Empire Ranch Golf Club
Folsom, California · 18 holes · par 71 · Resort. Designed by Brad Bell, opened 2002.
A caddie's yardage book for every hole: plays-like distance from USGS lidar elevation, reach and carry numbers for every bunker and water hazard, green front, middle and back, which way each green falls, and the lay-up zone on par 5s. Distances are from the back tees along the mapped hole; for a shorter tee, take off the scorecard difference.
Course profile
- At about 420 ft the ball carries about 0% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 149. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
- Biggest climb: hole 13, where the green sits 34 ft above the tee and plays about 11 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 18, where the green sits 52 ft below the tee and plays about 17 yards shorter.
- 9 greens tilt 2% or more. Each hole below says which side of the hole leaves an uphill putt.
Maps: tee at the bottom, green at the top. The dashed line is the mapped hole; the gold band is the lay-up zone; the arrow on the green points downhill.
Scorecard
| Hole | Par | Hcp | Blue | White | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 7 | 384 | 366 | 329 |
| 2 | 3 | 9 | 169 | 148 | 104 |
| 3 | 5 | 17 | 492 | 462 | 398 |
| 4 | 4 | 11 | 393 | 354 | 316 |
| 5 | 4 | 15 | 333 | 312 | 278 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | 394 | 362 | 310 |
| 7 | 5 | 3 | 544 | 475 | 392 |
| 8 | 3 | 13 | 163 | 144 | 89 |
| 9 | 4 | 5 | 381 | 344 | 304 |
| 10 | 4 | 8 | 358 | 330 | 296 |
| 11 | 5 | 10 | 549 | 510 | 431 |
| 12 | 3 | 18 | 161 | 122 | 91 |
| 13 | 4 | 4 | 460 | 345 | 305 |
| 14 | 4 | 12 | 391 | 374 | 320 |
| 15 | 5 | 14 | 537 | 502 | 454 |
| 16 | 3 | 16 | 184 | 160 | 103 |
| 17 | 4 | 6 | 437 | 401 | 346 |
| 18 | 3 | 2 | 209 | 152 | 114 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | Male | 6547 | 71.5 | 127 |
| White | Female | 6200 | 73.4 | 126 |
| Tournament | Male | 6200 | 69.6 | 127 |
| White | Male | 5863 | 68.2 | 121 |
| Combo | Female | 5371 | 70.7 | 119 |
| Combo | Male | 5371 | 65.7 | 111 |
| Red | Male | 4980 | 63.5 | 106 |
| Red | Female | 4980 | 68 | 113 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 384+1 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 375 · 384 · 393front · middle · back
- Green size
- 24 × 37yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 39 ydswide at 231
In play
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 372 to carry
Playing notes
- Dogleg left at about 246 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 39 yards wide at 231 and narrows to 23 at 281.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
Hole 2 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 167-6 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 145 · 169 · 191front · middle · back
- Green size
- 47 × 22yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 2 yards shorter: the green sits 6 ft below the tee.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 3%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 47 yards deep: a back pin can play about 4 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 3 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 490-5 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 478 · 492 · 509front · middle · back
- Green size
- 37 × 33yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 33 ydswide at 227
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker left: 223 to reach, 260 to carry
- Water across the hole in front of the green: 468 to carry
Playing notes
- Water crosses the hole: 438 to reach, 468 to carry.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 223 to reach, 260 to carry. Drives that finish short of 223 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 33 yards wide at 227 and narrows to 28 at 247.
- Best lay-up: 110 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 31 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- Water short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 3%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 37 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 58 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 512 · Par 313 · Par 414 · Par 415 · Par 516 · Par 317 · Par 418 · Par 3
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 40 hazards with reach and carry
- 12 green slope reads
- 3 par-5 lay-up zones
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Hole maps, hazards and playing notes come from mapped course data and USGS 3DEP elevation (public domain), not a visit. Plays-like numbers use the Skitty caddie's rule of one yard per 3 ft of rise, from the longest tee; altitude uses 1.16% of carry per 1,000 ft. Tees, hazards and conditions change; check with the course before you play. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0) via OpenGolfAPI. Scorecard yardages and ratings as published. See a mistake? Email [email protected].