Dairy Creek Golf Course is an 18-hole public course in San Luis Obispo, California.

Designed by John F. Harbottle, III, ASGCA. It plays 6,446 yards from the Black (18-hole) tees, rated 72.7/134 (checked 2026-08-21).

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holes

par

6,446

yards (tips)

134

slope (black (18-hole))

The shape of the round · Bruiser Combo teespublished figures only

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: John F. Harbottle, III, ASGCA reported
access: public
address: 2990 Dairy Creek Rd, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405, USA
website: course site →
elevation: 350 ft derived
opened: 1997
on site: driving range · putting green · restaurant

35.33407, -120.73192 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. 5 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

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

Holes

Fairways

Bunkers

Water

Greens

Tee pads

6,274yds

Bruiser Combo tees

518yds

Longest hole

135yds

Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2022-05-19

Tees & ratings

Ratingsreported, not from the clubchecked 2026-08-21

Yardagesfrom the clubchecked 2026-08-21

All 22 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table


Black (18-hole)	M	72	6446	72.7	134
Black (18-hole)	F	72	6446	78.4	142
Bruiser Combo		71	6274			3151	3123
Bruiser (18-hole)	M	72	6227	70.8	133
Bruiser (18-hole)	F	72	6227	77.1	139
Blue (18-hole)	M	72	6008	70.7	128
Blue (18-hole)	F	72	6008	75.8	136
Hollister (18-hole)	F	72	5737	74.2	133
Hollister (18-hole)	M	72	5737	68.7	124
White (18-hole)	F	72	5466	74.2	133
White (18-hole)	M	72	5466	68.7	124
Romualdo Combo		71	5230			2611	2619
Chumash (18-hole)	M	72	5212	66.4	115
Chumash (18-hole)	F	72	5212	71.4	126
Gold		71	4965			2483	2479
Gold (18-hole)	F	72	4958	70.2	122
Gold (18-hole)	M	72	4958	65.5	114
Bishop (18-hole)	M	72	4532	63.8	110
Bishop (18-hole)	F	72	4314	66.8	111
San Luis (18-hole)	M	72	4314	63.0	108
Orange (18-hole)	F	72	3670	63.2	102
Orange (18-hole)	M	72	3670	61.0	105

Every figure as published; a blank cell is one nobody publishes. Front 9 and Back 9 are summed from the per-hole yardages on the scorecard.

Scorecard

Scorecardfrom the clubchecked 2026-08-21

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Total
Par	4	4	3	4	4	4	5	3	4	5	4	4	3	5	3	4	5	3	71
Bruiser Combo	389	398	173	347	446	352	518	135	393	500	417	372	144	516	180	310	500	184	6,274
Romualdo Combo	355	271	160	288	372	322	429	97	317	404	370	324	121	447	134	245	430	144	5,230
Gold	326	271	123	288	351	293	429	85	317	404	370	297	91	447	111	215	430	114	4,965
Handicap	13	1	9	7	5	15	11	17	3	4	2	16	10	6	8	18	12	14

No per-hole yardages are published for 10 tee sets, so they are not on the card above.

Plan it in the Studio

Plan Dairy Creek 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 Example from another course: hole 15, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
The green, from LiDAR Example from another course: hole 15, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
Every shot, tee to green 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.

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Also bookable nearby: Morro Bay Golf Course (6.3 mi) · Avila Beach Golf Resort (11 mi) · Pismo State Beach Golf Course (16 mi) · Paso Robles Golf Club (19 mi)

Measured against comparable courses

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

Figure	This course	In California	Nationwide	Among its peers
Longest	6,446 yds	537th of 889	=6,436th of 12,025	=1,724th of 4,105 public courses · =3,220th of 7,004 courses you can book · =6,380th of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest test	slope 134	=204th of 750	=2,523rd of 8,710	=499th of 2,882 public courses · =1,046th of 4,936 courses you can book · =2,467th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tips	rating 72.7	=287th of 685	=3,063rd of 7,615	=685th of 2,412 public courses · =1,337th of 4,145 courses you can book · =3,035th of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread	2,776 yds between tees	38th of 857	465th of 11,523	105th of 3,841 public courses · 215th of 6,653 courses you can book · 458th of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldest	opened 1997	=629th of 768	=7,397th of 9,368	=2,460th of 3,277 public courses · =4,233rd of 5,526 courses you can book · =5,419th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level	350 ft derived	=423rd of 917	=8,055th of 12,437	=3,164th of 4,289 public courses · =5,128th of 7,274 courses you can book · =5,754th of 9,106 18-hole regulation courses

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 3 sets of tees.
Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 19 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 a phone number and the grass on the greens.

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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 2026-10-18. Where each figure came from is stated beside it, above.

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