The Golf Club At Rainmakers
Alto, New Mexico · 18 holes · par 72 · Private. Designed by Robert Trent Jones II, opened 2008.
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 6,970 ft the ball carries about 8% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 138. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
- Biggest climb: hole 14, where the green sits 73 ft above the tee and plays about 24 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 3, where the green sits 147 ft below the tee and plays about 49 yards shorter.
- 12 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 | Black | Blue | Gold | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 7 | 550 | 540 | 530 | 406 |
| 2 | 5 | 9 | 515 | 473 | 405 | 343 |
| 3 | 3 | 13 | 224 | 202 | 165 | 121 |
| 4 | 4 | 3 | 476 | 406 | 344 | 319 |
| 5 | 4 | 15 | 381 | 348 | 319 | 284 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | 446 | 375 | 350 | 319 |
| 7 | 4 | 5 | 429 | 411 | 351 | 316 |
| 8 | 5 | 17 | 511 | 481 | 438 | 413 |
| 9 | 3 | 11 | 175 | 159 | 134 | 100 |
| 10 | 4 | 18 | 374 | 343 | 279 | 253 |
| 11 | 3 | 4 | 186 | 169 | 154 | 136 |
| 12 | 4 | 6 | 412 | 385 | 340 | 305 |
| 13 | 4 | 2 | 449 | 424 | 402 | 354 |
| 14 | 5 | 12 | 592 | 515 | 390 | 370 |
| 15 | 3 | 10 | 203 | 167 | 137 | 121 |
| 16 | 4 | 14 | 376 | 342 | 309 | 232 |
| 17 | 3 | 16 | 165 | 142 | 105 | 98 |
| 18 | 5 | 8 | 538 | 495 | 442 | 364 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 7110 | 73.8 | 128 |
| Blue | Male | 6655 | 71.2 | 123 |
| Gold | Male | 6090 | 67 | 118 |
| Gold | Female | 6090 | 72.9 | 128 |
| Red | Female | 5395 | 68.1 | 121 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 546-11 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 540 · 550 · 561front · middle · back
- Green size
- 22 × 27yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 31 ydswide at 278
In play
- Bunker left: 388 to reach, 402 to carry
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 4 yards shorter: the green sits 11 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 388 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 31 yards wide at 278.
- Best lay-up: 110 to 140 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 37 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
Hole 2 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 514-2 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 493 · 515 · 532front · middle · back
- Green size
- 40 × 23yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker left: 279 to reach, 313 to carry
- Bunker across the hole: 455 to reach, 464 to carry
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 279 to reach, 313 to carry. Drives that finish short of 279 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- Best lay-up: 80 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 24 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 1.5%. Finish on the front-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 3
- Plays like
- 175-147 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 211 · 224 · 236front · middle · back
- Green size
- 26 × 28yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the back
In play
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 49 yards shorter: the green sits 147 ft below the tee.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- The green falls from front to back, about 3%. Finish on the back side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 48 · Par 59 · Par 310 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 413 · Par 414 · Par 515 · Par 316 · Par 417 · Par 318 · Par 5
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 14 plays-like yardages
- 38 hazards with reach and carry
- 14 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].