Ridgewood Country Club
Danbury, Connecticut · 18 holes · par 71 · Private. Designed by Devereux Emmet, opened 1921.
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 460 ft the ball carries about 1% 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 5, where the green sits 36 ft above the tee and plays about 12 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 6, where the green sits 86 ft below the tee and plays about 29 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
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mens Champion | Male | 6758 | 73.3 | 138 |
| Mens | Male | 6302 | 70.9 | 135 |
| Seniors | Male | 5689 | 67.9 | 127 |
| Ladies | Male | 5338 | 71.5 | 125 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 380+8 ft
- Green
- 362 · 377 · 391front · middle · back
- Green size
- 29 × 17yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 24 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 4%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 3 yards longer: the green sits 8 ft above the tee.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 24 yards wide at 230.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back to front, about 4%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 438-1 ft
- Green
- 422 · 438 · 453front · middle · back
- Green size
- 32 × 16yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 29 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker left: 247 to reach, 284 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 247 to reach, 284 to carry. Drives that finish short of 247 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 29 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 18 at 280.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 2%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 377+24 ft
- Green
- 359 · 369 · 379front · middle · back
- Green size
- 23 × 23yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 24 ydswide at 229
- Green slope
- 5.5%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 348 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 8 yards longer: the green sits 24 ft above the tee.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 24 yards wide at 229.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back to front, about 5.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 46 · Par 57 · Par 48 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par 311 · Par 412 · Par 413 · Par 314 · 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
- 51 hazards with reach and carry
- 14 green slope reads
- 2 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].