Riverwood Golf Club
Port Charlotte, Florida · 18 holes · par 72 · Semi-Private. Designed by Gene Bates, opened 1992.
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 10 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.
- 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 | Black | Blue | White | Gold | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 7 | 396 | 380 | 369 | 316 | 280 |
| 2 | 4 | 13 | 375 | 355 | 335 | 290 | 245 |
| 3 | 5 | 15 | 500 | 472 | 433 | 396 | 367 |
| 4 | 4 | 9 | 400 | 380 | 358 | 319 | 264 |
| 5 | 3 | 17 | 171 | 141 | 128 | 122 | 100 |
| 6 | 4 | 3 | 424 | 393 | 360 | 329 | 276 |
| 7 | 3 | 11 | 197 | 188 | 172 | 163 | 122 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | 435 | 412 | 401 | 342 | 278 |
| 9 | 5 | 5 | 539 | 503 | 485 | 432 | 381 |
| 10 | 4 | 6 | 405 | 387 | 352 | 335 | 296 |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | 400 | 382 | 345 | 310 | 270 |
| 12 | 5 | 16 | 554 | 490 | 485 | 417 | 374 |
| 13 | 3 | 18 | 179 | 167 | 135 | 123 | 97 |
| 14 | 4 | 8 | 421 | 402 | 358 | 320 | 292 |
| 15 | 4 | 14 | 385 | 335 | 307 | 278 | 253 |
| 16 | 3 | 12 | 217 | 184 | 149 | 108 | 103 |
| 17 | 5 | 10 | 551 | 514 | 449 | 439 | 396 |
| 18 | 4 | 4 | 455 | 427 | 413 | 337 | 301 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 7004 | 74.8 | 139 |
| Blue | Male | 6472 | 72.7 | 133 |
| White | Male | 6034 | 70.1 | 131 |
| Gold | Male | 5376 | 66.6 | 120 |
| Red | Female | 4695 | 67.9 | 121 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 394-5 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 390 · 396 · 403front · middle · back
- Green size
- 21 × 25yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 35 ydswide at 229
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 35 yards wide at 229 and narrows to 23 at 279.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from back to front, about 2%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 375level
- Green · Black tee
- 366 · 375 · 386front · middle · back
- Green size
- 28 × 28yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 47 ydswide at 233
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front
In play
- Water across the hole: 30 to reach, 175 to carry
- Water across the hole in front of the green: 188 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Dogleg right at about 304 yards.
- Water crosses the hole: 30 to reach, 175 to carry.
- Water crosses the hole: 31 to reach, 188 to carry.
- Water crosses the hole: 37 to reach, 188 to carry.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 47 yards wide at 233 and narrows to 29 at 203.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers and water; miss left.
- The green falls from back to front, about 2%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 500-1 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 488 · 500 · 514front · middle · back
- Green size
- 30 × 23yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 29 ydswide at 233
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front-right
In play
- Water right: 6 to reach, 148 to carry
- Bunker right: 224 to reach, 252 to carry
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 224 to reach, 252 to carry. Drives that finish short of 224 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 29 yards wide at 233 and narrows to 22 at 243.
- Best lay-up: 90 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 20 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 2%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 36 · Par 47 · Par 38 · Par 49 · Par 510 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 513 · Par 314 · Par 415 · Par 416 · Par 317 · Par 518 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 56 hazards with reach and carry
- 13 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].