Friars Head Golf Course
Riverhead, New York · 18 holes · par 71 · Private. 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 130 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 7, where the green sits 31 ft above the tee and plays about 10 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 2, where the green sits 70 ft below the tee and plays about 23 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
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back | Male | 7078 | 74.4 | 140 |
| Member | Male | 6483 | 71.8 | 133 |
| Ladies | Male | 5303 | 66.4 | 114 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 353+31 ft
- Green
- 331 · 343 · 356front · middle · back
- Green size
- 26 × 36yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 60 ydswide at 213
- Green slope
- 3.5%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker right: 60 to reach, 165 to carry
- Bunker front of the green
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 303 to carry
Playing notes
- Plays about 10 yards longer: the green sits 31 ft above the tee.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 60 yards wide at 213 and narrows to 35 at 250.
- 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 3.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 547-70 ft
- Green
- 551 · 570 · 594front · middle · back
- Green size
- 46 × 28yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 45 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker across the hole: 33 to reach, 154 to carry
- 2 bunkers right: 180 to reach, 256 to carry
- 2 bunkers left: 298 to reach, 323 to carry
- Bunker right: 393 to reach, 405 to carry
- Bunker right: 437 to reach, 446 to carry
- Bunker across the hole: 461 to reach, 465 to carry
- Bunker right: 479 to reach, 483 to carry
- Bunker right: 501 to reach, 519 to carry
- 2 bunkers left: 504 to reach, 530 to carry
- Bunker right: 536 to reach, 539 to carry
- Bunker front of the green
- Bunker back of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 23 yards shorter: the green sits 70 ft below the tee.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 180 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 180 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 45 yards wide at 230.
- Best lay-up: 130 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 48 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 2.5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 46 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 492-10 ft
- Green
- 477 · 495 · 513front · middle · back
- Green size
- 37 × 23yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 46 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker left: 135 to reach, 155 to carry
- Bunker right: 154 to reach, 162 to carry
- 3 bunkers left: 241 to reach, 349 to carry
- Bunker right: 313 to reach, 330 to carry
- Bunker right: 355 to reach, 368 to carry
- Bunker left: 368 to reach, 380 to carry
- 3 bunkers right: 401 to reach, 443 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 3 yards shorter: the green sits 10 ft below the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 241 to reach, 349 to carry. Drives that finish short of 241 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 46 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 24 at 200.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 3%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 37 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 35 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 58 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par 311 · Par 512 · Par 313 · Par 414 · Par 515 · Par 416 · Par 417 · Par 318 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 85 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].