Spring Ford Country Club
Royersford, Pennsylvania · 18 holes · par 72 · Private. Designed by William Gordon and Gil Hanse, opened 1924.
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 180 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 15, where the green sits 44 ft above the tee and plays about 15 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 1, where the green sits 43 ft below the tee and plays about 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 3 | 469 | 458 | 439 | 417 |
| 2 | 4 | 1 | 421 | 410 | 367 | 362 |
| 3 | 4 | 11 | 385 | 375 | 339 | 314 |
| 4 | 3 | 17 | 146 | 136 | 125 | 116 |
| 5 | 5 | 9 | 515 | 505 | 446 | 426 |
| 6 | 4 | 13 | 333 | 324 | 306 | 280 |
| 7 | 3 | 15 | 201 | 186 | 172 | 158 |
| 8 | 4 | 5 | 373 | 352 | 325 | 300 |
| 9 | 5 | 7 | 533 | 517 | 467 | 433 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | 424 | 406 | 377 | 337 |
| 11 | 4 | 14 | 350 | 344 | 333 | 321 |
| 12 | 4 | 12 | 377 | 371 | 357 | 297 |
| 13 | 4 | 10 | 356 | 343 | 334 | 294 |
| 14 | 3 | 18 | 170 | 163 | 154 | 143 |
| 15 | 5 | 4 | 516 | 502 | 487 | 434 |
| 16 | 3 | 16 | 216 | 200 | 188 | 178 |
| 17 | 4 | 8 | 412 | 402 | 391 | 325 |
| 18 | 5 | 6 | 516 | 498 | 439 | 403 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 6710 | 72.8 | 139 |
| Blue | Male | 6412 | 71.6 | 135 |
| White | Male | 6007 | 69.8 | 132 |
| Gold | Male | 5577 | 68.3 | 128 |
| Ladies | Male | 5435 | 72.7 | 132 |
| Play It Forward | Male | 4200 | 65.7 | 110 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 455-43 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 458 · 469 · 480front · middle · back
- Green size
- 22 × 20yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 39 ydswide at 246
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker left: 244 to reach, 304 to carry
- Bunker across the hole: 382 to reach, 391 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 14 yards shorter: the green sits 43 ft below the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 244 to reach, 304 to carry. Drives that finish short of 244 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 39 yards wide at 246.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 2%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 417-11 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 409 · 421 · 429front · middle · back
- Green size
- 21 × 16yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 35 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front
In play
- Water left: 178 to reach, 217 to carry
- 2 bunkers left: 222 to reach, 286 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 4 yards shorter: the green sits 11 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 269 yards.
- Fairway bunkers and water on the left: 178 to reach, 286 to carry. Drives that finish short of 178 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 35 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 30 at 270.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from back to front, about 2.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 385level
- Green · Black tee
- 368 · 385 · 398front · middle · back
- Green size
- 31 × 20yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 40 ydswide at 233
- Green slope
- 3.5%falls to the front
In play
- Water right: 82 to reach, 93 to carry
- Water across the hole: 83 to reach, 160 to carry
- 2 bunkers right: 259 to reach, 301 to carry
- Bunker left: 292 to reach, 332 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Water crosses the hole: 83 to reach, 160 to carry.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 259 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 259 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 40 yards wide at 233 and narrows to 32 at 283.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- The green falls from back to front, about 3.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 35 · Par 56 · Par 47 · Par 38 · Par 49 · Par 510 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 413 · Par 414 · Par 315 · Par 516 · Par 317 · Par 418 · Par 5
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 41 hazards with reach and carry
- 14 green slope reads
- 4 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].