Dayton Valley Golf Club
Dayton, Nevada · 18 holes · par 72 · Semi-Private. Designed by Arnold Palmer, opened 1991.
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 4,360 ft the ball carries about 5% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 142. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
- Biggest drop: hole 4, where the green sits 11 ft below the tee and plays about 4 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.
- 10 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tournament | Male | 7218 | 74 | 131 |
| Championship | Male | 6637 | 71.4 | 129 |
| Regular | Male | 5897 | 67.9 | 115 |
| Senior | Male | 5161 | 63.8 | 107 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 413-2 ft
- Green
- 404 · 414 · 431front · middle · back
- Green size
- 32 × 32yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 44 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the back
In play
- Water across the hole: 34 to reach, 73 to carry
- Bunker right: 318 to reach, 354 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Water crosses the hole: 34 to reach, 73 to carry.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 44 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 27 at 210.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from front to back, about 2%. Finish on the back side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 403+2 ft
- Green
- 389 · 402 · 419front · middle · back
- Green size
- 33 × 36yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 41 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the left
In play
- Water front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Dogleg right at about 271 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 41 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 25 at 200.
- The green is guarded on the left by water; miss right.
- The green falls from right to left, about 3%. Finish on the left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 509-4 ft
- Green
- 498 · 510 · 524front · middle · back
- Green size
- 30 × 28yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 46 ydswide at 230
In play
- 4 bunkers right: 240 to reach, 285 to carry
Playing notes
- Dogleg left at about 274 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 240 to reach, 285 to carry. Drives that finish short of 240 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 46 yards wide at 230.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 31 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 35 · Par 46 · Par 37 · Par 48 · Par 59 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 512 · Par 413 · Par 314 · Par 415 · Par 416 · Par 317 · Par 418 · Par 5
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 60 hazards with reach and carry
- 14 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].