Country Club Of New Canaan
New Canaan, Connecticut · 18 holes · par 70 · Private. Opened 1895.
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 450 ft the ball carries about 1% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 149. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
- Biggest climb: hole 18, where the green sits 44 ft above the tee and plays about 15 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 17, where the green sits 76 ft below the tee and plays about 25 yards shorter.
- 13 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
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back | Male | 6327 | 70.9 | 133 |
| Middle | Male | 6044 | 69.7 | 130 |
| Forward | Male | 5326 | 71.4 | 134 |
| Forward | Female | 5326 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 418+7 ft
- Green
- 403 · 416 · 431front · middle · back
- Green size
- 30 × 37yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 68 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 5%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker left: 86 to reach, 109 to carry
- Bunker right: 250 to reach, 259 to carry
Playing notes
- Plays about 2 yards longer: the green sits 7 ft above the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 250 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 250 to reach, 259 to carry. Drives that finish short of 250 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 68 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 39 at 200.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 352-45 ft
- Green
- 355 · 367 · 382front · middle · back
- Green size
- 27 × 21yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 25 ydswide at 229
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- 3 bunkers right: 177 to reach, 226 to carry
- 3 bunkers left: 229 to reach, 249 to carry
- Water right: 313 to reach, 333 to carry
- Water across the hole: 315 to reach, 330 to carry
- Water left: 324 to reach, 343 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 15 yards shorter: the green sits 45 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 239 yards.
- Water crosses the hole: 315 to reach, 330 to carry.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 177 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 177 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 25 yards wide at 229 and narrows to 19 at 240.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- 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 3 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 176+38 ft
- Green
- 147 · 163 · 177front · middle · back
- Green size
- 32 × 26yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 4.5%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker across the hole: 111 to reach, 117 to carry
- Bunker right: 114 to reach, 121 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 13 yards longer: the green sits 38 ft above the tee.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back to front, about 4.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 55 · Par 36 · Par 47 · Par 38 · Par 49 · Par 410 · Par 311 · Par 512 · Par 413 · Par 414 · Par 315 · Par 416 · Par 517 · Par 418 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 66 hazards with reach and carry
- 14 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].