Wilshire Country Club
Los Angeles, California · 18 holes · par 72 · private. Designed by Norman MacBeth, opened 1919.
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 240 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 17, where the green sits 14 ft above the tee and plays about 5 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 18, where the green sits 20 ft below the tee and plays about 7 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
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Male | 6512 | ||
| Blue | Male | 6160 | ||
| White | Male | 5682 | ||
| White/Silver | Male | 5366 | ||
| Silver | Male | 5060 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 388level
- Green
- 374 · 388 · 404front · middle · back
- Green size
- 30 × 19yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 36 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker across the hole: 40 to reach, 44 to carry
- Water across the hole: 54 to reach, 60 to carry
- 3 bunkers right: 82 to reach, 363 to carry
- 2 bunkers left: 122 to reach, 147 to carry
- Bunker left: 212 to reach, 230 to carry
- Bunker left: 292 to reach, 316 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Water crosses the hole: 54 to reach, 60 to carry.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 82 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 82 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 36 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 30 at 260.
- 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
- 514-14 ft
- Green
- 506 · 519 · 537front · middle · back
- Green size
- 40 × 28yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 42 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 3.5%falls to the back-right
In play
- Bunker across the hole: 26 to reach, 85 to carry
- 2 bunkers left: 183 to reach, 212 to carry
- 2 bunkers right: 227 to reach, 250 to carry
- Bunker right: 321 to reach, 337 to carry
- Bunker across the hole: 324 to reach, 339 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
- 2 bunkers across the hole in front of the green: 503 to carry
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 5 yards shorter: the green sits 14 ft below the tee.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 183 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 183 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 42 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 27 at 200.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 160 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 37 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from front-left to back-right, about 3.5%. Finish on the back-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 40 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 333-6 ft
- Green
- 324 · 335 · 347front · middle · back
- Green size
- 24 × 22yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 50 ydswide at 208
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the right
In play
- 2 bunkers right: 0 to reach, 330 to carry
- Bunker left: 174 to reach, 186 to carry
- 3 bunkers left: 207 to reach, 267 to carry
- Water across the hole in front of the green: 285 to carry
Playing notes
- Plays about 2 yards shorter: the green sits 6 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 229 yards.
- Water crosses the hole: 279 to reach, 285 to carry.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 101 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 101 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 50 yards wide at 208 and narrows to 39 at 250.
- The green is guarded on the right by water; miss left.
- The green falls from left to right, about 2%. Finish on the right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 35 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 38 · Par 49 · Par 410 · Par 311 · Par 412 · Par 413 · Par 314 · Par 515 · Par 416 · Par 517 · Par 418 · Par 5
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 89 hazards with reach and carry
- 14 green slope reads
- 2 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].