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The Sierra Nevada foothills don't offer golf the easy way. Auburn sits in that particular band of Gold Country where the elevation climbs, the terrain creases and folds without apology, and the native oaks spread wide over red-clay soil that bakes hard by midsummer. Black Oak plays right into that character — a layout that earns its slope of 131 despite a back-tee yardage that most players would consider modest at 6,242.
That gap between the numbers tells you everything. A course rating of 70.2 against a slope of 131 signals a track that punishes imprecision more than it punishes short hitters. The foothills topography almost certainly means uneven lies, forced carries over ravines or creek corridors, and the kind of tee shots where picking the right landing zone matters more than swinging hard.
Six tee sets ranging from 5,554 to 6,242 yards suggest a layout built with real range of ability in mind — the short end accessible enough for a casual weekend round, the back end demanding enough to test a single-digit handicap.
This is Gold Country golf: no ocean, no desert drama, just old oaks, golden grass, and the quiet insistence of land that was never quite flat to begin with.
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | Par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue · men | 6,242 | 70.2 | 131 | 72 |
| Blue/White · men | 6,083 | 69.7 | 128 | 72 |
| White · men | 5,924 | 69.4 | 125 | 72 |
| YELLOW/YELLOW · women | 5,690 | 72.2 | 128 | 72 |
| RED/YELLOW · women | 5,622 | 72.1 | 127 | 72 |
| RED/RED · women | 5,554 | 71.8 | 126 | 72 |
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