Club At River Oaks
Sherman, Connecticut · 18 holes · par 70 · Private. Opened 2003.
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 300 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 7, where the green sits 46 ft above the tee and plays about 15 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 9, where the green sits 67 ft below the tee and plays about 22 yards shorter.
- Driving-zone hazards sit on the right on 8 holes and on the left on 3: a tee shot missed right costs more here.
- 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 | Black | Blue | White | Gold | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 15 | 402 | 384 | 375 | 360 | 335 |
| 2 | 4 | 3 | 445 | 420 | 410 | 392 | 386 |
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 429 | 404 | 396 | 374 | 322 |
| 4 | 3 | 13 | 197 | 185 | 170 | 153 | 132 |
| 5 | 4 | 11 | 425 | 374 | 356 | 346 | 316 |
| 6 | 4 | 17 | 305 | 280 | 271 | 264 | 254 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | 605 | 585 | 573 | 562 | 470 |
| 8 | 3 | 7 | 225 | 198 | 177 | 169 | 145 |
| 9 | 4 | 9 | 435 | 391 | 378 | 366 | 345 |
| 10 | 3 | 10 | 207 | 192 | 185 | 180 | 167 |
| 11 | 4 | 4 | 421 | 399 | 373 | 351 | 246 |
| 12 | 4 | 14 | 335 | 323 | 308 | 291 | 267 |
| 13 | 4 | 2 | 460 | 440 | 423 | 407 | 355 |
| 14 | 4 | 16 | 372 | 348 | 333 | 313 | 277 |
| 15 | 3 | 18 | 174 | 162 | 150 | 140 | 125 |
| 16 | 5 | 12 | 503 | 487 | 479 | 454 | 438 |
| 17 | 3 | 8 | 210 | 187 | 170 | 165 | 142 |
| 18 | 5 | 6 | 580 | 520 | 490 | 475 | 430 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 6740 | 73.8 | 138 |
| Blue | Male | 6299 | 71.8 | 136 |
| White | Male | 5931 | 69.9 | 132 |
| Gold | Female | 5643 | 73.3 | 132 |
| Gold | Male | 5643 | 68.5 | 127 |
| Red | Female | 5172 | 70.8 | 127 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 404+6 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 388 · 402 · 415front · middle · back
- Green size
- 29 × 26yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 37 ydswide at 250
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the back-right
In play
- 2 bunkers left: 260 to reach, 286 to carry
- 4 bunkers right: 272 to reach, 321 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 2 yards longer: the green sits 6 ft above the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 260 yards.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 260 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 260 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 37 yards wide at 250 and narrows to 24 at 300.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- The green falls from front-left to back-right, about 2.5%. Finish on the back-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 427-54 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 424 · 445 · 461front · middle · back
- Green size
- 40 × 20yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 40 ydswide at 237
- Green slope
- 5%falls to the right
In play
- Water front-right of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 18 yards shorter: the green sits 54 ft below the tee.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 40 yards wide at 237 and narrows to 30 at 287.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers and water; miss left.
- The green falls from left to right, about 5%. Finish on the right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 40 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 442+40 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 412 · 429 · 447front · middle · back
- Green size
- 41 × 18yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 23 ydswide at 270
- Green slope
- 4%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker left: 233 to reach, 252 to carry
- Bunker left: 356 to reach, 372 to carry
- 2 bunkers across the hole in front of the green: 393 to carry
Playing notes
- Plays about 13 yards longer: the green sits 40 ft above the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 233 to reach, 252 to carry. Drives that finish short of 233 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 23 yards wide at 270 and narrows to 9 at 310.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 4%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 41 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 35 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 58 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par 311 · Par 412 · Par 413 · Par 414 · Par 415 · Par 316 · Par 517 · Par 318 · Par 5
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 45 hazards with reach and carry
- 15 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].