Sandia Golf Club
Albuquerque, New Mexico · 18 holes · par 72 · Resort. Designed by Scott Miller, opened 2005.
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 15, where the green sits 46 ft above the tee and plays about 15 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 11, where the green sits 71 ft below the tee and plays about 24 yards shorter.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Professional | Male | 7755 | 75.5 | 129 |
| Championship | Male | 7154 | 72.5 | 125 |
| Club | Male | 6671 | 70.1 | 120 |
| Resort | Female | 6008 | 72.9 | 127 |
| Resort | Male | 6008 | 67.1 | 116 |
| Forward | Male | 5093 | 63.1 | 101 |
| Forward | Female | 5093 | 67.4 | 121 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 391+41 ft
- Green
- 365 · 377 · 390front · middle · back
- Green size
- 26 × 26yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 52 ydswide at 230
In play
- 2 bunkers right: 271 to reach, 314 to carry
- Bunker left: 340 to reach, 355 to carry
- Bunker front of the green
- Bunker back of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 14 yards longer: the green sits 41 ft above the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 271 to reach, 293 to carry. Drives that finish short of 271 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 52 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 21 at 200.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 468+38 ft
- Green
- 438 · 455 · 468front · middle · back
- Green size
- 32 × 22yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 42 ydswide at 230
In play
- Bunker right: 265 to reach, 280 to carry
- 3 bunkers left: 290 to reach, 327 to carry
Playing notes
- Plays about 13 yards longer: the green sits 38 ft above the tee.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 265 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 265 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 42 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 16 at 210.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
Hole 3 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 185+20 ft
- Green
- 168 · 178 · 194front · middle · back
- Green size
- 31 × 24yards deep × wide
In play
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 164 to carry
- Bunker back-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 7 yards longer: the green sits 20 ft above the tee.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 56 · Par 47 · Par 58 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 512 · Par 313 · Par 414 · Par 415 · Par 416 · Par 317 · Par 518 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 41 hazards with reach and carry
- 4 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].