The Golf Club At Mattaponi Springs
Ruther Glen, Virginia · 18 holes · par 72 · Public. Opened 2004.
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 180 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 8, where the green sits 57 ft above the tee and plays about 19 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 1, where the green sits 73 ft below the tee and plays about 24 yards shorter.
- 17 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 | 4 | 9 | 443 | 421 | 393 | 376 | 352 |
| 2 | 5 | 1 | 553 | 526 | 519 | 445 | 439 |
| 3 | 3 | 17 | 147 | 116 | 115 | 106 | 91 |
| 4 | 4 | 3 | 464 | 443 | 437 | 310 | 289 |
| 5 | 4 | 15 | 310 | 282 | 276 | 236 | 229 |
| 6 | 5 | 7 | 523 | 489 | 481 | 440 | 362 |
| 7 | 3 | 11 | 208 | 179 | 158 | 132 | 106 |
| 8 | 4 | 13 | 360 | 337 | 294 | 287 | 273 |
| 9 | 4 | 5 | 454 | 428 | 421 | 372 | 315 |
| 10 | 4 | 18 | 367 | 345 | 338 | 331 | 243 |
| 11 | 4 | 8 | 417 | 377 | 371 | 365 | 294 |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | 528 | 500 | 471 | 431 | 426 |
| 13 | 4 | 12 | 417 | 386 | 377 | 368 | 315 |
| 14 | 3 | 4 | 234 | 211 | 189 | 162 | 113 |
| 15 | 4 | 16 | 347 | 323 | 317 | 277 | 272 |
| 16 | 5 | 10 | 505 | 474 | 465 | 459 | 416 |
| 17 | 3 | 14 | 177 | 165 | 136 | 130 | 90 |
| 18 | 4 | 6 | 436 | 404 | 397 | 344 | 299 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 6937 | 73.9 | 141 |
| Blue | Male | 6403 | 71.3 | 133 |
| White | Male | 6171 | 70.2 | 129 |
| White | Female | 6171 | 76.7 | 142 |
| Gold | Male | 5524 | 67.2 | 122 |
| Gold | Female | 5524 | 72.4 | 132 |
| Red | Male | 4881 | 69.1 | 120 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 419-73 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 423 · 443 · 456front · middle · back
- Green size
- 36 × 29yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 54 ydswide at 229
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker right: 263 to reach, 272 to carry
- Water across the hole in front of the green: 402 to carry
Playing notes
- Plays about 24 yards shorter: the green sits 73 ft below the tee.
- Water crosses the hole: 320 to reach, 402 to carry.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 263 to reach, 272 to carry. Drives that finish short of 263 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 54 yards wide at 229 and narrows to 33 at 279.
- Water short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back to front, about 2%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 36 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 2 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 571+53 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 537 · 553 · 564front · middle · back
- Green size
- 29 × 32yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 27 ydswide at 256
- Green slope
- 3.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- 2 bunkers across the hole: 256 to reach, 292 to carry
- Bunker left: 309 to reach, 322 to carry
- Bunker across the hole: 495 to reach, 510 to carry
Playing notes
- Plays about 18 yards longer: the green sits 53 ft above the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 322 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 27 yards wide at 256.
- Best lay-up: 130 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 25 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 3.5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 139-24 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 134 · 147 · 160front · middle · back
- Green size
- 30 × 26yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 4.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- Water across the hole: 87 to reach, 100 to carry
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 124 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 8 yards shorter: the green sits 24 ft below the tee.
- Water crosses the hole: 87 to reach, 100 to carry.
- 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 4.5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 46 · Par 57 · Par 38 · Par 49 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 513 · Par 414 · Par 315 · Par 416 · Par 517 · Par 318 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 28 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].