Briggs Ranch
San Antonio, Texas · 18 holes · par 72 · Private. Designed by Tom Fazio, opened 2001.
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 7, where the green sits 33 ft above the tee and plays about 11 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 6, where the green sits 36 ft below the tee and plays about 12 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
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | Male | 7247 | 75.7 | 139 |
| Captains | Male | 6810 | 73.7 | 135 |
| Briggs | Male | 6217 | 70.5 | 127 |
| Fazio | Female | 5462 | 73 | 131 |
| Fazio | Male | 5462 | 67.8 | 116 |
| Forward | Female | 4898 | 70 | 126 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 453-17 ft
- Green
- 453 · 459 · 467front · middle · back
- Green size
- 19 × 29yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 30 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker across the hole: 200 to reach, 209 to carry
- Bunker left: 273 to reach, 310 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 6 yards shorter: the green sits 17 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 288 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 273 to reach, 310 to carry. Drives that finish short of 273 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 30 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 18 at 200.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 2%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- Shallow green, 19 yards deep and 29 wide: distance control matters more than line.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 434-10 ft
- Green
- 420 · 437 · 452front · middle · back
- Green size
- 34 × 21yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 31 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker left: 273 to reach, 296 to carry
- 2 bunkers right: 301 to reach, 321 to carry
- Bunker front of the green
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 3 yards shorter: the green sits 10 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 315 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 273 to reach, 296 to carry. Drives that finish short of 273 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 31 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 24 at 210.
- 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%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 203-8 ft
- Green
- 188 · 206 · 223front · middle · back
- Green size
- 38 × 28yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 181 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
- 2 bunkers front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 3 yards shorter: the green sits 8 ft below the tee.
- 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-right to front-left, about 1.5%. Finish on the front-left 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.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 56 · Par 47 · Par 58 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 512 · Par 413 · Par 514 · Par 415 · Par 316 · Par 417 · Par 318 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 56 hazards with reach and carry
- 15 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].