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University Ridge Golf Course is an 18-hole public course in Madison, Wisconsin.

Designed by Ed Schnurr. It plays 7,286 yards from the BLACK tees, rated 75.8/142 (checked 2026-08-21).

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18
holes
72
par
7,286
yards (tips)
142
slope (black)
The shape of the round · BLACK teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — BLACK TEES396555242467198623429207587483569200336398352554250440142533445365748395104115123134144154165173184PAROUT 3,704 YDSIN 3,582 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

designer
Ed Schnurr reported
access
public
address
9002 County Road PD, Madison, WI, 53593
phone
608-845-7700
elevation
1,105 ft derived
opened
1991
turf
Bent Grass greens · Bent Grass fairways
on site
driving range · putting green

43.02374, -89.54332 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. 21 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

266 traced features across 8 layers for University Ridge Golf Course, drawn over NAIP 2022 aerial imagery.

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266 traced features across 8 layers for University Ridge Golf Course, drawn over NAIP 2022 aerial imagery. The map itself needs JavaScript; the geometry is a plain GeoJSON file either way.

18
Holes
24
Fairways
85
Bunkers
6
Water
18
Greens
89
Tee pads
7,286yds
BLACK tees
623yds
Longest hole
198yds
Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2022-06-26

Tees & ratings

Yardagesfrom the clubchecked 2026-08-21

All 12 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 12 rows, showing the start of the table.

BLACKM72728675.8from the club14237043582
BLUEM72671873.4from the club13933903328
GREENF72624576.7from the club13931233122
GREEN W72624576.7reported, not from the club13931233122
GREENM72624570.4reported, not from the club13431233122
WhiteF72575273.8from the club13429032849
WhiteM72575268.6reported, not from the club12929032849
RedF72500569.5reported, not from the club12425302475
RedM72500565.3from the club11625302475
JUNIORF72381362.9from the club11019551858
JUNIOR W72381362.9reported, not from the club11019551858
JUNIORM72381361.3reported, not from the club10319551858

Every figure as published; a blank cell is one nobody publishes. Front 9 and Back 9 are summed from the per-hole yardages on the scorecard.

These ratings do not all come from the same place, so each row says which: from the club where the course's own card prints that figure, reported where it does not.

Scorecard — every published tee

Scorecardfrom the clubchecked 2026-08-21

Hole 123456789101112131415161718 Total
Par 453435435453444534 72
BLACK 396555242467198623429207587483569200336398352554250440 7,286
BLUE 376546195398172608379162554456537174330377321533192408 6,718
GREEN 370515174354169570345151475424504159316358312514164371 6,245
JUNIOR 2283051182331243112297932824133078171205173296124240 3,813
GREEN W 370515174354169570345151475424504159316358312514164371 6,245
JUNIOR W 2283051182331243112297932824133078171205173296124240 3,813
White 355461170332140534325144442375462124294322280471155366 5,752
Red 2934281353041264422988342134241295222309245434130286 5,005
Handicap 117131153917568181210164142

Plan it in the Studio

Plan University Ridge 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 a tee time

Rates change by day and by season, so we send you to University Ridge Golf Course's own booking page rather than quoting a figure that was true the week we captured it.

Check tee times and rates

Also bookable nearby: Hawks Landing Golf Club (0.8 mi) · Par 3 Course (3.6 mi) · Odana Hills Golf Course (4.3 mi) · Nine Springs Golf Course (6.2 mi)

Measured against comparable courses

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

FigureThis courseIn WisconsinNationwideAmong its peers
Longest7,286 yds7th of 337=402nd of 12,0252nd of 36 in the Madison, WI metro area · 83rd of 4,105 public courses · 149th of 7,004 courses you can book · =402nd of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 142=13th of 225=617th of 8,7101st of 30 in the Madison, WI metro area · =101st of 2,882 public courses · =213th of 4,936 courses you can book · =606th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 75.86th of 210=213th of 7,6151st of 27 in the Madison, WI metro area · =40th of 2,412 public courses · =64th of 4,145 courses you can book · =213th of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread3,473 yds between tees5th of 316153rd of 11,5233rd of 34 in the Madison, WI metro area · 47th of 3,841 public courses · 78th of 6,653 courses you can book · 150th of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 1991=190th of 258=6,412th of 9,36824th of 35 in the Madison, WI metro area · =2,002nd of 3,277 public courses · =3,529th of 5,526 courses you can book · =4,615th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level1,105 ft derived 68th of 355=2,884th of 12,4375th of 37 in the Madison, WI metro area · =1,049th of 4,289 public courses · =1,857th of 7,274 courses you can book · =1,967th 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 progress5 of 6 built

5 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 12 sets of tees.
  • Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 12 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, built.All 7 background details — architect, year opened, access, contact and grass.

The site is in beta and the database is still being built, so expect gaps. What's left on this course is ours to build rather than ours to be told — it comes from mapping and survey data, not from a form. Coverage sets out where the whole database stands.

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 2026-08-30. Where each figure came from is stated beside it, above.

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Nearby courses

Hawks Landing Golf Club

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Par 3 Course

3.6 mi · Madison · public · 9 holes

Odana Hills Golf Course

4.3 mi · Madison · public · 18 holes

Nakoma Country Club

5.5 mi · Madison · 20 holes

Blackhawk Country Club

5.7 mi · Shorewood Hills · 18 holes

Nine Springs Golf Course

6.2 mi · Fitchburg · public · 9 holes

Norsk Golf Club

8.9 mi · Mount Horeb · 9 holes

The Legend at Bergamont

10.0 mi · Oregon · 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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