. Drives that finish short of 181 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 33 yards wide at 205 and narrows to 25 at 248.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back to front, about 3%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 219-14 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 209 · 224 · 236front · middle · back
- Green size
- 30 × 24yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the front
In play
- Water right: 74 to reach, 103 to carry
- Bunker left: 169 to reach, 184 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker left of the green
- Bunker back of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 5 yards shorter: the green sits 14 ft below the tee.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back to front, about 3%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 46 · Par 57 · Par 48 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 313 · Par 514 · Par 515 · Par 416 · Par 417 · Par 318 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 40 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].