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Friars Head Golf Course is an 18-hole private course in Riverhead, New York.

It plays 7,078 yards from the Back tees, rated 74.4/140 (checked 2026-08-14).

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18
holes
71
par
7,078
yards (tips)
140
slope (back)
The shape of the round · Back teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — BACK TEES373570498228323424533169393208608197492533485402150455142534435464758394103115123134145154164173184PAROUT 3,511 YDSIN 3,530 YDSFIRST NINESECOND NINE
The published card in playing order, 18 holes with the two nines split — hole number under each bar, its par below that.

The course

access
private
address
Palane South, Riverhead, NY, 11933
elevation
143 ft derived
opened
2003

40.97075, -72.72768 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. 172 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

426 traced features across 8 layers for Friars Head Golf Course, drawn over NAIP 2019 aerial imagery.

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426 traced features across 8 layers for Friars Head Golf Course, drawn over NAIP 2019 aerial imagery. The map itself needs JavaScript; the geometry is a plain GeoJSON file either way.

18
Holes
52
Fairways
201
Bunkers
1
Water
18
Greens
4
Tee pads
7,041yds
Back tees
608yds
Longest hole
150yds
Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2019-08-11

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-14

All 3 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 3 rows.

BackM71707874.414035113530
MemberM716483contested635571.813332003155
LadiesM71530366.4114

Every figure as published except Card yards (derived), which is summed from the card below and shown only where a published figure is contested; a blank cell elsewhere is one nobody publishes. Front 9 and Back 9 are summed from the per-hole yardages on the scorecard.

The Member tees publish a yardage total the scorecard below does not add up to. Both figures are published and nothing we hold settles which one a round plays to, so the Yards column keeps the published figure, marked contested, and each tee's own yardage row from the card below is summed beside it, marked derived.

Scorecard

Scorecardopen datachecked 2026-08-14

Hole 123456789101112131415161718 Total
Par 454344534353454434 71
Back 373570498228323424533169393208608197492533485402150455 7,078
Member 355530440185310380490155355180500185460495420375145395 6,483
Handicap 971131535171116121421086184

No per-hole yardages are published for Ladies, so it is not on the card above.

Plan it in the Studio

Plan Friars Head Golf Course hole by hole, for your game.

Ask in plain words. The Studio draws each hole on the aerial photo, picks a club for each shot from your carries and the way you miss, and shows where a miss costs you strokes. Where a green was surveyed, it reads the slope too.

  • The approach, planned A Studio approach map on the aerial photo: a lob wedge aimed at the island green, its spread drawn as a dashed ring over the water, and the side it most often misses. Example from another course: hole 15, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
  • The green, from LiDAR A Studio green view on the aerial photo: arrows for the slope a LiDAR survey measured, the area a cup could be cut, and the safer side to miss. Example from another course: hole 15, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
  • Every shot, tee to green A Studio plan on the aerial photo of a desert par 4: the driver off the tee and a 7-iron into the green between the bunkers, each shot with its landing spread drawn as a dashed ring. Example from another course: hole 2, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale

Plan this course in the Studio

Pictures: Studio output for a sample golfer, drawn 2026-10-15. The Studio needs a free account. AI can make mistakes.

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Book nearby

Friars Head Golf Course states private access, so there is no tee time here to book. The nearest courses that state access you can book: Cherry Creek Golf The Links Course (2.3 mi, public) · The New Vineyards Golf Course (2.4 mi, resort) · Cherry Creek The Woods Course (3.1 mi, public) · Great Rock Golf Club (5.2 mi, semi-private)

Measured against comparable courses

How hard and how long this course plays against comparable courses — never how good it is.

FigureThis courseIn New YorkNationwideAmong its peers
Longest7,078 yds43rd of 796=1,266th of 12,02536th of 404 in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area · 469th of 2,954 private courses · =1,263rd of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 140=36th of 516=932nd of 8,710=39th of 300 in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area · =418th of 2,300 private courses · =912th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 74.4=38th of 454=1,009th of 7,615=39th of 275 in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area · =440th of 2,143 private courses · =1,002nd of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread1,775 yds between tees103rd of 753=3,623rd of 11,52358th of 386 in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area · =1,085th of 2,885 private courses · =3,567th of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 2003=538th of 570=8,576th of 9,368=298th of 316 in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area · =2,231st of 2,418 private courses · =6,366th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level143 ft derived =689th of 817=9,547th of 12,437=182nd of 409 in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area · =2,237th of 3,026 private courses · =6,873rd of 9,106 18-hole regulation courses

A published figure is compared only against the courses that publish it too, which is why the totals differ from row to row — a state's length field is the courses with a scorecard, not the courses in the state. Height above sea level is the exception: we derive it from a coordinate, so its field is very nearly every course we render. Ties share an ordinal and are marked =. How this is computed →

What's on this page

In progress4 of 6 built

4 of 6 parts of this course page are built, and we're filling in the rest.

  • Scorecard, built.Par and yardage for every hole, from 2 sets of tees.
  • Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 3 sets of tees.
  • Course map, built.All 18 greens drawn, with the fairways, bunkers and water, over aerial imagery.
  • Per-hole distances, built.Every hole is traced, so carries and distances to the front, middle and back of each green are measured along the line you actually play.
  • Green contours, not built yet.We haven't built the green contours for this course yet.
  • Course details, partly built.4 of 7 background details — we don't hold the architect, a phone number and the grass on the greens.

The site is in beta and the database is still being built, so expect gaps. Know something we don't? Help us fill it in — a link to where it's published is worth more than anything else you could send.

Sources

Gathered from the course's own site and public records — every figure on this page is traceable to who published it and when. Spot an error or a gap? Tell us.

Location and identity seeded from OpenStreetMap — © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Last checked 2026-08-14. Where each figure came from is stated beside it, above.

Compare this course →

Or go straight to a comparison: vs Baiting Hollow Club · vs Cherry Creek Golf The Links Course · vs The New Vineyards Golf Course

Nearby courses

Baiting Hollow Club

0.9 mi · Baiting Hollow · private · 18 holes

Cherry Creek Golf The Links Course

2.3 mi · Riverhead · public · 18 holes

The New Vineyards Golf Course

2.4 mi · Riverhead · resort · 9 holes

The Vineyards Golf Club

2.5 mi · Riverhead · private · 18 holes

Cherry Creek The Woods Course

3.1 mi · Riverhead · public · 18 holes

Sandy Pond Par 3 Golf Course

3.3 mi · Riverhead · 9 holes

Long Island National Golf Club

4.1 mi · Riverhead · private · 18 holes

Great Rock Golf Club

5.2 mi · Wading River · semi-private · 18 holes

Straight-line distance from this course's coordinates, within 60 miles — not driving distance, and it crosses state lines where the nearest courses are over one.

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