Courses · Massachusetts

Bass Rocks Golf Club

Gloucester, Massachusetts · 18 holes · par 69 · Private. Designed by Herbert Leeds, opened 1896.

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 60 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 18, where the green sits 26 ft above the tee and plays about 9 yards longer.
• Biggest drop: hole 11, where the green sits 35 ft below the tee and plays about 12 yards shorter.
• 14 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

Hole 1 · Par 4

355 (Gold) · 338 (Blue) · 312 (White) · 307 (Green) yards · Handicap 7

Plays like

350-14 ft

Green · Gold tee

341 · 355 · 368front · middle · back

Green size

27 × 28yards deep × wide

In play

• Bunker right: 173 to reach, 182 to carry
• Bunker left: 263 to reach, 277 to carry

Playing notes

• Plays about 5 yards shorter: the green sits 14 ft below the tee.
• Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 173 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 173 keeps them out of play.
• No hazards mapped around the green.

Hole 2 · Par 3

165 (Gold) · 152 (Blue) · 138 (White) · 115 (Green) yards · Handicap 15

Plays like

158-20 ft

Green · Gold tee

152 · 165 · 180front · middle · back

Green size

28 × 32yards deep × wide

Green slope

2.5%falls to the front

In play

• Bunker front-left of the green
• Bunker left of the green

Playing notes

• Plays about 7 yards shorter: the green sits 20 ft below the tee.
• The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
• The green falls from back to front, about 2.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 3 · Par 4

347 (Gold) · 341 (Blue) · 303 (White) · 303 (Green) yards · Handicap 11

Plays like

345-6 ft

Green · Gold tee

332 · 347 · 360front · middle · back

Green size

28 × 26yards deep × wide

Fairway

33 ydswide at 217

Green slope

2.5%falls to the left

In play

• Bunker right: 285 to reach, 295 to carry

Playing notes

• Plays about 2 yards shorter: the green sits 6 ft below the tee.
• Fairway bunkers on the right: 285 to reach, 295 to carry. Drives that finish short of 285 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
• The fairway is about 33 yards wide at 217.
• No hazards mapped around the green.
• The green falls from right to left, about 2.5%. Finish on the left side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Holes 4 to 18

4 · Par 45 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 58 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 413 · Par 314 · Par 415 · Par 416 · Par 417 · Par 318 · Par 4

The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:

• 15 plays-like yardages
• 30 hazards with reach and carry
• 15 green slope reads
• 1 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].

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