Blue Top Ridge
Riverside, Iowa · 18 holes · par 72 · Public/Resort. Opened 2008.
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 670 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 12, where the green sits 69 ft above the tee and plays about 23 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 4, where the green sits 60 ft below the tee and plays about 20 yards shorter.
- 16 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $1000 | Male | 7432 | 77.6 | 146 |
| $500 | Male | 6989 | 75.2 | 144 |
| $100 | Male | 6405 | 71.9 | 134 |
| $100 | Female | 6405 | 77.5 | 141 |
| $25 | Male | 5735 | 71.9 | 134 |
| $25 | Female | 5735 | 73.5 | 131 |
| $5 | Male | 5145 | 66 | 117 |
| $5 | Female | 5145 | 69.9 | 122 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 417+22 ft
- Green
- 392 · 410 · 424front · middle · back
- Green size
- 34 × 27yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 35 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 4.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- Water right: 0 to reach, 121 to carry
- Bunker left: 260 to reach, 323 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 7 yards longer: the green sits 22 ft above the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 260 to reach, 323 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 35 yards wide at 230.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 4.5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 450+45 ft
- Green
- 419 · 435 · 448front · middle · back
- Green size
- 31 × 26yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 40 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker left: 187 to reach, 216 to carry
- Water left: 194 to reach, 218 to carry
- Bunker right: 279 to reach, 313 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 15 yards longer: the green sits 45 ft above the tee.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 187 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 187 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 40 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 31 at 200.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- The green falls from back to front, about 2.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 335-4 ft
- Green
- 319 · 336 · 350front · middle · back
- Green size
- 35 × 27yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 36 ydswide at 202
- Green slope
- 1%falls to the front
In play
- Water left: 173 to reach, 196 to carry
- 2 bunkers left: 222 to reach, 286 to carry
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Dogleg left at about 271 yards.
- Fairway bunkers and water on the left: 173 to reach, 286 to carry. Drives that finish short of 173 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 36 yards wide at 202.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- The green falls from back to front, about 1%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 35 yards deep: a back pin can play about 2 clubs more than a front pin.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 55 · Par 46 · Par 37 · Par 58 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 513 · Par 414 · Par 315 · Par 416 · Par 517 · Par 418 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 58 hazards with reach and carry
- 15 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].