Fairview Country Club
Greenwich, Connecticut · 18 holes · par 72 · Private. Designed by Donald Ross, opened 1968.
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 330 ft the ball carries about 0% 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 15, where the green sits 84 ft above the tee and plays about 28 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 10, where the green sits 109 ft below the tee and plays about 36 yards shorter.
- 17 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | Male | 6915 | 73.6 | 139 |
| Founders | Male | 6580 | 72.8 | 137 |
| Members | Male | 6300 | 71.3 | 133 |
| Founders #2 | Male | 6093 | 70.2 | 130 |
| Fairview | Male | 5910 | 69.4 | 128 |
| Forward | Female | 5492 | 72.7 | 129 |
| Family | Male | 2855 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 349-70 ft
- Green
- 352 · 372 · 387front · middle · back
- Green size
- 37 × 26yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 27 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 4.5%falls to the right
In play
- Bunker left: 228 to reach, 256 to carry
- Bunker right: 271 to reach, 294 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 23 yards shorter: the green sits 70 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 271 yards.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 228 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 228 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 27 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 21 at 240.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from left to right, about 4.5%. Finish on the right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 37 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 2 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 571-52 ft
- Green
- 569 · 588 · 604front · middle · back
- Green size
- 36 × 22yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 32 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker left: 290 to reach, 342 to carry
- Bunker right: 321 to reach, 339 to carry
- Water left: 550 to reach, 584 to carry
- Water across the hole in front of the green: 534 to carry
- Water left of the green
- Bunker left of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker back of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 17 yards shorter: the green sits 52 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 321 yards.
- Water crosses the hole: 501 to reach, 534 to carry.
- Water crosses the hole: 505 to reach, 562 to carry.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 290 to reach, 342 to carry. Drives that finish short of 290 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 32 yards wide at 230.
- Best lay-up: 110 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 36 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- Water short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 2.5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 36 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 3 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 140+2 ft
- Green
- 121 · 139 · 155front · middle · back
- Green size
- 38 × 34yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 4%falls to the front-left
In play
- Water across the hole in front of the green: 119 to carry
- Water across the hole in front of the green: 107 to carry
Playing notes
- Water crosses the hole: 57 to reach, 119 to carry.
- Water crosses the hole: 72 to reach, 107 to carry.
- The green is guarded on the left by water; miss right.
- Water short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 4%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 38 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 56 · Par 47 · Par 48 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 512 · Par 413 · Par 514 · Par 315 · Par 416 · Par 317 · Par 418 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 46 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].