Winchester Country Club
Meadow Vista, California · 18 holes · par 72. Designed by Robert Trent Jones, Sr. and Jr..
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 1,840 ft the ball carries about 2% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 147. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
- Biggest climb: hole 5, where the green sits 54 ft above the tee and plays about 18 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 10, where the green sits 157 ft below the tee and plays about 52 yards shorter.
- Driving-zone hazards sit on the right on 6 holes and on the left on 0: a tee shot missed right costs more here.
- 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Male | 7144 | 75.1 | 145 |
| Black | Male | 6819 | 73.8 | 142 |
| Tournament | Male | 6554 | 72.1 | 141 |
| Blue | Male | 6363 | 71.3 | 139 |
| Member | Male | 6063 | 69.9 | 135 |
| White | Male | 5856 | 69.2 | 131 |
| Winchester | Male | 5528 | 67.4 | 123 |
| Green | Male | 5289 | 66.3 | 118 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 419+1 ft
- Green
- 404 · 419 · 435front · middle · back
- Green size
- 34 × 30yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 42 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 4%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker across the hole: 140 to reach, 145 to carry
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 386 to carry
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 42 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 32 at 260.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 4%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 190-17 ft
- Green
- 183 · 196 · 209front · middle · back
- Green size
- 28 × 29yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 3.5%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker back of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 6 yards shorter: the green sits 17 ft below the tee.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from back to front, about 3.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 424-28 ft
- Green
- 419 · 433 · 451front · middle · back
- Green size
- 33 × 27yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 43 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker right: 258 to reach, 292 to carry
- Bunker across the hole: 372 to reach, 384 to carry
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 413 to carry
Playing notes
- Plays about 9 yards shorter: the green sits 28 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 258 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 258 to reach, 292 to carry. Drives that finish short of 258 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 43 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 26 at 280.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 3%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 55 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 38 · Par 49 · Par 510 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 413 · Par 514 · Par 415 · Par 316 · Par 417 · Par 418 · Par 5
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 42 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].