Blackstone National Golf Club
Sutton, Massachusetts · 18 holes · par 72 · Public. Designed by Rees Jones, opened 1999.
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 600 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 4, where the green sits 72 ft above the tee and plays about 24 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 15, where the green sits 109 ft below the tee and plays about 36 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 | Black/Championship Play | Blue/The Challenger | White/Play Every Day | Green/Manage the Distance | Red/Getting Started |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 16 | |||||
| 2 | 5 | 4 | |||||
| 3 | 3 | 14 | |||||
| 4 | 4 | 2 | |||||
| 5 | 4 | 18 | |||||
| 6 | 4 | 6 | |||||
| 7 | 3 | 8 | |||||
| 8 | 5 | 10 | |||||
| 9 | 4 | 12 | |||||
| 10 | 4 | 3 | |||||
| 11 | 3 | 17 | |||||
| 12 | 4 | 9 | |||||
| 13 | 3 | 15 | |||||
| 14 | 4 | 7 | |||||
| 15 | 4 | 1 | |||||
| 16 | 5 | 5 | |||||
| 17 | 4 | 13 | |||||
| 18 | 5 | 11 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black/Championship Play | Male | 6909 | 74.6 | 139 |
| Blue/The Challenger | Male | 6655 | 73.5 | 134 |
| White/Play Every Day | Male | 6396 | 71.8 | 128 |
| Green/Manage the Distance | Male | 5804 | 69.3 | 124 |
| Red/Getting Started | Male | 5203 | 71.8 | 129 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 339-42 ft
- Green
- 337 · 353 · 368front · middle · back
- Green size
- 32 × 23yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 31 ydswide at 220
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the back-left
In play
- 2 bunkers left: 214 to reach, 248 to carry
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 14 yards shorter: the green sits 42 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 263 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 214 to reach, 248 to carry. Drives that finish short of 214 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 31 yards wide at 220.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- The green falls from front-right to back-left, about 1.5%. Finish on the back-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 574-19 ft
- Green
- 567 · 580 · 592front · middle · back
- Green size
- 27 × 25yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 26 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker left: 220 to reach, 277 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 6 yards shorter: the green sits 19 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 259 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 220 to reach, 277 to carry. Drives that finish short of 220 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 26 yards wide at 230.
- Best lay-up: 90 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 20 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- The green falls from back to front, about 2%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 166+2 ft
- Green
- 152 · 165 · 182front · middle · back
- Green size
- 31 × 28yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 4%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker front of the green
- Bunker left of the green
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- Bunkers 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.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 38 · Par 59 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 413 · Par 314 · Par 415 · Par 416 · Par 517 · Par 418 · Par 5
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 43 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].