Raven Golf Club At Snowshoe Mountain
Snowshoe, West Virginia · 18 holes · par 72 · Resort. Designed by Gary Player, opened 1993.
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 3,200 ft the ball carries about 4% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 144. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
- Biggest climb: hole 5, where the green sits 58 ft above the tee and plays about 19 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 4, where the green sits 169 ft below the tee and plays about 56 yards shorter.
- 11 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 | White | Gold |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 5 | 557 | 484 | 355 |
| 2 | 4 | 11 | 399 | 312 | 268 |
| 3 | 3 | 17 | 127 | 100 | 53 |
| 4 | 4 | 7 | 433 | 418 | 286 |
| 5 | 5 | 1 | 611 | 511 | 423 |
| 6 | 3 | 15 | 163 | 105 | 93 |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | 420 | 385 | 296 |
| 8 | 4 | 13 | 363 | 333 | 261 |
| 9 | 4 | 9 | 359 | 239 | 150 |
| 10 | 4 | 14 | 396 | 342 | 212 |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | 445 | 370 | 236 |
| 12 | 3 | 18 | 200 | 161 | 130 |
| 13 | 5 | 8 | 548 | 474 | 342 |
| 14 | 3 | 16 | 202 | 162 | 82 |
| 15 | 4 | 4 | 453 | 388 | 284 |
| 16 | 4 | 6 | 417 | 370 | 281 |
| 17 | 5 | 10 | 516 | 450 | 328 |
| 18 | 4 | 12 | 436 | 372 | 283 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 7045 | 73.7 | 141 |
| Silver | Male | 6394 | 72 | 135 |
| White | Male | 5976 | 71.5 | 138 |
| Gold | Male | 4363 | 68.5 | 128 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 518-116 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 542 · 557 · 572front · middle · back
- Green size
- 31 × 17yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 28 ydswide at 237
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker back-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 39 yards shorter: the green sits 116 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 295 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 28 yards wide at 237 and narrows to 10 at 207.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 100 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 26 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 1.5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 400+2 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 384 · 399 · 414front · middle · back
- Green size
- 32 × 24yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 34 ydswide at 281
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 34 yards wide at 281 and narrows to 26 at 316.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- 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 3 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 106-63 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 119 · 127 · 136front · middle · back
- Green size
- 19 × 29yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 4.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker left of the green
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 21 yards shorter: the green sits 63 ft below the tee.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- 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.
- Shallow green, 19 yards deep and 29 wide: distance control matters more than line.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 56 · Par 37 · Par 48 · Par 49 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 313 · Par 514 · Par 315 · Par 416 · Par 417 · Par 518 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 43 hazards with reach and carry
- 14 green slope reads
- 2 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].