Big Slope

[Greg Tallman]

The Ocean Course at Cabo del Sol - 5th green to 15th tee is just about 150 feet difference in elevation without much in the way of brutal uphill golf in between.  

[David_Tepper]

I am sure the Olympic Club Lake course has at least 150 ft. of elevation change from the 1st tee to the bottom of the course (holes #13-#14-#15). The current configuration of the course dates from the 1920's, with a number of minor alternations thru the years.

Much of the course plays across the slope of the hill, rather than purely uphill or downhill. If you can't play off of a sidehill lie, you are in for a VERY long day. What makes the course even tougher is that some of the holes where you would want to hit a fade give you a draw lie and some of the holes that ask for a draw give you a fade lie.    

[JohnV]

From Google Earth, the Cascade course at the Homestead is 295 feet from the 4th tee to the 17th green.

Cran-Sur-Sierre in Switzerland has about 200 feet change.

[Sean Leary]

The Ocean Course at Cabo del Sol - 5th green to 15th tee is just about 150 feet difference in elevation without much in the way of brutal uphill golf in between.  

Greg,

I would think that Querencia has even more tha CDS, no? From 9 green to 18 green has to be 3 times that..

[Greg Tallman]

Sean,

I would be surprised if it is much more than 200 feet in total...

Don't actually recall if 18 green sits higher than the back tee on 8 and, I believe 12 but I want to believe that this perched tee is the high point?

Not really sure... I don't have the benefit of the topo maps for Querencia as I do for CDS Ocean which fall just short of the 150 feet (about 147)... The Desert Course on the other hand has some 220 feet of change in elevation.  

[JohnV]

Google Earth says that River's Edge in Bend where I believe Don Mahaffey works (or used to) has 320 feet of change.

[JMorgan]

Added Capilano and Cape Breton.

[JMorgan]

Bump.

[Mike_Cirba]

Gil Hanse's French Creek (I'm a member) certainly has > 150 feet elevation change.  The high - #7 tee - the low - #12 green (across the street from Stonewall Original's #2 green).

Gil didn't move much dirt here.

(by the way, it's public now - the owner of French Creek, has the course up for sale.  No idea what it'll mean, but I'm not terribly concerned at this point)

Dan,

When did this happen?  

Man...wish I had a few million dollars handy.

[Tim Leahy]

I haven't seen Riviera mentioned yet, the first tee and 18th green have to be at least 150 ft from the lowest point on the course. Also, I would bet that Pebble Beach property has at least 150 ft of rise from low to high. Spyglass also.