Roaring Gap Golf Club
Roaring Gap, North Carolina · 18 holes · par 72 · Private. Opened 1925.
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 2,990 ft the ball carries about 3% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 145. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
- Biggest climb: hole 3, where the green sits 65 ft above the tee and plays about 22 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 8, where the green sits 81 ft below the tee and plays about 27 yards shorter.
- 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 3 | 461 | 407 | 345 |
| 2 | 3 | 15 | 160 | 150 | 140 |
| 3 | 4 | 9 | 364 | 331 | 257 |
| 4 | 4 | 7 | 386 | 370 | 311 |
| 5 | 4 | 5 | 393 | 377 | 336 |
| 6 | 3 | 17 | 146 | 134 | 123 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | 519 | 498 | 357 |
| 8 | 4 | 11 | 398 | 368 | 313 |
| 9 | 4 | 13 | 301 | 273 | 257 |
| 10 | 4 | 12 | 371 | 355 | 298 |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | 515 | 487 | 363 |
| 12 | 4 | 10 | 371 | 350 | 290 |
| 13 | 3 | 18 | 155 | 145 | 135 |
| 14 | 4 | 8 | 385 | 373 | 324 |
| 15 | 4 | 6 | 411 | 356 | 311 |
| 16 | 5 | 4 | 539 | 470 | 423 |
| 17 | 4 | 14 | 347 | 337 | 327 |
| 18 | 3 | 16 | 233 | 208 | 156 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 6455 | 69.6 | 129 |
| Black | Female | 6455 | 75.7 | 138 |
| Black/Blue | Female | 6124 | 74.2 | 133 |
| Black/Blue | Male | 6124 | 68.7 | 126 |
| Blue | Male | 5989 | 68.2 | 126 |
| Blue | Female | 5989 | 73.7 | 131 |
| Blue/White | Female | 5644 | 72.4 | 126 |
| Blue/White | Male | 5644 | 67.3 | 118 |
| White | Female | 5066 | 69.3 | 120 |
| White | Male | 5066 | 64.5 | 109 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 466+16 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 446 · 461 · 479front · middle · back
- Green size
- 33 × 28yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 44 ydswide at 237
- Green slope
- 4%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker left: 377 to reach, 393 to carry
- Bunker front of the green
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 5 yards longer: the green sits 16 ft above the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 273 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 44 yards wide at 237.
- Best lay-up: 100 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 36 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.
- The green falls from back to front, about 4%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 165+14 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 147 · 160 · 175front · middle · back
- Green size
- 29 × 25yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker right: 83 to reach, 104 to carry
Playing notes
- Plays about 5 yards longer: the green sits 14 ft above the tee.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 3%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 386+65 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 352 · 364 · 381front · middle · back
- Green size
- 31 × 23yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 61 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 4%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker back-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 22 yards longer: the green sits 65 ft above the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 241 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 61 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 42 at 206.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 4%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 46 · Par 37 · Par 58 · Par 49 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 512 · Par 413 · Par 314 · 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
- 37 hazards with reach and carry
- 15 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].