Hidden Valley Country Club
Reno, Nevada · 18 holes · par 72 · Private. Designed by Mike Stark/(R) Dick Bailey, opened 1956.
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 4,420 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 climb: hole 10, where the green sits 19 ft above the tee and plays about 6 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 11, where the green sits 46 ft below the tee and plays about 15 yards shorter.
- 13 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 | White | Gold | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 15 | 515 | 500 | 465 | 401 | 426 |
| 2 | 4 | 9 | 420 | 378 | 378 | 240 | 305 |
| 3 | 3 | 17 | 175 | 157 | 140 | 105 | 122 |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | 449 | 388 | 388 | 291 | 339 |
| 5 | 3 | 11 | 231 | 198 | 188 | 129 | 154 |
| 6 | 4 | 3 | 432 | 404 | 358 | 321 | 358 |
| 7 | 5 | 7 | 598 | 574 | 540 | 401 | 468 |
| 8 | 4 | 5 | 426 | 399 | 326 | 239 | 326 |
| 9 | 4 | 13 | 396 | 367 | 339 | 249 | 301 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | 460 | 431 | 411 | 295 | 340 |
| 11 | 4 | 10 | 437 | 407 | 343 | 320 | 343 |
| 12 | 3 | 18 | 184 | 161 | 153 | 96 | 129 |
| 13 | 4 | 16 | 415 | 384 | 384 | 264 | 320 |
| 14 | 5 | 6 | 584 | 565 | 519 | 413 | 470 |
| 15 | 4 | 12 | 395 | 374 | 374 | 239 | 286 |
| 16 | 4 | 4 | 436 | 415 | 354 | 297 | 354 |
| 17 | 3 | 14 | 189 | 171 | 156 | 100 | 140 |
| 18 | 5 | 8 | 560 | 533 | 495 | 402 | 434 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 7302 | 74.1 | 135 |
| Blue | Male | 6971 | 72.8 | 129 |
| White | Male | 6650 | 72.1 | 126 |
| Gold | Male | 5862 | 68.6 | 122 |
| Gold | Female | 5862 | 72.4 | 124 |
| Red | Female | 4893 | 67 | 116 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 506-28 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 505 · 515 · 526front · middle · back
- Green size
- 31 × 28yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 23 ydswide at 225
- Green slope
- 3.5%falls to the left
In play
- Bunker left: 233 to reach, 254 to carry
- Bunker across the hole: 417 to reach, 428 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 9 yards shorter: the green sits 28 ft below the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 233 to reach, 254 to carry. Drives that finish short of 233 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 23 yards wide at 225.
- Best lay-up: 120 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 31 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from right to left, about 3.5%. Finish on the left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 420-1 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 407 · 420 · 431front · middle · back
- Green size
- 25 × 24yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 37 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker left: 238 to reach, 260 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 238 to reach, 260 to carry. Drives that finish short of 238 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 37 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 27 at 200.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- 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.
Hole 3 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 177+6 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 162 · 175 · 187front · middle · back
- Green size
- 25 × 24yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 4%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker back-left of the green
- Bunker back-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 2 yards longer: the green sits 6 ft above the tee.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 4%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 36 · Par 47 · Par 58 · Par 49 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 313 · Par 414 · Par 515 · Par 416 · Par 417 · Par 318 · Par 5
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 69 hazards with reach and carry
- 15 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].