Falls Road Golf Course
Potomac, Maryland · 18 holes · par 70 · Public/Municipal. Opened 1961.
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 380 ft the ball carries about 0% 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 8, where the green sits 32 ft above the tee and plays about 11 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 7, where the green sits 48 ft below the tee and plays about 16 yards shorter.
- Driving-zone hazards sit on the left on 6 holes and on the right on 3: a tee shot missed left costs more here.
- 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 | Green |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 12 | 333 | 310 | 261 |
| 2 | 5 | 4 | 468 | 450 | 357 |
| 3 | 3 | 16 | 168 | 147 | 113 |
| 4 | 5 | 2 | 539 | 519 | 423 |
| 5 | 3 | 14 | 175 | 153 | 90 |
| 6 | 4 | 6 | 418 | 403 | 336 |
| 7 | 4 | 8 | 376 | 349 | 288 |
| 8 | 4 | 10 | 351 | 323 | 256 |
| 9 | 3 | 18 | 145 | 127 | 100 |
| 10 | 4 | 9 | 383 | 365 | 289 |
| 11 | 3 | 17 | 160 | 146 | 115 |
| 12 | 4 | 5 | 424 | 409 | 282 |
| 13 | 4 | 1 | 432 | 410 | 298 |
| 14 | 3 | 15 | 183 | 172 | 119 |
| 15 | 4 | 7 | 404 | 374 | 276 |
| 16 | 5 | 3 | 469 | 449 | 288 |
| 17 | 4 | 13 | 368 | 345 | 276 |
| 18 | 4 | 11 | 366 | 342 | 200 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 6162 | 69.8 | 126 |
| Blue | Male | 5793 | 68 | 123 |
| Silver | Male | 5328 | 65.5 | 120 |
| Silver | Female | 5328 | 69.5 | 119 |
| Green | Female | 4457 | 64.7 | 108 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 332-4 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 321 · 333 · 350front · middle · back
- Green size
- 32 × 24yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 44 ydswide at 212
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker right: 229 to reach, 265 to carry
- Bunker front of the green
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 229 to reach, 265 to carry. Drives that finish short of 229 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 44 yards wide at 212 and narrows to 27 at 248.
- 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-right to front-left, about 3%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 469+4 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 454 · 468 · 481front · middle · back
- Green size
- 27 × 26yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 43 ydswide at 236
- Green slope
- 3.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- 2 bunkers right: 259 to reach, 294 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Dogleg right at about 158 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 259 to reach, 294 to carry. Drives that finish short of 259 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 43 yards wide at 236 and narrows to 23 at 286.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 160 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 25 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 3.5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 168-1 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 151 · 168 · 185front · middle · back
- Green size
- 35 × 26yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker back-left of the green
Playing notes
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- 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.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 55 · Par 36 · Par 47 · Par 48 · Par 49 · Par 310 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 413 · 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
- 33 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].