River Downs Golf Club
Reisterstown, Maryland · 18 holes · par 72 · Semi-Private. Designed by Arthur Hills, opened 1995.
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 510 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 17, where the green sits 53 ft above the tee and plays about 18 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 9, where the green sits 103 ft below the tee and plays about 34 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
| Hole | Par | Hcp | Blue | White | Gold | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 15 | 500 | 482 | 455 | 434 |
| 2 | 4 | 7 | 419 | 395 | 370 | 311 |
| 3 | 3 | 17 | 156 | 133 | 113 | 96 |
| 4 | 4 | 5 | 417 | 385 | 349 | 336 |
| 5 | 5 | 13 | 539 | 476 | 445 | 424 |
| 6 | 4 | 3 | 373 | 366 | 352 | 245 |
| 7 | 3 | 11 | 185 | 163 | 136 | 112 |
| 8 | 4 | 9 | 408 | 378 | 363 | 325 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | 579 | 542 | 525 | 430 |
| 10 | 4 | 10 | 380 | 370 | 347 | 320 |
| 11 | 3 | 16 | 170 | 150 | 115 | 110 |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | 570 | 545 | 519 | 420 |
| 13 | 4 | 18 | 338 | 320 | 311 | 250 |
| 14 | 3 | 14 | 195 | 166 | 137 | 109 |
| 15 | 4 | 4 | 430 | 415 | 385 | 293 |
| 16 | 4 | 12 | 356 | 313 | 275 | 239 |
| 17 | 5 | 8 | 496 | 475 | 445 | 420 |
| 18 | 3 | 6 | 212 | 195 | 171 | 70 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | Male | 6723 | 74.2 | 135 |
| White | Male | 6269 | 72.1 | 131 |
| Gold | Male | 5813 | 70.2 | 128 |
| Red | Male | 4944 | 70.4 | 122 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 488-36 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 487 · 500 · 512front · middle · back
- Green size
- 25 × 28yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 44 ydswide at 235
- Green slope
- 5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker front of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 12 yards shorter: the green sits 36 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 10 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 44 yards wide at 235.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 100 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 right by bunkers; miss left.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 409-29 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 406 · 419 · 435front · middle · back
- Green size
- 39 × 46yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 37 ydswide at 249
- Green slope
- 6.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 10 yards shorter: the green sits 29 ft below the tee.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 37 yards wide at 249 and narrows to 30 at 259.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 6.5%. 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 3 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 151-16 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 136 · 156 · 177front · middle · back
- Green size
- 42 × 38yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 9.5%falls to the left
In play
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 5 yards shorter: the green sits 16 ft below the tee.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- The green falls from right to left, about 9.5%. Finish on the left 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.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 56 · Par 47 · Par 38 · Par 49 · Par 510 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 513 · Par 414 · Par 315 · Par 416 · Par 417 · Par 518 · Par 3
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 20 hazards with reach and carry
- 14 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].