Boca Rio Golf Club
Boca Raton, Florida · 18 holes · par 72 · Private. Opened 1967.
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 20 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 drop: hole 1, where the green sits 10 ft below the tee and plays about 3 yards shorter.
- 13 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 | Blue | Red | White | Gold | Green |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 11 | 487 | 474 | 446 | 431 | 378 |
| 2 | 4 | 3 | 421 | 411 | 388 | 266 | 224 |
| 3 | 3 | 17 | 190 | 155 | 143 | 131 | 119 |
| 4 | 4 | 13 | 363 | 352 | 309 | 284 | 223 |
| 5 | 4 | 7 | 400 | 373 | 356 | 339 | 269 |
| 6 | 3 | 15 | 185 | 173 | 153 | 125 | 113 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | 456 | 442 | 411 | 325 | 292 |
| 8 | 5 | 5 | 542 | 519 | 506 | 437 | 399 |
| 9 | 4 | 9 | 412 | 398 | 372 | 335 | 329 |
| 10 | 5 | 10 | 585 | 522 | 492 | 426 | 393 |
| 11 | 4 | 4 | 465 | 429 | 407 | 362 | 345 |
| 12 | 4 | 14 | 353 | 341 | 320 | 300 | 274 |
| 13 | 3 | 18 | 218 | 191 | 171 | 135 | 130 |
| 14 | 4 | 6 | 410 | 393 | 363 | 320 | 282 |
| 15 | 4 | 2 | 442 | 413 | 400 | 325 | 261 |
| 16 | 5 | 12 | 528 | 518 | 477 | 430 | 389 |
| 17 | 3 | 16 | 177 | 166 | 138 | 123 | 105 |
| 18 | 4 | 8 | 421 | 407 | 384 | 345 | 328 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | Male | 7116 | 74.6 | 138 |
| Red | Male | 6707 | 72.8 | 135 |
| White | Male | 6262 | 70.7 | 131 |
| Gold | Female | 5564 | 72.5 | 131 |
| Gold | Male | 5564 | 67.2 | 124 |
| Green | Female | 5015 | 69.8 | 125 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 484-10 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 470 · 487 · 505front · middle · back
- Green size
- 39 × 21yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 34 ydswide at 224
- Green slope
- 3.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- Water across the hole: 62 to reach, 127 to carry
- Bunker left: 183 to reach, 205 to carry
- Bunker left: 226 to reach, 240 to carry
- Water left: 336 to reach, 410 to carry
- Water front-left of the green
- Water left of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker right of the green
- Bunker back-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 3 yards shorter: the green sits 10 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 321 yards.
- Water crosses the hole: 62 to reach, 127 to carry.
- Water crosses the hole: 66 to reach, 123 to carry.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 183 to reach, 240 to carry. Drives that finish short of 183 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 34 yards wide at 224 and narrows to 26 at 264.
- Best lay-up: 100 to 130 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 20 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-right to front-left, about 3.5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 39 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 421level
- Green · Blue tee
- 400 · 421 · 439front · middle · back
- Green size
- 42 × 19yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 33 ydswide at 225
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front-right
In play
- Water right: 38 to reach, 162 to carry
- Water across the hole: 40 to reach, 112 to carry
- Bunker right: 227 to reach, 241 to carry
- 3 bunkers right: 264 to reach, 332 to carry
- 2 bunkers across the hole in front of the green: 389 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker left of the green
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Dogleg right at about 313 yards.
- Water crosses the hole: 40 to reach, 79 to carry.
- Water crosses the hole: 42 to reach, 112 to carry.
- Water crosses the hole: 46 to reach, 108 to carry.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 227 to reach, 332 to carry. Drives that finish short of 227 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 33 yards wide at 225 and narrows to 24 at 235.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 2%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 42 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 3 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 190+1 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 169 · 190 · 201front · middle · back
- Green size
- 36 × 26yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 3.5%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back to front, about 3.5%. Finish on the front 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 46 · Par 37 · Par 48 · Par 59 · Par 410 · Par 511 · Par 412 · Par 413 · Par 314 · Par 415 · Par 416 · Par 517 · Par 318 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 86 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].