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

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holes

par

6,951

yards (tips)

146

slope (black)

The shape of the round · Black 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: Jack Nicklaus reported
access: private
address: 55955 Pga Blvd, La Quinta, CA 92253, USA
phone: 760-564-7100
website: course site →
elevation: -2 ft derived
opened: 1987
on site: driving range · pro shop · restaurant · lessons · club rental

33.64284, -116.26858 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. 19 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

281 traced features across 8 layers for Pga West Private Jack Nicklaus Private 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

6,951yds

Black tees

538yds

Longest hole

167yds

Shortest hole

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

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


Black	M	72	6951	74.3	146	3438	3513
Black	F	72	6951	74.0	152	3438	3513
Blue	F	72	6365	77.7	145	3156	3209
Blue	M	72	6365	71.4	139	3156	3209
Blue/White	F	72	5962	75.3	140
Blue/White	M	72	5962	69.6	135
White	F	72	5658	73.6	136	2818	2840
White	M	72	5658	68.3	129	2818	2840
Gold	F	72	5321	71.6	131	2647	2674
Gold	M	72	5321	66.1	122	2647	2674
Gold/Red	F	72	5040	70.0	128
Gold/Red	M	72	5040	64.7	118
Red	F	72	4802	68.7	126	2392	2410
Red	M	72	4802	63.5	114	2392	2410
Silver	M	72	3863	59.1	100	1917	1946
Silver	F	72	3863	63.2	112	1917	1946

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	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Total
Par	4	4	3	5	4	4	3	5	4	4	3	4	5	4	4	5	3	4	72
Black	374	414	177	538	443	406	167	509	410	412	191	403	528	375	415	530	204	455	6,951
Blue	338	380	162	516	403	365	140	474	378	388	174	374	480	342	388	489	182	392	6,365
White	292	347	135	460	329	342	139	439	335	330	151	319	447	306	347	442	152	346	5,658
Gold	280	284	120	441	320	316	120	431	335	302	141	273	437	306	314	438	152	311	5,321
Red	231	278	100	406	286	287	112	403	289	269	107	264	382	268	306	385	123	306	4,802
Silver	190	210	100	303	229	238	90	323	234	215	86	212	307	214	251	308	100	253	3,863
Handicap	17	1	7	11	9	3	13	15	5	14	8	10	18	2	6	16	12	4

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

The Studio

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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

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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	6,951 yds	=179th of 889	=2,255th of 12,025	41st of 162 in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA metro area · =799th of 2,954 private courses · =2,241st of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest test	slope 146	=5th of 750	=223rd of 8,710	=1st of 127 in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA metro area · =111th of 2,300 private courses · =218th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tips	rating 74.3	=94th of 685	=1,092nd of 7,615	=17th of 115 in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA metro area · =477th of 2,143 private courses · =1,084th of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread	3,088 yds between tees	27th of 857	=288th of 11,523	7th of 160 in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA metro area · 89th of 2,885 private courses · =282nd of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldest	opened 1987	=520th of 768	=5,903rd of 9,368	=71st of 122 in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA metro area · =1,732nd of 2,418 private courses · =4,203rd of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level	-2 ft derived	901st of 917	12,414th of 12,437	157th of 162 in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA metro area · 3,017th of 3,026 private courses · 9,087th of 9,106 18-hole regulation courses

What's on this page

In progress4 of 6 built

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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, 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.
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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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