Skitty Golf

Courses · Rhode Island

Richmond Country Club

Hope Valley, Rhode Island · 18 holes · par 71 · Public. Opened 1992.

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

Altitude90 ftCarries about 0% farther
Bunkers40
Holes with water1 of 18
Average fairway width28 yds
Typical green5,100 sq ft
Sloped greens17 of 18Tilt 2% or more
  • At about 90 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 11, where the green sits 10 ft above the tee and plays about 3 yards longer.
  • Biggest drop: hole 4, where the green sits 7 ft below the tee and plays about 2 yards shorter.
  • 17 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

HoleParHcpBlueWhiteRed
149453358239
245449388298
3313235188149
451594557450
5317167155122
643452420358
757501480418
8415324310234
9411333315285
10414441378247
11510480460386
12316207181134
1342439410338
1446423399325
1538249198152
1654542520412
17318173154115
18412355332263

Tees

TeeYardsRatingSlope
BlueMale681772.1121
WhiteMale626269.9117
RedFemale492570.4113

Hole 1 · Par 4

Green falls this way

453 (Blue) · 358 (White) · 239 (Red) yards · Handicap 9

Plays like
454+2 ft
Green · Blue tee
438 · 453 · 469front · middle · back
Green size
31 × 20yards deep × wide
Fairway
23 ydswide at 343
Green slope
3.5%falls to the front-left

In play

  • Bunker front of the green

Playing notes

  • No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
  • The fairway is about 23 yards wide at 343 and narrows to 17 at 371.
  • Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
  • The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 3.5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 2 · Par 4

Green falls this way

449 (Blue) · 388 (White) · 298 (Red) yards · Handicap 5

Plays like
450+4 ft
Green · Blue tee
435 · 449 · 464front · middle · back
Green size
30 × 21yards deep × wide
Fairway
34 ydswide at 311
Green slope
3%falls to the front-right

In play

  • Bunker right: 255 to reach, 279 to carry
  • Bunker front-right of the green

Playing notes

  • Fairway bunkers on the right: 255 to reach, 279 to carry. Drives that finish short of 255 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
  • The fairway is about 34 yards wide at 311 and narrows to 26 at 355.
  • The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
  • The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 3%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 3 · Par 3

Green falls this way

235 (Blue) · 188 (White) · 149 (Red) yards · Handicap 13

Plays like
236+3 ft
Green · Blue tee
218 · 235 · 253front · middle · back
Green size
36 × 24yards deep × wide
Green slope
2%falls to the front

In play

  • Bunker front of the green

Playing notes

  • Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
  • The green falls from back to front, about 2%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
  • The green is 36 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.

Holes 4 to 18

4 · Par 55 · Par 36 · Par 47 · Par 58 · Par 49 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 512 · Par 313 · Par 414 · Par 415 · Par 316 · Par 517 · Par 318 · Par 4

The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:

  • 15 plays-like yardages
  • 32 hazards with reach and carry
  • 15 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].

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