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Bear Creek Golf Country Club is an 18-hole private course in Murrieta, California.

Designed by Jack Nicklaus. It plays 7,188 yards from the Black tees, rated 75.9/146 (checked 2026-08-14).

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18
holes
72
par
7,188
yards (tips)
146
slope (black)
The shape of the round · Black teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — BLACK TEES421424528422472152455177535432555203353543431214439432142435445463748395104115123134145154163174184PAROUT 3,586 YDSIN 3,602 YDSFIRST NINESECOND NINE
The published card in playing order, 18 holes with the two nines split — hole number under each bar, its par below that.

The course

designer
Jack Nicklaus reported
access
private
address
22640 Bear Creek Dr N, Murrieta, CA 92562, USA
elevation
1,225 ft derived
opened
1982
on site
restaurant

33.58217, -117.26186 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. Hole 12 is mapped without a green. 36 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one. The map below draws everything that has been traced.

282 traced features across 8 layers for Bear Creek Golf Country Club, drawn over NAIP 2022 aerial imagery.

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282 traced features across 8 layers for Bear Creek Golf Country Club, drawn over NAIP 2022 aerial imagery. The map itself needs JavaScript; the geometry is a plain GeoJSON file either way.

18
Holes
23
Fairways
82
Bunkers
12
Water
17
Greens
86
Tee pads
186.2ft
Elevation range
6,985yds
Black tees
555yds
Longest hole
152yds
Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2022-05-30

Height1201.8 ft1388.1 ft

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-14

All 16 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 16 rows, showing the start of the table.

BlackM72718875.914635863602
Black/GoldM72701674.7143
GoldM72693074.114134313499
Gold/BlueM72670173.0138
BlueM72643071.813531943236
Blue/WhiteM72618770.6131
WhiteM72600669.712829673039
WhiteF73contested72600676.714329673039
White/SilverM72567568.2123
White/SilverF73567574.7138
SilverM72550567.412127382767
SilverF73contested72550573.713427382767
RedM72500065.111424532547
RedF72500070.912824532547
GreenM72450662.810821942312
GreenF73contested72450668.012121942312

Every figure as published except Card par (derived), which is summed from the card below and shown only where a published figure is contested; a blank cell elsewhere is one nobody publishes. Front 9 and Back 9 are summed from the per-hole yardages on the scorecard.

The White, Silver and Green tees publish a par the scorecard below does not add up to. Both figures are published and nothing we hold settles which one a round plays to, so the Par column keeps the published figure, marked contested, and each tee's own par row from the card below is summed beside it, marked derived.

Scorecard

Scorecardopen datachecked 2026-08-14

Hole 123456789101112131415161718 Total
Par 445443435453454344 72
Black 421424528422472152455177535432555203353543431214439432 7,188
Gold 410418507412440137430162515419541190345526420211424423 6,930
Blue 385390494381389114390151500406506169328492382156391406 6,430
White 36134346934836691363143483394493151315475317141369384 6,006
Silver 34230345330531088357138442313458121307431307120326384 5,505
Red 2962974052763058030284408288406116297380290115324331 5,000
Green 2662553652502607027281375263360111282340247112278319 4,506
Handicap 591313177151121014168418126

No per-hole yardages are published for 4 tee sets, so they are not on the card above.

The Studio

The Studio can't plan Bear Creek Golf Country Club hole by hole yet.

We hold its scorecard and 282 traced features, but not a model of every green, which a plan aims at.

It plans 4,579 courses hole by hole today, and it charts your bag anywhere.

  • The approach, planned A Studio approach map on the aerial photo: a lob wedge aimed at the island green, its spread drawn as a dashed ring over the water, and the side it most often misses. Example from another course: hole 15, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
  • The green, from LiDAR A Studio green view on the aerial photo: arrows for the slope a LiDAR survey measured, the area a cup could be cut, and the safer side to miss. Example from another course: hole 15, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
  • Every shot, tee to green A Studio plan on the aerial photo of a desert par 4: the driver off the tee and a 7-iron into the green between the bunkers, each shot with its landing spread drawn as a dashed ring. Example from another course: hole 2, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale

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Pictures: Studio output for a sample golfer, drawn 2026-10-15. The Studio needs a free account. AI can make mistakes.

