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San Mateo sits at the meeting point of the Bay and the Peninsula, where the coastal marine layer rolls in from the Pacific and keeps the air cool and the fairways surprisingly green well into summer. Poplar Creek fits that geography comfortably — a public course that plays to a par 70 over just under 6,000 yards, the kind of layout where the modest numbers on paper don't fully tell the story of an afternoon's golf.
The rating of 69.7 and slope of 115 put this squarely in accessible-but-honest territory. Scratch players will feel the invitation to go low, but the slope reminds everyone that the course has its teeth. A par 70 almost always means a pair of par-5s replaced by short par-4s or extra par-3s, so expect holes that reward precision over power — threading irons into tight targets rather than simply bombing away.
This is a municipal course in the truest, most democratic sense: golfers of every stripe sharing the same fairways, from weekend beginners to sharp-eyed regulars who know every shelf and slope. The poplar-lined setting suggests a course rooted in the particular quietness of the mid-Peninsula, buffered from the Bay winds just enough to make scoring feel within reach on a calm morning.
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | Par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black · men | 5,988 | 69.7 | 115 | 70 |
| Gold · men | 5,574 | 67.6 | 112 | 70 |
| GOLD · women | 5,574 | 72.4 | 121 | 71 |
| Silver · men | 5,158 | 65.3 | 109 | 70 |
| SILVER · women | 5,158 | 70 | 117 | 71 |
| Yellow · men | 4,688 | 63.1 | 99 | 70 |
| YELLOW · women | 4,688 | 67.3 | 112 | 71 |
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