Verdict Ridge Golf Country Club
Denver, North Carolina · 18 holes · par 72 · Resort. 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 710 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 1, where the green sits 26 ft above the tee and plays about 9 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 18, 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 | Black | Blue | White | Gold | Green | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 5 | 367 | 335 | 306 | 281 | 276 | |
| 2 | 3 | 9 | 208 | 155 | 155 | 155 | 149 | |
| 3 | 5 | 13 | 520 | 452 | 435 | 394 | 389 | |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | 462 | 394 | 365 | 324 | 294 | |
| 5 | 4 | 15 | 382 | 342 | 295 | 253 | 245 | |
| 6 | 5 | 7 | 538 | 502 | 465 | 432 | 428 | |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | 385 | 351 | 314 | 277 | 273 | |
| 8 | 3 | 11 | 225 | 138 | 138 | 138 | 133 | |
| 9 | 4 | 17 | 349 | 325 | 292 | 273 | 269 | |
| 10 | 4 | 12 | 415 | 382 | 343 | 309 | 305 | |
| 11 | 3 | 14 | 202 | 155 | 155 | 115 | 99 | |
| 12 | 4 | 6 | 449 | 409 | 372 | 329 | 273 | |
| 13 | 3 | 18 | 160 | 118 | 118 | 104 | 99 | |
| 14 | 4 | 10 | 390 | 367 | 316 | 287 | 282 | |
| 15 | 4 | 4 | 409 | 375 | 335 | 310 | 282 | |
| 16 | 5 | 16 | 507 | 494 | 477 | 367 | 362 | |
| 17 | 4 | 8 | 411 | 388 | 370 | 252 | 244 | |
| 18 | 5 | 2 | 582 | 517 | 481 | 447 | 390 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 6926 | 74.8 | 149 |
| Blue | Male | 6320 | 71.8 | 144 |
| White | Female | 5739 | 74.9 | 145 |
| White | Male | 5739 | 69.4 | 134 |
| Gold | Male | 5074 | 66.3 | 120 |
| Gold | Female | 5074 | 70.2 | 129 |
| Green | Male | 4771 | 65.2 | 117 |
| Green | Female | 4771 | 70.2 | 129 |
| Red | Female | 3175 | 60.4 | 109 |
| Red | Male | 3175 | 58.3 | 105 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 376+26 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 347 · 367 · 374front · middle · back
- Green size
- 38 × 32yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 38 ydswide at 224
- Green slope
- 7.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- Water left: 67 to reach, 194 to carry
- Bunker left: 217 to reach, 252 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 9 yards longer: the green sits 26 ft above the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 30 yards.
- Fairway bunkers and water on the left: 67 to reach, 252 to carry. Drives that finish short of 67 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 38 yards wide at 224 and narrows to 27 at 194.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 7.5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 38 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 2 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 195-40 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 195 · 208 · 225front · middle · back
- Green size
- 33 × 21yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the right
In play
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 13 yards shorter: the green sits 40 ft below the tee.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from left to right, about 3%. Finish on the right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 506-43 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 504 · 520 · 535front · middle · back
- Green size
- 34 × 24yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 36 ydswide at 237
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the back
In play
- Bunker right: 217 to reach, 257 to carry
- Bunker across the hole: 448 to reach, 471 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 14 yards shorter: the green sits 43 ft below the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 217 to reach, 257 to carry. Drives that finish short of 217 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 36 yards wide at 237 and narrows to 31 at 207.
- Best lay-up: 100 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 28 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from front to back, about 1.5%. Finish on the back side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 46 · Par 57 · Par 48 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 413 · Par 314 · Par 415 · Par 416 · Par 517 · Par 418 · Par 5
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 33 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].