Park Ridge Country Club
Park Ridge, Illinois · 18 holes · par 70 · Private. Designed by H. J. Tweedie, Tom Bendelow, Dick Nugent, David Esler, William Langford, David Gill, Ken Killian, opened 1906.
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 650 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 18, where the green sits 10 ft above the tee and plays about 3 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 1, where the green sits 13 ft below the tee and plays about 4 yards shorter.
- 12 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 | White | Red | Green |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 7 | 405 | 394 | 354 | |
| 2 | 4 | 9 | 389 | 372 | 330 | |
| 3 | 5 | 1 | 593 | 549 | 499 | |
| 4 | 5 | 5 | 479 | 471 | 415 | |
| 5 | 3 | 15 | 194 | 189 | 147 | |
| 6 | 4 | 13 | 371 | 358 | 307 | |
| 7 | 4 | 11 | 368 | 348 | 315 | |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | 457 | 441 | 400 | |
| 9 | 3 | 17 | 173 | 167 | 135 | |
| 10 | 5 | 4 | 501 | 493 | 431 | |
| 11 | 4 | 12 | 356 | 345 | 312 | |
| 12 | 3 | 16 | 167 | 152 | 108 | |
| 13 | 4 | 10 | 421 | 401 | 346 | |
| 14 | 3 | 18 | 178 | 160 | 123 | |
| 15 | 4 | 2 | 454 | 446 | 432 | |
| 16 | 4 | 8 | 410 | 397 | 376 | |
| 17 | 3 | 14 | 209 | 198 | 159 | |
| 18 | 4 | 6 | 434 | 414 | 355 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | Male | 6578 | 71.9 | 131 |
| White | Male | 6323 | 70.6 | 128 |
| Red | Female | 5544 | 72.2 | 126 |
| Green | Male | 5544 | 67.1 | 120 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 401-13 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 387 · 405 · 422front · middle · back
- Green size
- 35 × 23yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 30 ydswide at 234
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker right: 268 to reach, 279 to carry
- Bunker right: 344 to reach, 356 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 4 yards shorter: the green sits 13 ft below the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 268 to reach, 279 to carry. Drives that finish short of 268 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 30 yards wide at 234 and narrows to 24 at 274.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 1.5%. Finish on the front-right 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.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 387-7 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 375 · 389 · 402front · middle · back
- Green size
- 27 × 18yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 32 ydswide at 215
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker left: 193 to reach, 207 to carry
- Bunker left: 249 to reach, 263 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 2 yards shorter: the green sits 7 ft below the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 193 to reach, 263 to carry. Drives that finish short of 193 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 32 yards wide at 215 and narrows to 24 at 265.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- 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 5
- Plays like
- 596+8 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 581 · 593 · 606front · middle · back
- Green size
- 28 × 21yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 47 ydswide at 231
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front
In play
- 3 bunkers left: 231 to reach, 270 to carry
- Bunker right: 399 to reach, 416 to carry
- Bunker left: 457 to reach, 470 to carry
- Bunker right: 533 to reach, 541 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 3 yards longer: the green sits 8 ft above the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 231 to reach, 270 to carry. Drives that finish short of 231 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 47 yards wide at 231 and narrows to 32 at 271.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 110 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 33 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 to front, about 2.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 55 · Par 36 · Par 47 · Par 48 · Par 49 · Par 310 · Par 511 · Par 412 · Par 313 · Par 414 · Par 315 · Par 416 · Par 417 · Par 318 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 73 hazards with reach and carry
- 13 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].