Riverfront Golf Club
Suffolk, Virginia · 18 holes · par 72 · Public. Designed by Tom Doak, opened 1999.
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 20 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 drop: hole 11, where the green sits 10 ft below the tee and plays about 3 yards shorter.
- 15 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 | Blue | White | Green | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 3 | 421 | 387 | 358 | 318 |
| 2 | 3 | 7 | 204 | 168 | 155 | 117 |
| 3 | 5 | 17 | 484 | 472 | 443 | 397 |
| 4 | 3 | 9 | 175 | 159 | 141 | 98 |
| 5 | 4 | 13 | 353 | 342 | 332 | 278 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | 410 | 362 | 345 | 293 |
| 7 | 4 | 15 | 333 | 312 | 307 | 248 |
| 8 | 5 | 11 | 534 | 502 | 468 | 417 |
| 9 | 4 | 5 | 396 | 387 | 332 | 302 |
| 10 | 4 | 12 | 370 | 312 | 306 | 264 |
| 11 | 3 | 18 | 148 | 135 | 125 | 111 |
| 12 | 4 | 2 | 460 | 406 | 383 | 298 |
| 13 | 3 | 6 | 183 | 170 | 141 | 100 |
| 14 | 5 | 8 | 552 | 546 | 508 | 434 |
| 15 | 4 | 10 | 394 | 360 | 341 | 252 |
| 16 | 4 | 4 | 444 | 393 | 346 | 320 |
| 17 | 4 | 16 | 374 | 314 | 306 | 273 |
| 18 | 5 | 14 | 500 | 483 | 444 | 401 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | Male | 6735 | 72.5 | 129 |
| White | Male | 6357 | 70.3 | 126 |
| Green | Male | 5891 | 68 | 119 |
| Green | Female | 5891 | 73.6 | 123 |
| Red | Male | 5259 | 69.7 | 117 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 421-1 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 407 · 421 · 432front · middle · back
- Green size
- 26 × 28yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 82 ydswide at 228
- Green slope
- 4%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker left: 133 to reach, 172 to carry
- Bunker left: 260 to reach, 272 to carry
- Bunker right: 368 to reach, 384 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker right of the green
- Bunker back of the green
Playing notes
- Dogleg right at about 317 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 260 to reach, 272 to carry. Drives that finish short of 260 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 82 yards wide at 228 and narrows to 56 at 268.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 4%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 201-8 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 189 · 204 · 221front · middle · back
- Green size
- 34 × 23yards deep × wide
In play
- Bunker left: 159 to reach, 172 to carry
- 2 bunkers right of the green
- Bunker 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.
Hole 3 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 483-4 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 466 · 484 · 500front · middle · back
- Green size
- 35 × 23yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 51 ydswide at 222
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the back-right
In play
- Bunker left: 292 to reach, 311 to carry
- 2 bunkers left: 402 to reach, 441 to carry
- Bunker front of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Dogleg right at about 322 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 292 to reach, 311 to carry. Drives that finish short of 292 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 51 yards wide at 222.
- Best lay-up: 80 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 27 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 front-left to back-right, about 3%. Finish on the back-right 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.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 35 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 48 · Par 59 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 413 · Par 314 · Par 515 · Par 416 · Par 417 · Par 418 · Par 5
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 43 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].