Royal Oaks Golf Course
Knob Noster, Missouri · 18 holes · par 72 · Military. Designed by Larry Packard, opened 1958.
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 830 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 16, where the green sits 30 ft above the tee and plays about 10 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 3, where the green sits 58 ft below the tee and plays about 19 yards shorter.
- 15 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 | 4 | 2 | 443 | 393 | 344 | 337 |
| 2 | 4 | 11 | 377 | 337 | 301 | 294 |
| 3 | 5 | 3 | 563 | 490 | 452 | 445 |
| 4 | 3 | 16 | 167 | 147 | 134 | 127 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | 423 | 386 | 337 | 330 |
| 6 | 3 | 12 | 180 | 143 | 120 | 95 |
| 7 | 5 | 13 | 517 | 470 | 409 | 402 |
| 8 | 4 | 8 | 382 | 368 | 338 | 128 |
| 9 | 4 | 6 | 441 | 384 | 303 | 273 |
| 10 | 4 | 17 | 383 | 364 | 332 | 325 |
| 11 | 3 | 10 | 187 | 187 | 127 | 120 |
| 12 | 4 | 9 | 374 | 354 | 314 | 307 |
| 13 | 5 | 4 | 546 | 512 | 450 | 413 |
| 14 | 4 | 7 | 373 | 350 | 315 | 308 |
| 15 | 4 | 5 | 474 | 424 | 412 | 405 |
| 16 | 5 | 14 | 496 | 470 | 352 | 345 |
| 17 | 4 | 15 | 403 | 378 | 317 | 310 |
| 18 | 3 | 18 | 157 | 147 | 125 | 118 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | Male | 6880 | 71.2 | 119 |
| White | Male | 6304 | 68.9 | 115 |
| Gold | Male | 5580 | 65 | 112 |
| Gold | Female | 5580 | 72.2 | 127 |
| Red | Female | 5150 | 69.4 | 121 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 441-7 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 431 · 443 · 455front · middle · back
- Green size
- 25 × 26yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 36 ydswide at 228
- Green slope
- 3.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 423 to carry
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 2 yards shorter: the green sits 7 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 285 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 36 yards wide at 228.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- 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 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 369-25 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 362 · 377 · 392front · middle · back
- Green size
- 31 × 26yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 21 ydswide at 232
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 8 yards shorter: the green sits 25 ft below the tee.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 21 yards wide at 232.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 2%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 544-58 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 554 · 563 · 575front · middle · back
- Green size
- 25 × 23yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the left
In play
- No bunkers or water mapped on this hole
Playing notes
- Plays about 19 yards shorter: the green sits 58 ft below the tee.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- No hazards mapped around the green.
- The green falls from right to left, about 2.5%. Finish on the left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 35 · Par 46 · Par 37 · Par 58 · Par 49 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 413 · Par 514 · Par 415 · Par 416 · Par 517 · Par 418 · Par 3
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 22 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].