Black Gold Golf Club
About
Nestled in the foothills of Yorba Linda, Black Gold Golf Club sits on the site of a former Shell Oil Field. Arthur Hills, the course's designer, thought the location, with its dramatic elevation changes and panoramic views overlooking Orange County and Palm Beach, was the perfect place for a round of golf. On a clear day, the views stretch as far as the Pacific Ocean and Catalina Island. The challenging layout is filled with narrow, rolling fairways and fast greens accented by thick patches of punishing rough. Due to the hilly terrain, a flat lie is hard to come by. The front nine requires accuracy and the back nine offers some particularly interesting risk-reward opportunities. Water hazards come into play throughout Black Gold Golf Club, most notably on the 18th. This par-5 finishing hole incorporates a cascading waterfall.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | 72 | 6756 yards | 73.2 | 136 |
| Blue | 72 | 6439 yards | 71.5 | 132 |
| Blue/White | 72 | 6255 yards | 70.7 | 130 |
| White | 72 | 6045 yards | 69.8 | 127 |
| Gold | 72 | 5564 yards | 67.4 | 121 |
| Gold (W) | 72 | 5564 yards | 73.5 | 133 |
| Red (W) | 72 | 4937 yards | 70.2 | 126 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black M: 73.2/136 W: 80.3/150 | 435 | 299 | 380 | 522 | 449 | 500 | 167 | 220 | 410 | 3382 | 194 | 415 | 375 | 513 | 400 | 344 | 216 | 382 | 535 | 3374 | 6756 |
| Blue M: 71.5/132 W: 78.2/145 | 421 | 287 | 364 | 496 | 430 | 480 | 149 | 203 | 389 | 3219 | 178 | 400 | 350 | 496 | 378 | 329 | 200 | 371 | 518 | 3220 | 6439 |
| Blue/White M: 70.7/130 W: 77.3/142 | 421 | 255 | 364 | 496 | 410 | 465 | 149 | 176 | 389 | 3125 | 178 | 400 | 337 | 483 | 378 | 316 | 188 | 371 | 479 | 3130 | 6255 |
| White M: 69.8/127 W: 76.1/139 | 400 | 255 | 342 | 473 | 410 | 465 | 139 | 176 | 379 | 3039 | 154 | 344 | 337 | 483 | 357 | 316 | 188 | 348 | 479 | 3006 | 6045 |
| Gold M: 67.4/121 W: 73.5/133 | 376 | 242 | 330 | 434 | 388 | 454 | 129 | 147 | 351 | 2851 | 134 | 297 | 305 | 461 | 331 | 282 | 159 | 320 | 424 | 2713 | 5564 |
| Red M: 64.4/113 W: 70.2/126 | 335 | 217 | 307 | 406 | 325 | 414 | 108 | 124 | 294 | 2530 | 116 | 274 | 262 | 406 | 284 | 244 | 139 | 283 | 399 | 2407 | 4937 |
| Handicap | 5 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | |||
| Par | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 11 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 4 |
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Photo submitted by kevanrayden on 01/09/2026
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Team Gtz. Photo submitted by rgGkJDrEewSeODFq6jXh on 07/09/2025
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Photo submitted by mdwright85 on 02/15/2024
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Photo submitted by mdwright85 on 02/15/2024
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Photo submitted by mdwright85 on 02/15/2024
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Photo submitted by jethep on 07/04/2023
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Photo submitted by u340515415 on 06/28/2019
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Photo submitted by u340515415 on 06/28/2019
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Photo submitted by u340515415 on 06/28/2019
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Photo submitted by KennethZ on 06/20/2019
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Photo submitted by schraudtga on 05/21/2019
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Photo submitted by schraudtga on 05/21/2019
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18th green Photo submitted by hbtim1967 on 07/05/2015
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4th hole Photo submitted by csmd5557 on 07/08/2013
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Photo submitted by namaste1973 on 12/10/2012
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Photo submitted by namaste1973 on 12/10/2012
NC guy enjoys layout of BG
Great course, layout & staff. I highly recommend BG. I am from NC, and I thoroughly enjoy the up & down layout. Golf staff are very friendly and personable. Wait staff in club house are both polite & very responsive. Great place to work the ball and place your shots. Greens are a little tricky, and play a little quick. Fun place to play, for sure.
Good course
It was my second time play this coirse, and really awesome experience to play both times. Good fairway condition and green condition as well. I want to play this course again.
Best greens
Tough little course, tight in places, and fast smooth greens. The ball breaks where it looks like it will but keeping long shots on is hard. Beautiful scenery and views.
Be straight
Loved this course, but bring your straight game. Missing here means trouble. The first question they ask at the 19th hole may well be "How many balls did you lose?" Rather than what you shot. Putts break toward the valley, trust it! On the back nine be aware of the mountains, those putts are slowwww. Very photogenic layout. Have a great round.
Sunny Yorba Linda
Second group of at sunrise. Good course with ample room on most holes. Course plays up into the hill side. Greens rolled true and speed was about 8.5 on stemp. Had an enjoyable round. Would certainly play this course again.
Great golf
Reasonable prices and friendly staff. Course layout was very good. Greens were in great condition and were true.
Greens in excellent condition, but challenging!
Black Gold from the blues and tips on a windy day, given the half dozen holes played up in the foothills exposed to gusts of wind, is a very challenging course. The greens are almost always in excellent condition and roll at 10 to 11 on the stimp. Consider playing the elevated mountain holes 10 thru 15 with choked down knockdown shots and two up club half swings ... to keep the ball low and controlled ... as if you were playing in Scotland. Fun course if you choose the right tee boxes.
Great layout and well maintained
I enjoyed playing the course now for the second time. I'm an avid golfer visiting family from NY. Its a great layout with friendly staff. The course is in excellent condition especially for all the recent rain. The greens were just moist enough that when ball marks were repaired they completely disappeared. I have never experienced that before. There were a number of ball marks on each green and I wound up repairing two or three per green. Golfers should show a little more respect when playing this course. The round took about 4 3/4 hrs which is good but a little longer than the 4 1/4 target.
Great Course
What I was most impressed with was it had rained super hard the day before and the course drained no problem . I hate playing a course when its cart path only. It was wide open and played great
Challenging
This course will challenge any golfer, great pace and friendly staff, I will definitely play here again
Great as always but been beat up lately
Course layout, service, play, food, and pace was good as usual. Only problem was the course has been beat up more and more each time I play here since my first time in 2008. I've probably played this course 8-10 times, about once a year. Each time I play it, the course seems to have more and more dead spots, GURs, and the greens were much slower and trampled - although they are still better than most in the city courses. For the medium price of $65 around 1030AM during the weekdays, it's a fair deal. If I paid near a hundred, it would not be good.
Black Mines
Great golf course makes you feel you're in a war zone because this has slopes everywhere never flat footed and the green OMG it's tough and very challenging a must play course,if you haven't play it believe me it worth every pennies,good luck
interesting course, good value for money
interesting course, quite challenging with many height differences. exact playing is mandatory! greens nice ondulated and fast, fairways partly dry but very palyable. only negative: slow pace on a saturday afternoon, no marshall around to hurry up the flight 2 ahead of us
Why I play here often
Year around awesome condition. Friendly staff. 4.5 hrs pace on weekend. Challenging layout
This is the premier OC course you must play at
Great day at Black Gold
The course was great and the pace of play outstanding. We teed off at 2pm and finished by 6pm, a nice and comfortable 4 hour round.
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