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Poplar Creek Golf Course is an 18-hole course in San Mateo, California.

Designed by Steve Halsey. It plays 6,042 yards from the Black tees, rated 70.1/117 (checked 2026-08-14).

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18
holes
70
par
6,042
yards (tips)
117
slope (black)
The shape of the round · Black teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — BLACK TEES519421205403173286202308471455321209407537158475137382152433445364738495104114123134145153165173184PAROUT 2,988 YDSIN 3,081 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
Steve Halsey reported
address
1700 Coyote Point Dr, San Mateo, CA 94401, USA
elevation
10 ft derived
opened
1933
on site
driving range · restaurant · lessons

37.58619, -122.32532 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. 11 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

194 traced features across 8 layers for Poplar Creek Golf Course, drawn over NAIP 2022 aerial imagery.

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

18
Holes
19
Fairways
33
Bunkers
6
Water
18
Greens
57
Tee pads
20ft
Elevation range
6,069yds
Black tees
537yds
Longest hole
137yds
Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2022-05-18

Height-2.6 ft17.4 ft

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-14

All 6 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 6 rows.

BlackM70604270.111729883081
GoldM705645contested557467.811527492825
GoldF71contested705645contested557473.112027492825
SilverM705220contested515665.711125772579
SilverF71contested705220contested515670.811625772579
YellowF71contested704768contested469367.811223482345

Every figure as published except Card par (derived) and Card yards (derived), which are 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 Gold, Silver and Yellow tees publish a par 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 Par column keeps the published figure, marked contested, and each tee's own par row from the card below is summed beside it, marked derived.

The Gold, Silver and Yellow 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 543434345443453534 70
Black 519421205403173286202308471455321209407537158475137382 6,042
Gold 493397175374159259171266455421287175374503126460127352 5,645
Silver 465370142365135237160255448391259153326494111425104316 5,220
Yellow 446341115340962291422344053682271303164698438679286 4,768
Handicap 111359177131521286101416184

Plan it in the Studio

Plan Poplar 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. This course's greens were surveyed, so it reads their 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 Poplar Creek 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: Crystal Springs Golf Course (3.7 mi) · Emerald Hills Golf Course (9.7 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
Longest6,042 yds660th of 889=8,335th of 12,02557th of 74 in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area · =8,258th of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 117=613th of 750=7,075th of 8,71060th of 70 in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area · =6,531st of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 70.1=549th of 685=6,023rd of 7,61553rd of 64 in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area · =5,918th of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread1,274 yds between tees=510th of 857=6,879th of 11,52344th of 74 in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area · =6,757th of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 1933=113th of 768=1,941st of 9,368=24th of 69 in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area · =1,423rd of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level10 ft derived 890th of 917=12,040th of 12,43773rd of 75 in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area · =8,804th 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 progress6 of 7 built

6 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 6 sets of tees.
  • Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 6 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, built.Half-foot contours on all 18 measured greens, from public LiDAR.
  • Green slope and pin positions, built.Fall lines and the pinnable area on 18 greens — the figures the Caddie plans against.
  • Course details, partly built.4 of 7 background details — we don't hold whether it is public or private, a phone number 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 2026-08-14. Where each figure came from is stated beside it, above.

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Burlingame Country Club

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Peninsula Golf Country Club

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Crystal Springs Golf Course

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Green Hills Country Club

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California Golf Club of San Francisco

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Sharp Park Golf Course

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Emerald Hills Golf Course

9.7 mi · Emerald Hills · public · 9 holes

Gleneagles Golf Course at Mclaren Park

10 mi · San Francisco · 9 holes

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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