Raymond Memorial Golf Course
Columbus, Ohio · 18 holes · par 72 · Public. Opened 1954.
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 840 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 6, where the green sits 21 ft above the tee and plays about 7 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 7, where the green sits 16 ft below the tee and plays about 5 yards shorter.
- 11 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 | Gold |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 10 | 489 | 474 | |
| 2 | 4 | 2 | 433 | 378 | |
| 3 | 4 | 13 | 416 | 365 | |
| 4 | 4 | 12 | 359 | 312 | |
| 5 | 3 | 18 | 175 | 156 | |
| 6 | 5 | 9 | 460 | 406 | |
| 7 | 4 | 4 | 447 | 391 | |
| 8 | 3 | 8 | 187 | 155 | |
| 9 | 4 | 14 | 401 | 305 | |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | 420 | 385 | |
| 11 | 5 | 11 | 496 | 434 | |
| 12 | 4 | 3 | 420 | 380 | |
| 13 | 3 | 6 | 216 | 155 | |
| 14 | 4 | 5 | 438 | 377 | |
| 15 | 4 | 16 | 362 | 312 | |
| 16 | 5 | 7 | 552 | 482 | |
| 17 | 3 | 17 | 198 | 159 | |
| 18 | 4 | 15 | 395 | 364 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 6864 | 72.8 | 121 |
| Blue | Male | 6452 | 70.9 | 117 |
| Gold | Male | 5991 | 68.2 | 113 |
| Orange | Female | 5171 | 69 | 114 |
| Orange | Male | 5171 | 65.8 | 105 |
| Purple | Male | 3400 | 59 | 92 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 489-1 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 469 · 489 · 506front · middle · back
- Green size
- 38 × 31yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 15 ydswide at 235
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker left: 210 to reach, 238 to carry
- Bunker left: 439 to reach, 450 to carry
- Bunker right: 442 to reach, 459 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 210 to reach, 238 to carry. Drives that finish short of 210 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 15 yards wide at 235.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 32 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- 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 38 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 434+4 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 418 · 433 · 450front · middle · back
- Green size
- 35 × 32yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 32 ydswide at 235
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 32 yards wide at 235.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back to front, about 2.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 35 yards deep: a back pin can play about 2 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 415-3 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 398 · 416 · 438front · middle · back
- Green size
- 42 × 30yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 30 ydswide at 239
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 30 yards wide at 239.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 1.5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 42 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 36 · Par 57 · Par 48 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 512 · Par 413 · Par 314 · Par 415 · Par 416 · Par 517 · Par 318 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 28 hazards with reach and carry
- 14 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].