Tanoan Country Club Zia Course
Albuquerque, New Mexico · 9 holes · par 36 · Private. Opened 1978.
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 5,650 ft the ball carries about 7% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 140. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
- Biggest climb: hole 9, where the green sits 44 ft above the tee and plays about 15 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 1, where the green sits 60 ft below the tee and plays about 20 yards shorter.
- Driving-zone hazards sit on the left on 4 holes and on the right on 2: a tee shot missed left costs more here.
- 6 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 | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 9 | 406 | 362 | 300 |
| 2 | 5 | 13 | 582 | 519 | 459 |
| 3 | 4 | 15 | 418 | 375 | 316 |
| 4 | 3 | 11 | 220 | 201 | 181 |
| 5 | 4 | 5 | 420 | 400 | 348 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | 424 | 398 | 264 |
| 7 | 3 | 17 | 203 | 181 | 167 |
| 8 | 5 | 7 | 539 | 526 | 449 |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | 399 | 380 | 310 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | Male | 3611 | ||
| White | Male | 3342 | ||
| Red | Female | 2794 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 386-60 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 395 · 406 · 416front · middle · back
- Green size
- 25 × 25yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 22 ydswide at 231
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the back-left
In play
- Bunker right: 247 to reach, 261 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker back of the green
- Bunker back-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 20 yards shorter: the green sits 60 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 279 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 247 to reach, 261 to carry. Drives that finish short of 247 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 22 yards wide at 231 and narrows to 12 at 201.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from front-right to back-left, about 1.5%. Finish on the back-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 564-53 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 572 · 582 · 591front · middle · back
- Green size
- 28 × 18yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 25 ydswide at 229
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the back-right
In play
- Bunker right: 366 to reach, 393 to carry
- Bunker left: 429 to reach, 450 to carry
- 2 bunkers right: 462 to reach, 486 to carry
- Bunker front of the green
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker right of the green
- Bunker left of the green
- Bunker back-left of the green
- 3 bunkers back of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 18 yards shorter: the green sits 53 ft below the tee.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 25 yards wide at 229.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 90 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 25 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 2%. Finish on the back-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 410-25 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 401 · 418 · 438front · middle · back
- Green size
- 37 × 18yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 23 ydswide at 214
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker left: 226 to reach, 236 to carry
- Bunker front of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker left of the green
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 8 yards shorter: the green sits 25 ft below the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 226 to reach, 236 to carry. Drives that finish short of 226 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 23 yards wide at 214 and narrows to 17 at 224.
- 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 to front, about 1.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 37 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Holes 4 to 9
4 · Par 35 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 38 · Par 59 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 6 plays-like yardages
- 25 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].