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Pga West Jack Nicklaus Tournament Course is an 18-hole golf course in La Quinta, California.

Designed by Jack Nicklaus. It plays 7,204 yards from the Black tees, rated 75.3/143 (checked 2026-08-24).

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18
holes
72
par
7,204
yards (tips)
143
slope (black)
The shape of the round · Black teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — BLACK TEES412444192549364462527172461370528188419442572440209453142433455464758394104115123134144155164173184PAROUT 3,583 YDSIN 3,621 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
address
Gate, La Quinta, CA, 92247
phone
760-564-7100
elevation
-36 ft derived
opened
1987

33.63620, -116.25196 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. Hole 18 is mapped without a green. 14 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.

272 traced features across 8 layers for Pga West Jack Nicklaus Tournament Course, drawn over NAIP 2022 aerial imagery.

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272 traced features across 8 layers for Pga West Jack Nicklaus Tournament Course, drawn over NAIP 2022 aerial imagery. The map itself needs JavaScript; the geometry is a plain GeoJSON file either way.

18
Holes
23
Fairways
83
Bunkers
5
Water
17
Greens
80
Tee pads
52ft
Elevation range
6,751yds
Black tees
572yds
Longest hole
172yds
Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2022-04-15

Height-49.2 ft2.8 ft

Tees & ratings

Ratingsreported, not from the clubchecked 2026-08-24

Yardagesopen datachecked 2026-08-24

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

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

BlackM72720475.314335833621
BlackF72720475.315135833621
BlueF72652278.214232293293
BlueM72652272.213432293293
Blue/WhiteF72622476.4138
Blue/WhiteM72622470.8130
WhiteF72606175.413630233038
WhiteM72606170.012830233038
GoldF72562773.113127972830
GoldM72562768.112227972830
Gold/RedF72532571.5123
Gold/RedM72532566.5117
RedF72502370.112025142509
RedM72502364.911325142509
SilverM72401460.510120321982
SilverF72401463.811120321982

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

Scorecardopen datachecked 2026-08-24

Hole 123456789101112131415161718 Total
Par 443544534453445434 72
Black 412444192549364462527172461370528188419442572440209453 7,204
Blue 378398163505320420471143431330490164378381516423180431 6,522
White 349387155482299386450132383318480155338339472368165403 6,061
Gold 311354133447288373426125340283449116323330462348131388 5,627
Red 2733221204142253423919233523240010429530141730497359 5,023
Silver 2182491193221732813287426819531810224123730323485267 4,014
Handicap 511151317179314181081626124

No per-hole yardages are published for Blue/White and Gold/Red, so they are not on the card above.

The Studio

The Studio can't plan Pga West Jack Nicklaus Tournament Course hole by hole yet.

We hold its scorecard and 272 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

See the courses it plans Open 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

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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
Longest7,204 yds45th of 889=633rd of 12,025=632nd of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 143=25th of 750=487th of 8,710=477th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 75.3=32nd of 685=360th of 7,615=358th of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread3,190 yds between tees19th of 857235th of 11,523230th of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 1987=520th of 768=5,903rd of 9,368=4,203rd of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level-36 ft derived =911th of 917=12,431st of 12,437=9,101st 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 progress3 of 7 built

3 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 12 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, partly built.Contours on 16 greens, 1 more the survey is too coarse to measure at all.
  • Green slope and pin positions, not built yet.We haven't worked out the fall lines and pin positions on these greens yet.
  • Course details, partly built.5 of 7 background details — we don't hold whether it is public or private 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 2026-08-24. Where each figure came from is stated beside it, above.

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