Courses · Texas

Riverbend Country Club

Sugar Land, Texas · 18 holes · par 72 · private. Designed by Press Maxwell Jr., opened 1957.

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 70 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 6, where the green sits 12 ft above the tee and plays about 4 yards longer.
• Biggest drop: hole 10, where the green sits 13 ft below the tee and plays about 4 yards shorter.
• 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

Tees

Hole 1 · Par 5

559 (Gold) · 541 (Blue) · 523 (White) yards · Handicap 5

Plays like

557-6 ft

Green · Gold tee

544 · 559 · 573front · middle · back

Green size

30 × 20yards deep × wide

Fairway

28 ydswide at 245

Green slope

2%falls to the front-left

In play

• 2 bunkers left: 272 to reach, 297 to carry
• 2 bunkers right: 376 to reach, 399 to carry
• Bunker right: 522 to reach, 530 to carry
• Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 528 to carry
• 2 bunkers front-right of the green

Playing notes

• Plays about 2 yards shorter: the green sits 6 ft below the tee.
• Dogleg left at about 369 yards.
• Fairway bunkers on the left: 272 to reach, 297 to carry. Drives that finish short of 272 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
• The fairway is about 28 yards wide at 245 and narrows to 21 at 285.
• Best lay-up: 70 to 150 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 21 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
• The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
• Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
• The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 2%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 2 · Par 4

386 (Gold) · 355 (Blue) · 300 (White) yards · Handicap 13

Plays like

386level

Green · Gold tee

379 · 386 · 394front · middle · back

Green size

26 × 30yards deep × wide

Fairway

31 ydswide at 241

Green slope

2.5%falls to the front-right

In play

• Water across the hole in front of the green: 179 to carry
• Bunker right of the green

Playing notes

• Dogleg left at about 312 yards.
• Water crosses the hole: 37 to reach, 179 to carry.
• No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
• The fairway is about 31 yards wide at 241 and narrows to 26 at 231.
• 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.

Hole 3 · Par 4

371 (Gold) · 359 (Blue) · 343 (White) yards · Handicap 7

Plays like

370-3 ft

Green · Gold tee

362 · 371 · 381front · middle · back

Green size

26 × 30yards deep × wide

Fairway

35 ydswide at 227

Green slope

1.5%falls to the left

In play

• Water right: 147 to reach, 254 to carry
• Water front-left of the green

Playing notes

• Fairway water on the right: 179 to reach, 254 to carry. Drives that finish short of 179 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
• The fairway is about 35 yards wide at 227 and narrows to 26 at 198.
• The green is guarded on the left by water; miss right.
• The green falls from right to left, about 1.5%. Finish on the left side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Holes 4 to 18

4 · Par 35 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 38 · Par 59 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 513 · Par 414 · Par 315 · 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
• 64 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].

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