the ryder:
a distinctive carolina-feel.

18 holes, 7,038 yards,
par 72, 73.9 rating, slope 134

Designed by:
Tom Fazio

Course Opened:
1996
Course Type/Style:
Public/Parkland
Number of Tee Boxes:
5 sets
Total Number of Sand Bunkers:
80
Number of Water Hazards:
10 of 18
Number of Wetlands:
2
Most Challenging Hole:
No. 15
Most Scenic Hole:
No. 16
Acreage of Course:
105 acres
Average Size of Greens:
6,400 sq. ft.

Primary Grasses
Fairways:
Tifway 419 Bermuda
Rough:
Bermuda grass
Greens:
Champion UltraDwarf

Months Open:
January – December
High Season:
January – March

Aerification:
?
Overseeding:
?
Rounds per year:
?

Green Fees:
Low: $60 High: $109
Walking Options:
Unrestricted Walking

Director of Golf:
Bob Baldassari, PGA
Superintendant:
Dale Miller

Golf Digest rating

a track that'll suit hackers as well as those who play the short game

Designed by Tom Fazio, the Ryder Course is named in honor of Samuel Ryder, the namesake and founder of the Ryder Cup, the pre-eminent event in golf. With its rolling hills, majestic pine trees and challenging water hazards, the Ryder Course has a distinctive Carolina-feel. With various hole locations, you could play this course every day and discover a different layout.

Opened in 1996, The Ryder Course (formerly The North Course) at The PGA Golf Club has hosted the Callaway Golf Senior PGA Professional National Championship, the TaylorMade-adidas Golf PGA Assistant Professional Championship, the Special Olympics National Invitational Championship and the National Minority Collegiate Championship.

It's the most hacker friendly of the three courses. You're not going to get as beat up here as you can by Wanamaker's huge obstacles or Dye's demented ingenuity. On the Ryder, there are wider fairways, less dramatic breaks in the greens, more chances to post a good score. Ryder surprises with just how rolling it can be. Looking down the fairways from the tees, the elevation changes don't seem very dramatic.

But out in those fairways, those slight up and downs can make a big difference with your score. Some of Ryder's little nooks and dips can downright swallow up a golfer. You'll look around, assume one of your playing partners must have gone into woods and then see him pop out from behind a little hill.

Just another Ryder illusion.