Pendleton Golf Club
Ruther Glen, Virginia · 18 holes · par 72 · Public. Designed by Thomas Walker, opened 2007.
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 240 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 38 ft above the tee and plays about 13 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 17, where the green sits 33 ft below the tee and plays about 11 yards shorter.
- 12 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 | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 11 | 547 | 521 | 493 | 451 | 354 |
| 2 | 4 | 3 | 436 | 419 | 369 | 338 | 306 |
| 3 | 3 | 15 | 157 | 152 | 147 | 142 | 137 |
| 4 | 4 | 9 | 378 | 347 | 320 | 294 | 277 |
| 5 | 5 | 13 | 498 | 484 | 465 | 449 | 221 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | 397 | 386 | 375 | 349 | 239 |
| 7 | 3 | 17 | 210 | 176 | 139 | 126 | 95 |
| 8 | 4 | 7 | 409 | 380 | 357 | 313 | 237 |
| 9 | 4 | 5 | 447 | 416 | 368 | 347 | 268 |
| 10 | 4 | 4 | 462 | 410 | 368 | 325 | 298 |
| 11 | 4 | 10 | 453 | 407 | 349 | 306 | 244 |
| 12 | 3 | 14 | 220 | 194 | 171 | 152 | 127 |
| 13 | 5 | 2 | 495 | 489 | 458 | 411 | 376 |
| 14 | 4 | 8 | 428 | 390 | 352 | 311 | 283 |
| 15 | 5 | 18 | 529 | 513 | 486 | 449 | 372 |
| 16 | 3 | 16 | 190 | 167 | 149 | 130 | 109 |
| 17 | 4 | 12 | 411 | 382 | 353 | 323 | 282 |
| 18 | 4 | 6 | 426 | 402 | 371 | 331 | 300 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 7093 | 74.8 | 137 |
| Blue | Male | 6635 | 72.8 | 132 |
| White | Female | 6090 | 76.1 | 137 |
| White | Male | 6090 | 70.3 | 127 |
| Gold | Female | 5547 | 73.2 | 130 |
| Gold | Male | 5547 | 67.8 | 120 |
| Red | Male | 4525 | 63.3 | 110 |
| Red | Female | 4525 | 67.3 | 118 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 542-16 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 525 · 547 · 566front · middle · back
- Green size
- 42 × 26yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 54 ydswide at 258
- Green slope
- 5.5%falls to the left
In play
- Bunker left: 252 to reach, 271 to carry
- 2 bunkers right: 335 to reach, 354 to carry
- 2 bunkers left: 364 to reach, 379 to carry
- Bunker left: 464 to reach, 471 to carry
- Bunker right: 469 to reach, 477 to carry
Playing notes
- Plays about 5 yards shorter: the green sits 16 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 308 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 252 to reach, 271 to carry. Drives that finish short of 252 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 54 yards wide at 258 and narrows to 36 at 228.
- Best lay-up: 110 to 160 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 39 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
- The green falls from right to left, about 5.5%. Finish on the left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 42 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 433-10 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 430 · 436 · 443front · middle · back
- Green size
- 26 × 45yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 30 ydswide at 231
- Green slope
- 8%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker left: 175 to reach, 179 to carry
- Bunker right: 245 to reach, 266 to carry
- 2 bunkers left: 281 to reach, 304 to carry
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 427 to carry
Playing notes
- Plays about 3 yards shorter: the green sits 10 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 290 yards.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 245 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 245 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 30 yards wide at 231.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back to front, about 8%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 158+2 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 147 · 157 · 174front · middle · back
- Green size
- 34 × 48yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Water across the hole in front of the green: 139 to carry
- Bunker right of the green
- Bunker back-left of the green
- 2 bunkers back of the green
Playing notes
- Water crosses the hole: 50 to reach, 139 to carry.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- Water short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 1.5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 56 · Par 47 · Par 38 · Par 49 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 313 · Par 514 · Par 415 · Par 516 · Par 317 · Par 418 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 37 hazards with reach and carry
- 13 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].