Arroyo Del Oso Golf Course Dam Nine Course
Albuquerque, New Mexico · 9 holes · par 36 · Public/Municipal. Opened 1987.
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 5,340 ft the ball carries about 6% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 141. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
- Biggest climb: hole 5, where the green sits 22 ft above the tee and plays about 7 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 7, where the green sits 9 ft below the tee and plays about 3 yards shorter.
- 9 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back | Male | 3398 | ||
| Regular | Female | 3117 | 108 | |
| Regular | Male | 3117 | 114 | |
| Front | Male | 2510 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 383+3 ft
- Green
- 369 · 382 · 395front · middle · back
- Green size
- 28 × 24yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 23 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front-right
In play
- No bunkers or water mapped on this hole
Playing notes
- Dogleg left at about 242 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 23 yards wide at 230.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 2%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 336+21 ft
- Green
- 315 · 329 · 342front · middle · back
- Green size
- 27 × 24yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 41 ydswide at 204
- Green slope
- 4.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- Water right: 36 to reach, 143 to carry
- Water left: 63 to reach, 227 to carry
- Water right: 159 to reach, 212 to carry
- Bunker right: 263 to reach, 271 to carry
Playing notes
- Plays about 7 yards longer: the green sits 21 ft above the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 203 yards.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 63 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 63 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 41 yards wide at 204 and narrows to 34 at 240.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 4.5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 531-4 ft
- Green
- 521 · 532 · 546front · middle · back
- Green size
- 28 × 27yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 36 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the front-right
In play
- 2 bunkers left: 203 to reach, 232 to carry
- Bunker right: 259 to reach, 267 to carry
- Water right: 558 to reach, 615 to carry
- Bunker front of the green
- Bunker left of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 203 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 203 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 36 yards wide at 230.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 27 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 back-left to front-right, about 3%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 9
4 · Par 35 · Par 46 · Par 37 · Par 48 · Par 49 · Par 5
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 6 plays-like yardages
- 20 hazards with reach and carry
- 6 green slope reads
- 1 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].