Blue Top Ridge
Riverside, IA
Blue Top Ridge is a public 18-hole, par-72 golf course in Riverside, Iowa, playing 7,432 yards with a course rating of 76.9 and slope of 143. It was designed by Rees Jones and Bryce Swanson and opened in 2007.
🏛 Designed by Rees Jones (2007); Bryce Swanson (2007)
Blue Top Ridge Golf Course in Riverside is partnered with the Iowa PGA and hosts the Iowa Open. Golfweek has ranked it the second-best course in Iowa; it reopened in 2011 after flood damage in 2009.
📍 State Highway 22, Riverside, IA 52327
Course layout
Hole lines and layout © OpenStreetMap contributors. Tap a hole line for par and yardage.
Scorecard, hole by hole
- Par 72 over 18 holes: 4 par 3s, 10 par 4s, 4 par 5s
- Longest hole: No. 16, 665 yards, par 5
- Shortest hole: No. 14, 176 yards, par 3
- Hardest hole by handicap: No. 7 (par 5, 615 yards)
- Biggest elevation change: No. 12, about 70 ft uphill from tee to green
- Water in play on holes 1, 2, 7, 9 and 10
- Doglegs: 3 left, 1 right
| Hole | Par | Yards | Hcp | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 402 | 11 | water in play, 2 bunkers, plays about 20 ft uphill |
| 2 | 4 | 433 | 7 | water in play, 3 bunkers, plays about 45 ft uphill |
| 3 | 4 | 333 | 17 | 3 bunkers |
| 4 | 5 | 543 | 5 | dogleg right, 3 bunkers, plays about 60 ft downhill |
| 5 | 4 | 476 | 3 | 3 bunkers, plays about 30 ft downhill |
| 6 | 3 | 219 | 15 | 3 bunkers, plays about 30 ft downhill |
| 7 | 5 | 615 | 1 | water in play, 7 bunkers, plays about 15 ft downhill |
| 8 | 3 | 226 | 13 | 3 bunkers, plays about 15 ft downhill |
| 9 | 4 | 434 | 9 | water in play, 5 bunkers, plays about 10 ft uphill |
| Out | 36 | 3,681 | ||
| 10 | 4 | 452 | 6 | water in play, 3 bunkers, plays about 10 ft downhill |
| 11 | 3 | 225 | 12 | 3 bunkers |
| 12 | 5 | 552 | 4 | 7 bunkers, plays about 70 ft uphill |
| 13 | 4 | 437 | 10 | dogleg left, 4 bunkers, plays about 45 ft downhill |
| 14 | 3 | 176 | 18 | 4 bunkers, plays about 15 ft downhill |
| 15 | 4 | 399 | 14 | dogleg left, 4 bunkers, plays about 55 ft uphill |
| 16 | 5 | 665 | 2 | 5 bunkers, plays about 20 ft downhill |
| 17 | 4 | 360 | 16 | dogleg left, 4 bunkers, plays about 30 ft downhill |
| 18 | 4 | 485 | 8 | 5 bunkers, plays about 20 ft downhill |
| In | 36 | 3,751 | ||
| Total | 72 | 7,432 |
Scorecard from the Orange tees. Doglegs, water and bunkers are read from the OpenStreetMap hole lines and mapped hazards © OpenStreetMap contributors. Elevation: Open-Meteo / Copernicus DEM, approximate.
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