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Red Hawk Ridge

Castle Rock, Colorado · 18 holes · par 72 · Public. 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

Altitude6,350 ftCarries about 7% farther
Bunkers40Fewer than 64% of Colorado guides
Holes with water3 of 18
Average fairway width48 ydsWider than 93% of Colorado guides
Typical green5,900 sq ftBigger than 71% of Colorado guides
Sloped greens14 of 18Tilt 2% or more
  • At about 6,350 ft the ball carries about 7% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 139. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
  • Biggest climb: hole 13, where the green sits 88 ft above the tee and plays about 29 yards longer.
  • Biggest drop: hole 15, where the green sits 132 ft below the tee and plays about 44 yards shorter.
  • Driving-zone hazards sit on the right on 4 holes and on the left on 2: a tee shot missed right costs more here.
  • 14 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

HoleParHcpBlackGoldBlueWhiteRed
1517508486466435391
2411379359330294246
335174181157140122
441426392373337290
5415388331320291241
639181165144120102
753648570524486438
847308298296256217
9413447364308276232
1044412377354313262
1131417815714312992
12410374345335311269
13512508500491426402
143819516213411394
1542528465435394343
1656571513500458397
1731615513412912479
18518635533484453419

Tees

TeeYardsRatingSlope
BlackMale701571.8137
Black/GoldMale649969.6132
GoldFemale633274.7149
GoldMale633269.1129
BlueMale592366.9121
BlueFemale592372.2145
Blue/WhiteMale561565.6113
Blue/WhiteFemale561570.3136
WhiteMale535664.9107
WhiteFemale535669.3133
White/RedFemale499267128
RedFemale463665116

Hole 1 · Par 5

Lay-up zoneGreen falls this way

508 (Black) · 486 (Gold) · 466 (Blue) · 435 (White) · 391 (Red) yards · Handicap 17

Plays like
481-80 ft
Green · Black tee
490 · 508 · 527front · middle · back
Green size
38 × 26yards deep × wide
Fairway
49 ydswide at 294
Green slope
1.5%falls to the front-left

In play

  • Bunker left: 260 to reach, 295 to carry
  • Bunker right: 303 to reach, 335 to carry
  • Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 487 to carry

Playing notes

  • Plays about 27 yards shorter: the green sits 80 ft below the tee.
  • Dogleg left at about 303 yards.
  • Fairway bunkers on the left: 260 to reach, 295 to carry. Drives that finish short of 260 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
  • The fairway is about 49 yards wide at 294 and narrows to 28 at 314.
  • Best lay-up: 90 to 160 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 36 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
  • Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
  • The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 1.5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
  • The green is 38 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.

Hole 2 · Par 4

Green falls this way

379 (Black) · 359 (Gold) · 330 (Blue) · 294 (White) · 246 (Red) yards · Handicap 11

Plays like
356-70 ft
Green · Black tee
359 · 379 · 395front · middle · back
Green size
36 × 25yards deep × wide
Fairway
47 ydswide at 244
Green slope
1.5%falls to the front-right

In play

  • Bunker right: 270 to reach, 304 to carry
  • Bunker left: 314 to reach, 347 to carry
  • Bunker front-right of the green

Playing notes

  • Plays about 23 yards shorter: the green sits 70 ft below the tee.
  • Dogleg left at about 270 yards.
  • Fairway bunkers on the right: 270 to reach, 304 to carry. Drives that finish short of 270 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
  • The fairway is about 47 yards wide at 244 and narrows to 38 at 283.
  • The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
  • The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 1.5%. 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.

Hole 3 · Par 3

174 (Black) · 181 (Gold) · 157 (Blue) · 140 (White) · 122 (Red) yards · Handicap 5

Plays like
179-6 ft
Green · Gold tee
157 · 181 · 204front · middle · back
Green size
47 × 33yards deep × wide

In play

  • Bunker front of the green

Playing notes

  • Plays about 2 yards shorter: the green sits 6 ft below the tee.
  • Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
  • The green is 47 yards deep: a back pin can play about 4 clubs more than a front pin.

Holes 4 to 18

4 · Par 45 · Par 46 · Par 37 · Par 58 · Par 49 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 413 · Par 514 · Par 315 · Par 416 · Par 517 · Par 318 · Par 5

The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:

  • 15 plays-like yardages
  • 26 hazards with reach and carry
  • 14 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].

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