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Kern River Golf Course is an 18-hole public course in CA 93308, California.

It plays 6,435 yards from the Blue tees, rated 70.5/120 (checked 2026-08-21).

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18
holes
70
par
6,435
yards (tips)
120
slope (blue)
The shape of the round · Blue teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — BLUE TEES525136471454293158389536195380233359335458369386223535152334445463748593104113124134144154164173185PAROUT 3,157 YDSIN 3,278 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
Bakersfield, CA 93308, USA
phone
661-872-5128
elevation
587 ft derived
opened
1951
on site
restaurant · lessons

35.43370, -118.85930 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. 3 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

128 traced features across 7 layers for Kern River Golf Course, drawn over NAIP 2022 aerial imagery.

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128 traced features across 7 layers for Kern River Golf Course, drawn over NAIP 2022 aerial imagery. The map itself needs JavaScript; the geometry is a plain GeoJSON file either way.

18
Holes
21
Fairways
28
Bunkers
2
Water
18
Greens
22
Tee pads
6,435yds
Tees tees
536yds
Longest hole
136yds
Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2022-06-07

Tees & ratings

Ratingsreported, not from the clubchecked 2026-08-21

Yardagesfrom the clubread from the scorecard imagechecked 2026-08-21

All 7 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 7 rows.

BlueM70643570.512031573278
WhiteM70624569.411830593186
RedF73534270.111724532696
GoldM70524264.910725932830
Tees31573278
RedTees25212809
Tees31573278

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 — every published tee

Scorecardfrom the clubread from the scorecard imagechecked 2026-08-21

Hole 123456789101112131415161718 Total
Par 534443453434444435 70
Tees 525136471454293158389536195380233359335458369386223535 6,435
RedTees 409105353415268134287406144360130337316430265363206402 5,330
Blue 525136471454293158389536195380233359335458369386223535 6,435
White 514129458436283147384528180375223351328440362378219510 6,245
Red 409105353347268134287406144360130337316382265363141402 5,342
Gold 417120359415270136312416148363135339319430265365206408 5,242
Handicap 917131513571118410821214616

Plan it in the Studio

Plan Kern River 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 Kern River 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 (13 mi) · Links at Riverlakes Ranch (14 mi) · James C Haggerty North Kern Golf Course (16 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
Longest6,435 yds=542nd of 889=6,508th of 12,02512th of 14 in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA metro area · =1,745th of 4,105 public courses · =3,262nd of 7,004 courses you can book · =6,451st of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 120=582nd of 750=6,588th of 8,710=1,819th of 2,882 public courses · =3,381st of 4,936 courses you can book · =6,169th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 70.5=523rd of 685=5,684th of 7,615=1,522nd of 2,412 public courses · =2,823rd of 4,145 courses you can book · =5,591st of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread1,193 yds between tees=538th of 857=7,359th of 11,52311th of 14 in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA metro area · =2,160th of 3,841 public courses · =3,970th of 6,653 courses you can book · =7,208th of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 1951=136th of 768=2,366th of 9,368=525th of 3,277 public courses · =1,041st of 5,526 courses you can book · =1,698th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level587 ft derived 271st of 917=6,744th of 12,4376th of 14 in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA metro area · =2,692nd of 4,289 public courses · =4,361st of 7,274 courses you can book · =4,789th 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 2026-08-21. 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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