Boston Golf Club
Hingham, Massachusetts · 18 holes · par 71 · Private. Opened 2005.
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 120 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 5, where the green sits 46 ft above the tee and plays about 15 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 9, where the green sits 75 ft below the tee and plays about 25 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 | 7020 | 75 | 141 |
| Back | Male | 6727 | 73.2 | 138 |
| Member | Female | 6279 | 77.3 | 137 |
| Member | Male | 6279 | 71.4 | 133 |
| Forward | Male | 4951 | 64.9 | 114 |
| Forward | Female | 4951 | 70.3 | 127 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 511+6 ft
- Green
- 494 · 509 · 523front · middle · back
- Green size
- 30 × 24yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 53 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 3.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker across the hole: 156 to reach, 160 to carry
- Bunker left: 158 to reach, 163 to carry
- 3 bunkers right: 304 to reach, 322 to carry
- Bunker left: 314 to reach, 327 to carry
- 2 bunkers front of the green
- 2 bunkers front-left of the green
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 2 yards longer: the green sits 6 ft above the tee.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 53 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 29 at 200.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 33 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- 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-left to front-right, about 3.5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 415+34 ft
- Green
- 391 · 404 · 419front · middle · back
- Green size
- 28 × 32yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 48 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker left: 65 to reach, 77 to carry
- Bunker left: 233 to reach, 243 to carry
- 2 bunkers left: 314 to reach, 335 to carry
Playing notes
- Plays about 11 yards longer: the green sits 34 ft above the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 233 to reach, 243 to carry. Drives that finish short of 233 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 48 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 31 at 270.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 2%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 416-30 ft
- Green
- 411 · 426 · 442front · middle · back
- Green size
- 40 × 33yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 51 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 5%falls to the right
In play
- Bunker left: 209 to reach, 235 to carry
- Bunker right: 247 to reach, 270 to carry
- Bunker back of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 10 yards shorter: the green sits 30 ft below the tee.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 209 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 209 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 51 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 45 at 210.
- The green falls from left to right, about 5%. Finish on the right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 40 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 46 · Par 37 · Par 48 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 413 · Par 414 · Par 415 · Par 516 · Par 417 · Par 518 · Par 3
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 68 hazards with reach and carry
- 15 green slope reads
- 2 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].