Via Verde Country Club
San Dimas, California · 18 holes · par 72 · private. Designed by Bill Bell, opened 1969.
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 800 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 18, where the green sits 91 ft above the tee and plays about 30 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 12, where the green sits 83 ft below the tee and plays about 28 yards shorter.
- Driving-zone hazards sit on the right on 8 holes and on the left on 4: 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
| Hole | Par | Hcp | Blue | White | Gold | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 13 | 350 | 342 | 329 | 328 |
| 2 | 5 | 11 | 512 | 497 | 478 | 471 |
| 3 | 3 | 17 | 195 | 166 | 160 | 155 |
| 4 | 4 | 3 | 411 | 400 | 346 | 345 |
| 5 | 4 | 7 | 364 | 353 | 344 | 343 |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | 550 | 539 | 466 | 465 |
| 7 | 4 | 5 | 360 | 353 | 326 | 325 |
| 8 | 4 | 9 | 373 | 367 | 359 | 358 |
| 9 | 3 | 15 | 168 | 160 | 150 | 112 |
| 10 | 5 | 12 | 495 | 482 | 467 | 459 |
| 11 | 3 | 14 | 173 | 162 | 158 | 157 |
| 12 | 4 | 16 | 318 | 310 | 301 | 300 |
| 13 | 3 | 18 | 185 | 166 | 161 | 160 |
| 14 | 4 | 6 | 370 | 348 | 328 | 327 |
| 15 | 4 | 4 | 343 | 336 | 285 | 280 |
| 16 | 4 | 8 | 383 | 364 | 359 | 358 |
| 17 | 4 | 2 | 371 | 360 | 312 | 307 |
| 18 | 5 | 10 | 496 | 486 | 394 | 393 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | Male | 6417 | 71 | 126 |
| White | Male | 6191 | 69.9 | 124 |
| Gold | Male | 5723 | 67.7 | 118 |
| Red | Female | 5643 | 73.3 | 131 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 328-67 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 336 · 350 · 362front · middle · back
- Green size
- 26 × 16yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 36 ydswide at 216
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker right: 249 to reach, 268 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 22 yards shorter: the green sits 67 ft below the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 249 to reach, 268 to carry. Drives that finish short of 249 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 36 yards wide at 216 and narrows to 27 at 259.
- 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 2 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 506-18 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 494 · 512 · 527front · middle · back
- Green size
- 34 × 23yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 36 ydswide at 231
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker right: 226 to reach, 229 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 6 yards shorter: the green sits 18 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 226 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 226 to reach, 229 to carry. Drives that finish short of 226 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 36 yards wide at 231 and narrows to 20 at 251.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 23 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- 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.
Hole 3 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 191-11 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 179 · 195 · 209front · middle · back
- Green size
- 31 × 22yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front
In play
- 2 bunkers right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 4 yards shorter: the green sits 11 ft below the tee.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- 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 45 · Par 46 · Par 57 · Par 48 · Par 49 · Par 310 · Par 511 · Par 312 · Par 413 · Par 314 · Par 415 · Par 416 · Par 417 · Par 418 · Par 5
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 41 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].