Rivers Edge Golf Club
Shallotte, North Carolina · 18 holes · par 72 · Public. Designed by Arnold Palmer, opened 1999.
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 20 ft the ball carries about 0% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 150. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
- Biggest climb: hole 18, where the green sits 18 ft above the tee and plays about 6 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 4, where the green sits 18 ft below the tee and plays about 6 yards shorter.
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 | Gold | Black | White | Green | Blue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 9 | 409 | 379 | 343 | 308 | 283 |
| 2 | 4 | 11 | 397 | 367 | 319 | 280 | 257 |
| 3 | 5 | 7 | 538 | 508 | 467 | 419 | 380 |
| 4 | 4 | 13 | 374 | 349 | 332 | 302 | 279 |
| 5 | 3 | 17 | 135 | 113 | 115 | 83 | 59 |
| 6 | 4 | 3 | 443 | 420 | 397 | 357 | 323 |
| 7 | 4 | 5 | 432 | 405 | 370 | 333 | 279 |
| 8 | 3 | 15 | 190 | 183 | 162 | 139 | 118 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | 554 | 540 | 494 | 447 | 415 |
| 10 | 4 | 8 | 363 | 342 | 316 | 286 | 264 |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | 510 | 485 | 455 | 437 | 385 |
| 12 | 3 | 14 | 174 | 169 | 142 | 130 | 89 |
| 13 | 4 | 6 | 399 | 367 | 339 | 322 | 286 |
| 14 | 4 | 18 | 294 | 277 | 255 | 247 | 229 |
| 15 | 3 | 10 | 195 | 185 | 155 | 106 | 106 |
| 16 | 4 | 4 | 392 | 372 | 359 | 348 | 248 |
| 17 | 5 | 16 | 465 | 433 | 420 | 356 | 302 |
| 18 | 4 | 12 | 371 | 345 | 319 | 276 | 223 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Male | 6909 | 74.7 | 149 |
| Black | Male | 6440 | 72.1 | 139 |
| White | Male | 6033 | 70 | 126 |
| Green | Female | 5295 | 72.3 | 138 |
| Green | Male | 5295 | 67.1 | 117 |
| Blue | Female | 4692 | 68.2 | 119 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 409-1 ft
- Green · Gold tee
- 405 · 409 · 418front · middle · back
- Green size
- 36 × 31yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 37 ydswide at 232
In play
- Bunker left: 138 to reach, 191 to carry
- Bunker right: 244 to reach, 276 to carry
- Water right: 291 to reach, 334 to carry
- Bunker front of the green
Playing notes
- Dogleg left at about 240 yards.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 138 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 138 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 37 yards wide at 232 and narrows to 25 at 202.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green is 36 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 397level
- Green · Gold tee
- 379 · 397 · 413front · middle · back
- Green size
- 37 × 30yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 51 ydswide at 225
In play
- Bunker left: 261 to reach, 289 to carry
- Water right: 371 to reach, 390 to carry
- Water across the hole in front of the green: 368 to carry
- Water across the hole in front of the green: 369 to carry
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Water crosses the hole: 331 to reach, 368 to carry.
- Water crosses the hole: 332 to reach, 369 to carry.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 261 to reach, 289 to carry. Drives that finish short of 261 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 51 yards wide at 225 and narrows to 38 at 195.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- Water short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green is 37 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 3 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 536-6 ft
- Green · Gold tee
- 520 · 538 · 547front · middle · back
- Green size
- 30 × 31yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 41 ydswide at 228
In play
- Bunker left: 159 to reach, 214 to carry
- Bunker left: 409 to reach, 423 to carry
- Bunker left: 460 to reach, 469 to carry
- Bunker left: 489 to reach, 514 to carry
- Water across the hole in front of the green: 507 to carry
Playing notes
- Plays about 2 yards shorter: the green sits 6 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 234 yards.
- Water crosses the hole: 502 to reach, 507 to carry.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 159 to reach, 214 to carry. Drives that finish short of 159 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 41 yards wide at 228 and narrows to 13 at 198.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 25 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- Water short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 36 · Par 47 · Par 48 · Par 39 · Par 510 · Par 411 · Par 512 · Par 313 · 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
- 34 hazards with reach and carry
- 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].