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China Lake Golf Course is an 18-hole military course in Ridgecrest, California.

Designed by Billy Bell. It plays 6,832 yards from the Blue tees, rated 72.6/124 (checked 2026-08-14).

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18
holes
72
par
6,832
yards (tips)
124
slope (blue)
The shape of the round · Blue teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — BLUE TEES495369402342445192539185421495369402342445192539185421152434445463758394105114124134144153165173184PAROUT 3,390 YDSIN 3,390 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
Billy Bell reported
access
military
address
Halsey Ave, Ridgecrest, CA 93555, USA
phone
760-939-2990
elevation
2,218 ft derived
opened
1956
on site
driving range · pro shop · restaurant · lessons

35.66157, -117.64112 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows 9 of 18 holes. OpenStreetMap has not traced holes 10–18. 4 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.

87 traced features across 8 layers for China Lake Golf Course, drawn over NAIP 2022 aerial imagery.

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87 traced features across 8 layers for China Lake Golf Course, drawn over NAIP 2022 aerial imagery. The map itself needs JavaScript; the geometry is a plain GeoJSON file either way.

9
Holes
9
Fairways
14
Bunkers
3
Water
9
Greens
22
Tee pads
3,390yds
Blue tees
539yds
Longest hole
185yds
Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2022-05-08

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-14

All 5 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 5 rows.

BlueM726832contested678072.612433903390
WhiteM726499contested640871.012132043204
GoldF725925contested586874.212529342934
GoldM72589868.211729342934
RedF72550971.712127352735

Every figure as published except Card yards (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 Blue, White and 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 544443534544443534 72
Blue 495369402342445192539185421495369402342445192539185421 6,832
White 466351387328421169519151412466351387328421169519151412 6,499
Gold 443344324321351160481146364443344324321351160481146364 5,925
Red 442309321289325111447139352442309321289325111447139352 5,509
Handicap 101281421641863155131119177

The Studio

The Studio can't plan China Lake Golf Course hole by hole yet.

We hold its scorecard and 87 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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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
Longest6,832 yds256th of 889=3,195th of 12,0257th of 14 in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA metro area · 27th of 108 military courses · =3,174th of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 124=519th of 750=5,603rd of 8,710=44th of 78 military courses · =5,346th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 72.6=300th of 685=3,206th of 7,615=20th of 68 military courses · =3,176th of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread1,323 yds between tees=488th of 857=6,593rd of 11,5239th of 14 in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA metro area · 51st of 107 military courses · =6,481st of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 1956=172nd of 768=2,585th of 9,368=36th of 85 military courses · =1,854th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level2,218 ft derived 73rd of 9171,170th of 12,4373rd of 14 in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA metro area · 14th of 108 military courses · 848th 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 progress2 of 6 built

2 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 5 sets of tees.
  • Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 5 sets of tees.
  • Course map, partly built.9 of the 18 greens are drawn — the rest of the course isn't mapped yet.
  • Per-hole distances, partly built.9 of the 18 holes are traced — the others have no measured distances yet.
  • Green contours, not built yet.We haven't built the green contours for this course yet.
  • Course details, partly built.6 of 7 background details — we don't hold the grass on the greens.

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Sources

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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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