Courses · California

Valencia Country Club

Valencia, California · 18 holes · par 72 · private. Designed by Robert Trent Jones, Sr., opened 1965.

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 1,130 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 5, where the green sits 29 ft above the tee and plays about 10 yards longer.
• Biggest drop: hole 1, where the green sits 39 ft below the tee and plays about 13 yards shorter.
• 11 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

Tees

Hole 1 · Par 5

548 (Black) · 548 (Black/Blue) · 521 (Blue) · 521 (Blue/White) · 500 (White) · 500 (White/Green) · 474 (Green (W)) · 410 (Red (W)) yards · Handicap 13

Plays like

535-39 ft

Green · Black tee

535 · 548 · 559front · middle · back

Green size

30 × 22yards deep × wide

Fairway

27 ydswide at 239

Green slope

3.5%falls to the front-left

In play

• 2 bunkers left: 267 to reach, 295 to carry
• 3 bunkers across the hole: 443 to reach, 478 to carry
• Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 531 to carry
• Bunker right of the green

Playing notes

• Plays about 13 yards shorter: the green sits 39 ft below the tee.
• Fairway bunkers on the left: 267 to reach, 295 to carry. Drives that finish short of 267 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
• The fairway is about 27 yards wide at 239 and narrows to 19 at 289.
• Best lay-up: 120 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 right by bunkers; miss left.
• Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
• The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 3.5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 2 · Par 4

386 (Black) · 386 (Black/Blue) · 356 (Blue) · 356 (Blue/White) · 334 (White) · 334 (White/Green) · 287 (Green (W)) · 261 (Red (W)) yards · Handicap 5

Plays like

389+9 ft

Green · Black tee

376 · 386 · 396front · middle · back

Green size

23 × 27yards deep × wide

Fairway

30 ydswide at 215

Green slope

1.5%falls to the front

In play

• Bunker front-right of the green
• Bunker front-left of the green
• Bunker back-left of the green

Playing notes

• Plays about 3 yards longer: the green sits 9 ft above the tee.
• Dogleg left at about 276 yards.
• No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
• The fairway is about 30 yards wide at 215 and narrows to 19 at 245.
• Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
• The green falls from back to front, about 1.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 3 · Par 3

247 (Black) · 224 (Black/Blue) · 224 (Blue) · 171 (Blue/White) · 171 (White) · 130 (White/Green) · 130 (Green (W)) · 97 (Red (W)) yards · Handicap 9

Plays like

245-6 ft

Green · Black tee

226 · 247 · 260front · middle · back

Green size

35 × 22yards deep × wide

Green slope

2.5%falls to the front-right

In play

• Bunker front-left of the green
• Bunker back-left of the green

Playing notes

• Plays about 2 yards shorter: the green sits 6 ft below the tee.
• The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
• The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 2.5%. 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.

Holes 4 to 18

4 · Par 45 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 38 · Par 49 · Par 510 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 413 · Par 414 · Par 315 · Par 516 · Par 317 · Par 418 · Par 5

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

• 15 plays-like yardages
• 74 hazards with reach and carry
• 11 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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