Courses · Virginia

River Bend Golf Country Club

Great Falls, Virginia · 18 holes · par 71 · Private. Opened 1961.

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

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

516 (Black) · 494 (Blue) · 484 (White) · 462 (Green) · 448 (Red) yards · Handicap 13

Green · Black tee

503 · 516 · 533front · middle · back

Green size

30 × 21yards deep × wide

Fairway

36 ydswide at 238

In play

• 2 bunkers right: 262 to reach, 291 to carry
• Bunker right: 411 to reach, 442 to carry
• Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 502 to carry
• Bunker front-left of the green
• Bunker back-right of the green

Playing notes

• Fairway bunkers on the right: 262 to reach, 291 to carry. Drives that finish short of 262 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
• The fairway is about 36 yards wide at 238 and narrows to 31 at 288.
• Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 28 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
• Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
• Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.

Hole 2 · Par 4

468 (Black) · 427 (Blue) · 408 (White) · 402 (Green) · 332 (Red) yards · Handicap 3

Green · Black tee

454 · 468 · 480front · middle · back

Green size

27 × 24yards deep × wide

Fairway

37 ydswide at 230

In play

• Water left: 282 to reach, 355 to carry
• Bunker front-right of the green

Playing notes

• Fairway water on the left: 282 to reach, 355 to carry. Drives that finish short of 282 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
• The fairway is about 37 yards wide at 230.
• The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.

Hole 3 · Par 3

164 (Black) · 147 (Blue) · 125 (White) · 113 (Green) · 100 (Red) yards · Handicap 17

Green · Black tee

148 · 164 · 180front · middle · back

Green size

32 × 22yards deep × wide

In play

• Water front-left of the green
• Water left of the green
• Bunker front-right of the green

Playing notes

• Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.

Holes 4 to 18

4 · Par 45 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 38 · Par 49 · Par 510 · Par 311 · Par 412 · Par 413 · Par 314 · Par 515 · Par 316 · Par 417 · Par 418 · Par 5

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

• 62 hazards with reach and carry
• 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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