North Ridge Country Club
Fair Oaks, California · 18 holes · par 72 · Private. Designed by William F. Bell, ASGCA, opened 1954.
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 190 ft the ball carries about 0% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 150. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
- Biggest climb: hole 4, where the green sits 32 ft above the tee and plays about 11 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 16, where the green sits 26 ft below the tee and plays about 9 yards shorter.
- 15 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 | Red | Red/White | Blue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 10 | 518 | 500 | 492 |
| 2 | 4 | 4 | 400 | 388 | 316 |
| 3 | 3 | 12 | 198 | 173 | 148 |
| 4 | 4 | 2 | 446 | 393 | 312 |
| 5 | 5 | 14 | 482 | 464 | 441 |
| 6 | 3 | 18 | 150 | 130 | 108 |
| 7 | 4 | 16 | 339 | 333 | 271 |
| 8 | 3 | 6 | 200 | 181 | 139 |
| 9 | 5 | 8 | 523 | 497 | 414 |
| 10 | 4 | 13 | 371 | 357 | 342 |
| 11 | 3 | 15 | 177 | 156 | 117 |
| 12 | 4 | 3 | 435 | 404 | 336 |
| 13 | 4 | 1 | 388 | 380 | 319 |
| 14 | 4 | 17 | 352 | 342 | 316 |
| 15 | 5 | 7 | 530 | 512 | 442 |
| 16 | 4 | 5 | 344 | 328 | 272 |
| 17 | 3 | 9 | 210 | 180 | 116 |
| 18 | 5 | 11 | 576 | 547 | 445 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | Male | 6840 | 73.9 | 140 |
| Red | Male | 6639 | 73.3 | 137 |
| Red/White | Male | 6413 | 72.3 | 135 |
| White | Male | 6265 | 71.5 | 133 |
| White/Orange | Male | 6007 | 70.3 | 132 |
| Orange | Male | 5830 | 69.6 | 128 |
| Blue | Female | 5346 | 72.2 | 129 |
| Blue/Silver | Female | 5141 | 71 | 124 |
| Silver | Female | 4943 | 69.9 | 122 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 512-19 ft
- Green · Red tee
- 503 · 518 · 532front · middle · back
- Green size
- 30 × 35yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 32 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 4.5%falls to the front
In play
- 2 bunkers left: 269 to reach, 304 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 6 yards shorter: the green sits 19 ft below the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 269 to reach, 304 to carry. Drives that finish short of 269 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 32 yards wide at 230.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 26 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back to front, about 4.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 395-14 ft
- Green · Red tee
- 386 · 400 · 414front · middle · back
- Green size
- 33 × 33yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 38 ydswide at 218
- Green slope
- 4%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 5 yards shorter: the green sits 14 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 262 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 38 yards wide at 218 and narrows to 27 at 258.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 4%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 195-8 ft
- Green · Red tee
- 179 · 198 · 212front · middle · back
- Green size
- 36 × 34yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 3 yards shorter: the green sits 8 ft below the tee.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- 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 36 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 56 · Par 37 · Par 48 · Par 39 · Par 510 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 413 · Par 414 · Par 415 · Par 516 · Par 417 · Par 318 · Par 5
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 49 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].