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Buena Vista Golf Course is an 18-hole public course in Taft, California.

It plays 6,710 yards from the Blue tees, rated 72.9/124 (checked 2026-08-14).

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18
holes
72
par
6,710
yards (tips)
124
slope (blue)
The shape of the round · Blue teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — BLUE TEES363216409513525120440420423410518340167400560320151373142334455563748494104115124133144155164173184PAROUT 3,429 YDSIN 3,239 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

access
public
address
10256 Golf Course Rd, Taft, CA 93268, USA
phone
661-398-9720
elevation
368 ft derived
opened
1952
on site
pro shop · restaurant

35.23899, -119.32728 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. The course outline is inferred from the mapped holes — OpenStreetMap has no outline for this course, so the shaded area is our own and the real property line may sit wider or tighter. 16 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.

148 traced features across 6 layers for Buena Vista Golf Course, drawn over NAIP 2022 aerial imagery.

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148 traced features across 6 layers for Buena Vista Golf Course, drawn over NAIP 2022 aerial imagery. The map itself needs JavaScript; the geometry is a plain GeoJSON file either way.

18
Holes
15
Fairways
15
Bunkers
18
Greens
39
Tee pads
6,668yds
Blue tees
560yds
Longest hole
120yds
Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2022-06-08

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-14

All 4 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 4 rows.

BlueM72671072.912434293239
WhiteM72633869.911832513067
GoldF725858contested572667.210829002826
RedF73contested72556671.711728432686

Every figure as published except Card par (derived) and Card yards (derived), which are 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 Red 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.

The Gold tees publish a yardage total 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 Yards column keeps the published figure, marked contested, and each tee's own yardage row from the card below is summed beside it, marked derived.

Scorecard — every published tee

Scorecardopen datachecked 2026-08-14

Hole 123456789101112131415161718 Total
Par 434553444454345434 72
Blue 363216409513525120440420423410518340167400560320151373 6,710
White 355185391500470116420405409363488330151387536307143362 6,338
Gold 286172324476425107368350392340428325136367465290125350 5,858
Red 27616132446742599358345388330408323125328433281120338 5,566
Handicap 159311131751712610164214188

Plan it in the Studio

Plan Buena Vista Golf Course hole by hole, for your game.

Ask in plain words. The Studio draws each hole on the aerial photo, picks a club for each shot from your carries and the way you miss, and shows where a miss costs you strokes. Where a green was surveyed, it reads the slope too.

  • 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

Plan this course in the Studio

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

© OpenStreetMap contributors

Book a tee time

Rates change by day and by season, so we send you to Buena Vista Golf Course's own booking page rather than quoting a figure that was true the week we captured it.

Check tee times and rates

Also bookable nearby: Sundale Country Club (16 mi) · Links at Riverlakes Ranch (17 mi) · James C Haggerty North Kern Golf Course (23 mi)

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
Longest6,710 yds369th of 889=4,270th of 12,0251,088th of 4,105 public courses · =2,037th of 7,004 courses you can book · =4,242nd of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 124=519th of 750=5,603rd of 8,710=1,408th of 2,882 public courses · =2,716th of 4,936 courses you can book · =5,346th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 72.9=256th of 685=2,810th of 7,615=632nd of 2,412 public courses · =1,220th of 4,145 courses you can book · =2,785th of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread1,144 yds between tees=553rd of 857=7,633rd of 11,523=2,252nd of 3,841 public courses · =4,121st of 6,653 courses you can book · =7,452nd of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 1952=138th of 768=2,392nd of 9,368=532nd of 3,277 public courses · =1,056th of 5,526 courses you can book · =1,716th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level368 ft derived 408th of 917=7,936th of 12,437=3,127th of 4,289 public courses · =5,072nd of 7,274 courses you can book · =5,666th 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 progress4 of 6 built

4 of 6 parts of this course page are built, and we're filling in the rest.

  • Scorecard, built.Par and yardage for every hole, from 4 sets of tees.
  • Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 4 sets of tees.
  • Course map, built.All 18 greens drawn, with the fairways, bunkers and water, over aerial imagery.
  • 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, not built yet.We haven't built the green contours for this course yet.
  • Course details, partly built.5 of 7 background details — we don't hold the architect 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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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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