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Book nearby

Bear Creek Golf Country Club states private access, so there is no tee time here to book. The nearest courses that state access you can book: California Oaks Golf Course (3.2 mi, public) · The Links at Summerly (5.3 mi, public) · Crosscreek Golf Club (6.3 mi, public) · Canyon Lake Country Club (6.4 mi, semi-private)

Measured against comparable courses

How hard and how long this course plays against comparable courses — never how good it is.

FigureThis courseIn CaliforniaNationwideAmong its peers
Longest7,188 yds=48th of 889=698th of 12,02510th of 162 in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA metro area · =265th of 2,954 private courses · =697th of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 146=5th of 750=223rd of 8,710=1st of 127 in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA metro area · =111th of 2,300 private courses · =218th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 75.914th of 685=196th of 7,6153rd of 115 in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA metro area · =89th of 2,143 private courses · =196th of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread2,682 yds between tees46th of 857=538th of 11,52314th of 160 in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA metro area · 165th of 2,885 private courses · =529th of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 1982=485th of 768=5,547th of 9,368=59th of 122 in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA metro area · =1,634th of 2,418 private courses · =3,950th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level1,225 ft derived 138th of 917=2,340th of 12,43741st of 162 in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA metro area · =410th of 3,026 private courses · =1,600th of 9,106 18-hole regulation courses

A published figure is compared only against the courses that publish it too, which is why the totals differ from row to row — a state's length field is the courses with a scorecard, not the courses in the state. Height above sea level is the exception: we derive it from a coordinate, so its field is very nearly every course we render. Ties share an ordinal and are marked =. How this is computed →

What's on this page

In progress5 of 7 built

5 of 7 parts of this course page are built, and we're filling in the rest.

  • Scorecard, built.Par and yardage for every hole, from 11 sets of tees.
  • Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 16 sets of tees.
  • Course map, partly built.17 of the 18 greens are drawn — the rest of the course isn't mapped yet.
  • Per-hole distances, built.Every hole is traced, so carries and distances to the front, middle and back of each green are measured along the line you actually play.
  • Green contours, built.Half-foot contours on all 17 measured greens, from public LiDAR.
  • Green slope and pin positions, built.Fall lines and the pinnable area on 17 greens — the figures the Caddie plans against.
  • Course details, partly built.5 of 7 background details — we don't hold a phone number and the grass on the greens.

The site is in beta and the database is still being built, so expect gaps. Know something we don't? Help us fill it in — a link to where it's published is worth more than anything else you could send.

Sources

Gathered from the course's own site and public records — every figure on this page is traceable to who published it and when. Spot an error or a gap? Tell us.

Location and identity seeded from OpenStreetMap — © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Last checked 2026-08-14. Where each figure came from is stated beside it, above.

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Nearby courses

California Oaks Golf Course

3.2 mi · Murrieta · public · 18 holes

The Links at Summerly

5.3 mi · Lake Elsinore · public · 18 holes

Crosscreek Golf Club

6.3 mi · Temecula · public · 18 holes

Canyon Lake Country Club

6.4 mi · Canyon Lake · semi-private · 18 holes

The Golf Club at Rancho California

6.9 mi · Murrieta · public · 18 holes

Menifee Lakes Country Club The Lakes Golf Course

9.4 mi · Menifee · semi-private · 18 holes

Menifee Lakes Country Club The Palms Golf Course

9.4 mi · Menifee · semi-private · 18 holes

Cherry Hills Golf Course

9.5 mi · Sun City · semi-private · 18 holes

Straight-line distance from this course's coordinates, within 60 miles — not driving distance, and it crosses state lines where the nearest courses are over one.

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