Rum River Hills Golf Club
Ramsey, Minnesota · 18 holes · par 71 · Public. Designed by Joel Goldstrand, opened 1988.
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 870 ft the ball carries about 1% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 148. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
- Biggest climb: hole 10, where the green sits 11 ft above the tee and plays about 4 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 13, where the green sits 28 ft below the tee and plays about 9 yards shorter.
- Driving-zone hazards sit on the left on 7 holes and on the right on 2: a tee shot missed left costs more here.
- 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 | Black | Blue | White | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 3 | 413 | 400 | 343 | 270 |
| 2 | 5 | 11 | 525 | 510 | 489 | 436 |
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 352 | 348 | 326 | 272 |
| 4 | 3 | 15 | 160 | 142 | 132 | 132 |
| 5 | 4 | 9 | 416 | 403 | 388 | 362 |
| 6 | 3 | 13 | 200 | 190 | 162 | 151 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | 372 | 358 | 320 | 310 |
| 8 | 4 | 7 | 303 | 293 | 280 | 202 |
| 9 | 4 | 17 | 368 | 348 | 340 | 328 |
| 10 | 4 | 14 | 374 | 366 | 336 | 288 |
| 11 | 4 | 8 | 410 | 400 | 383 | 336 |
| 12 | 5 | 10 | 517 | 507 | 495 | 423 |
| 13 | 4 | 4 | 411 | 401 | 388 | 347 |
| 14 | 3 | 18 | 118 | 108 | 95 | 89 |
| 15 | 4 | 2 | 327 | 322 | 310 | 254 |
| 16 | 3 | 16 | 161 | 153 | 147 | 140 |
| 17 | 4 | 6 | 420 | 391 | 372 | 313 |
| 18 | 5 | 12 | 461 | 451 | 442 | 371 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 6308 | 71 | 117 |
| Blue | Male | 6091 | 70 | 115 |
| White | Male | 5738 | 68.4 | 112 |
| Red | Female | 5024 | 69.6 | 120 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 412-2 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 401 · 413 · 423front · middle · back
- Green size
- 24 × 28yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 39 ydswide at 228
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the front
In play
- Water left: -2 to reach, 131 to carry
- Water across the hole in front of the green: 159 to carry
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Dogleg right at about 246 yards.
- Water crosses the hole: 113 to reach, 159 to carry.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 39 yards wide at 228.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back to front, about 3%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 522-9 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 512 · 525 · 538front · middle · back
- Green size
- 28 × 20yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 28 ydswide at 237
- Green slope
- 4.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker right: 7 to reach, 101 to carry
- Water across the hole in front of the green: 502 to carry
Playing notes
- Plays about 3 yards shorter: the green sits 9 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 274 yards.
- Water crosses the hole: 461 to reach, 502 to carry.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 28 yards wide at 237 and narrows to 23 at 287.
- Best lay-up: 100 to 130 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 water; miss left.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 4.5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 350-6 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 340 · 352 · 367front · middle · back
- Green size
- 30 × 26yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 28 ydswide at 219
- Green slope
- 4.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- Water across the hole: 46 to reach, 146 to carry
- Water left: 87 to reach, 133 to carry
- Water left: 182 to reach, 248 to carry
- Water across the hole in front of the green: 332 to carry
Playing notes
- Plays about 2 yards shorter: the green sits 6 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 201 yards.
- Water crosses the hole: 46 to reach, 146 to carry.
- Water crosses the hole: 314 to reach, 332 to carry.
- Fairway water on the left: 182 to reach, 248 to carry. Drives that finish short of 182 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 28 yards wide at 219.
- The green is guarded on the left by water; miss right.
- 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.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 35 · Par 46 · Par 37 · Par 48 · Par 49 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 513 · Par 414 · Par 315 · Par 416 · Par 317 · Par 418 · Par 5
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 41 hazards with reach and carry
- 15 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].