Links At Riverlakes Ranch
Bakersfield, California · 18 holes · par 72 · Public. Designed by Dale & Ramsey, opened 1999.
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 390 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 6 ft above the tee and plays about 2 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 3, where the green sits 11 ft below the tee and plays about 4 yards shorter.
- 17 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 | Gold |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 11 | 300 |
| 2 | 4 | 9 | 310 |
| 3 | 3 | 7 | 111 |
| 4 | 5 | 1 | 454 |
| 5 | 3 | 17 | 120 |
| 6 | 4 | 3 | 319 |
| 7 | 4 | 15 | 293 |
| 8 | 4 | 5 | 323 |
| 9 | 5 | 13 | 448 |
| 10 | 5 | 4 | 482 |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | 373 |
| 12 | 4 | 8 | 330 |
| 13 | 3 | 12 | 130 |
| 14 | 4 | 10 | 302 |
| 15 | 3 | 16 | 117 |
| 16 | 4 | 18 | 275 |
| 17 | 4 | 6 | 317 |
| 18 | 5 | 14 | 400 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tournament | Male | 6781 | 72.9 | 130 |
| Back | Male | 6366 | 70.8 | 125 |
| Middle | Male | 5857 | 68.3 | 119 |
| Gold | Male | 5341 | 65.7 | 113 |
| Forward | Male | 5336 | 69.3 | 123 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 297-10 ft
- Green · Gold tee
- 286 · 300 · 314front · middle · back
- Green size
- 30 × 25yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 34 ydswide at 166
- Green slope
- 3.5%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker right: 168 to reach, 192 to carry
- Bunker right: 208 to reach, 220 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 3 yards shorter: the green sits 10 ft below the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 168 to reach, 220 to carry. Drives that finish short of 168 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 34 yards wide at 166 and narrows to 20 at 210.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- The green falls from back to front, about 3.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 310level
- Green · Gold tee
- 296 · 310 · 322front · middle · back
- Green size
- 30 × 27yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 38 ydswide at 172
- Green slope
- 4.5%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker left: 152 to reach, 219 to carry
- Bunker front of the green
- Bunker back-left of the green
Playing notes
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 152 to reach, 219 to carry. Drives that finish short of 152 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 38 yards wide at 172 and narrows to 24 at 207.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back to front, about 4.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 107-11 ft
- Green · Gold tee
- 94 · 111 · 124front · middle · back
- Green size
- 36 × 25yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 80 to carry
- 2 bunkers left of the green
- Bunker back-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 4 yards shorter: the green sits 11 ft below the tee.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 36 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 55 · Par 36 · Par 47 · Par 48 · Par 49 · Par 510 · Par 511 · Par 412 · Par 413 · Par 314 · Par 415 · Par 316 · Par 417 · Par 418 · Par 5
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 60 hazards with reach and carry
- 15 green slope reads
- 4 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].