Brownson Country Club
Shelton, Connecticut · 18 holes · par 70 · Private. Designed by Albert Zikorus, redesigned by Cornish, Silva & Mungeam, opened 1959.
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 270 ft the ball carries about 0% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 150. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
- Biggest climb: hole 13, where the green sits 54 ft above the tee and plays about 18 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 16, where the green sits 65 ft below the tee and plays about 22 yards shorter.
- 15 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 | Blue | White | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 11 | 198 | 173 | 134 |
| 2 | 4 | 1 | 418 | 410 | 402 |
| 3 | 4 | 7 | 385 | 374 | 347 |
| 4 | 4 | 3 | 370 | 356 | 310 |
| 5 | 3 | 13 | 189 | 176 | 168 |
| 6 | 3 | 17 | 112 | 103 | 94 |
| 7 | 5 | 15 | 430 | 416 | 381 |
| 8 | 4 | 9 | 357 | 343 | 325 |
| 9 | 4 | 5 | 406 | 367 | 271 |
| 10 | 4 | 8 | 304 | 278 | 238 |
| 11 | 4 | 10 | 315 | 288 | 263 |
| 12 | 4 | 4 | 327 | 313 | 272 |
| 13 | 5 | 2 | 493 | 479 | 386 |
| 14 | 4 | 14 | 302 | 281 | 243 |
| 15 | 3 | 16 | 163 | 153 | 144 |
| 16 | 5 | 6 | 477 | 466 | 451 |
| 17 | 3 | 12 | 156 | 148 | 140 |
| 18 | 4 | 18 | 291 | 284 | 277 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | Female | 5784 | 74.3 | 131 |
| Blue | Male | 5784 | 69.3 | 134 |
| White | Female | 5504 | 72.7 | 129 |
| White | Male | 5504 | 68.3 | 132 |
| Red | Female | 4942 | 69.5 | 120 |
| Red | Male | 4942 | 66.1 | 120 |
Hole 1 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 199+2 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 183 · 198 · 213front · middle · back
- Green size
- 30 × 23yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker front of the green
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- 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
- 422+13 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 406 · 418 · 429front · middle · back
- Green size
- 24 × 26yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 35 ydswide at 228
- Green slope
- 4.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker right: 173 to reach, 189 to carry
- Water across the hole: 342 to reach, 349 to carry
- Bunker front of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 4 yards longer: the green sits 13 ft above the tee.
- Water crosses the hole: 342 to reach, 349 to carry.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 173 to reach, 189 to carry. Drives that finish short of 173 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 35 yards wide at 228 and narrows to 23 at 278.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- 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.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 382-8 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 373 · 385 · 400front · middle · back
- Green size
- 27 × 22yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 26 ydswide at 228
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- 2 bunkers right: 214 to reach, 238 to carry
- Bunker left: 257 to reach, 265 to carry
- Water right: 278 to reach, 375 to carry
- Water front-left of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 3 yards shorter: the green sits 8 ft below the tee.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 214 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 214 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 26 yards wide at 228 and narrows to 17 at 268.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- 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.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 36 · Par 37 · Par 58 · Par 49 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 413 · Par 514 · Par 415 · Par 316 · Par 517 · Par 318 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 53 hazards with reach and carry
- 15 green slope reads
- 3 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].