Ridgeway Country Club
Memphis, Tennessee · 18 holes · par 71 · Private. Designed by Ed Seay and Ellis Maples, opened 1971.
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 350 ft the ball carries about 0% 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 22 ft above the tee and plays about 7 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 2, where the green sits 14 ft below the tee and plays about 5 yards shorter.
- Driving-zone hazards sit on the left on 7 holes and on the right on 2: a tee shot missed left costs more here.
- 14 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 | Green | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 9 | 418 | 390 | 375 | 311 | 248 |
| 2 | 5 | 13 | 505 | 484 | 458 | 400 | 340 |
| 3 | 3 | 11 | 219 | 182 | 160 | 150 | 100 |
| 4 | 4 | 7 | 406 | 373 | 340 | 296 | 225 |
| 5 | 4 | 3 | 420 | 400 | 370 | 327 | 327 |
| 6 | 3 | 15 | 189 | 165 | 140 | 130 | 95 |
| 7 | 5 | 17 | 520 | 485 | 460 | 440 | 410 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | 464 | 424 | 383 | 354 | 270 |
| 9 | 3 | 5 | 207 | 185 | 160 | 92 | 92 |
| 10 | 4 | 6 | 432 | 386 | 360 | 340 | 278 |
| 11 | 5 | 12 | 565 | 530 | 512 | 480 | 315 |
| 12 | 4 | 4 | 462 | 425 | 385 | 355 | 278 |
| 13 | 3 | 18 | 173 | 153 | 133 | 125 | 100 |
| 14 | 4 | 10 | 401 | 383 | 340 | 316 | 316 |
| 15 | 4 | 8 | 439 | 412 | 382 | 340 | 225 |
| 16 | 4 | 2 | 465 | 425 | 405 | 344 | 282 |
| 17 | 3 | 16 | 178 | 155 | 137 | 108 | 86 |
| 18 | 5 | 14 | 550 | 515 | 480 | 416 | 211 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 7013 | 74.6 | 128 |
| Blue | Male | 6472 | 72.1 | 124 |
| Combo 1 | Male | 6210 | 71.1 | 122 |
| White | Male | 5980 | 69.7 | 122 |
| Combo 2 | Male | 5637 | 68 | 119 |
| Green | Male | 5327 | 66.5 | 115 |
| Green | Female | 5327 | 71.7 | 123 |
| Combo 3 | Female | 4737 | 68.1 | 118 |
| Red | Female | 4194 | 64.8 | 112 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 425+22 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 401 · 418 · 435front · middle · back
- Green size
- 35 × 26yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 28 ydswide at 268
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front
In play
- 2 bunkers left: 242 to reach, 280 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 7 yards longer: the green sits 22 ft above the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 242 to reach, 280 to carry. Drives that finish short of 242 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 28 yards wide at 268 and narrows to 23 at 308.
- 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 2 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 500-14 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 489 · 505 · 517front · middle · back
- Green size
- 34 × 39yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 25 ydswide at 243
- Green slope
- 1%falls to the front-left
In play
- 2 bunkers left: 240 to reach, 309 to carry
- Bunker across the hole: 458 to reach, 464 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 5 yards shorter: the green sits 14 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 264 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 240 to reach, 309 to carry. Drives that finish short of 240 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 25 yards wide at 243.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 29 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-right to front-left, about 1%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 220+3 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 201 · 219 · 236front · middle · back
- Green size
- 37 × 25yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker front of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker left of the green
- Bunker back-right of the green
Playing notes
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- 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 37 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 46 · Par 37 · Par 58 · Par 49 · Par 310 · Par 411 · Par 512 · Par 413 · Par 314 · Par 415 · Par 416 · Par 417 · Par 318 · Par 5
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 61 hazards with reach and carry
- 13 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].