The Ranch Club
Missoula, Montana · 18 holes · par 72 · Private. Designed by Les Furbur, opened 2003.
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 3,180 ft the ball carries about 4% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 144. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
- Biggest climb: hole 12, where the green sits 27 ft above the tee and plays about 9 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 4, where the green sits 23 ft below the tee and plays about 8 yards shorter.
- Driving-zone hazards sit on the right on 10 holes and on the left on 4: a tee shot missed right costs more here.
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 | Gold |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 11 | 391 | 360 |
| 2 | 5 | 5 | 520 | 497 |
| 3 | 4 | 9 | 372 | 341 |
| 4 | 3 | 17 | 162 | 141 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | 468 | 435 |
| 6 | 3 | 15 | 197 | 159 |
| 7 | 5 | 3 | 585 | 505 |
| 8 | 3 | 13 | 237 | 195 |
| 9 | 5 | 7 | 506 | 472 |
| 10 | 4 | 14 | 383 | 349 |
| 11 | 3 | 18 | 187 | 157 |
| 12 | 5 | 8 | 569 | 537 |
| 13 | 4 | 2 | 452 | 413 |
| 14 | 4 | 12 | 407 | 368 |
| 15 | 3 | 16 | 191 | 168 |
| 16 | 4 | 4 | 438 | 409 |
| 17 | 5 | 6 | 544 | 501 |
| 18 | 4 | 10 | 418 | 378 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 7020 | 74.2 | 133 |
| Gold | Male | 6385 | 71.7 | 124 |
| Silver | Male | 5714 | 67.9 | 118 |
| Silver | Female | 5714 | 73.4 | 131 |
| Copper | Male | 5096 | 70.3 | 125 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 391+1 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 376 · 391 · 410front · middle · back
- Green size
- 37 × 25yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 43 ydswide at 231
In play
- Bunker right: 250 to reach, 268 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 250 to reach, 268 to carry. Drives that finish short of 250 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 43 yards wide at 231 and narrows to 30 at 271.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- The green is 37 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 2 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 522+5 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 508 · 520 · 532front · middle · back
- Green size
- 27 × 31yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 30 ydswide at 231
In play
- Bunker right: 202 to reach, 226 to carry
- Bunker right: 245 to reach, 261 to carry
- Bunker right: 456 to reach, 471 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker front of the green
Playing notes
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 202 to reach, 261 to carry. Drives that finish short of 202 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 30 yards wide at 231.
- Best lay-up: 80 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 24 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 373+3 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 358 · 372 · 389front · middle · back
- Green size
- 33 × 33yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 37 ydswide at 231
In play
- Bunker right: 278 to reach, 300 to carry
- Bunker right: 321 to reach, 340 to carry
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Dogleg left at about 248 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 278 to reach, 300 to carry. Drives that finish short of 278 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 37 yards wide at 231 and narrows to 27 at 201.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 35 · Par 46 · Par 37 · Par 58 · Par 39 · Par 510 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 513 · Par 414 · Par 415 · Par 316 · Par 417 · Par 518 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 58 hazards with reach and carry
- 4 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].