Skitty Golf

Courses · Massachusetts

Cape Ann Golf Course

Essex, Massachusetts · 9 holes · par 34 · Public. Designed by Eugene "Skip" Wogan, opened 1931.

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

Altitude30 ftCarries about 0% farther
Bunkers25
Holes with water1 of 9
Average fairway width30 yds
Typical green3,100 sq ft
Sloped greens8 of 9Tilt 2% or more
  • At about 30 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 3, where the green sits 20 ft above the tee and plays about 7 yards longer.
  • Biggest drop: hole 4, where the green sits 63 ft below the tee and plays about 21 yards shorter.
  • 8 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

HoleParHcpBlueWhiteRed
147357342248
245379346274
3315181169169
441462414311
549346336262
6411289278273
731325819796
843410385253
9417354341326

Tees

TeeYardsRatingSlope
BlueMale3036119
WhiteMale2826119
RedMale2212113

Hole 1 · Par 4

Green falls this way

357 (Blue) · 342 (White) · 248 (Red) yards · Handicap 7

Plays like
361+11 ft
Green · Blue tee
344 · 357 · 368front · middle · back
Green size
24 × 20yards deep × wide
Fairway
29 ydswide at 232
Green slope
2.5%falls to the front-left

In play

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

Playing notes

  • Plays about 4 yards longer: the green sits 11 ft above the tee.
  • No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
  • The fairway is about 29 yards wide at 232 and narrows to 24 at 268.
  • The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
  • 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.

Hole 2 · Par 4

Green falls this way

379 (Blue) · 346 (White) · 274 (Red) yards · Handicap 5

Plays like
370-28 ft
Green · Blue tee
369 · 379 · 390front · middle · back
Green size
22 × 20yards deep × wide
Fairway
30 ydswide at 227
Green slope
4.5%falls to the front-right

In play

  • Bunker right: 287 to reach, 301 to carry
  • Bunker front-left of the green
  • Bunker back-right of the green

Playing notes

  • Plays about 9 yards shorter: the green sits 28 ft below the tee.
  • Fairway bunkers on the right: 287 to reach, 301 to carry. Drives that finish short of 287 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
  • The fairway is about 30 yards wide at 227.
  • Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
  • The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 4.5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 3 · Par 3

Green falls this way

181 (Blue) · 169 (White) · 169 (Red) yards · Handicap 15

Plays like
188+20 ft
Green · Blue tee
171 · 181 · 192front · middle · back
Green size
21 × 18yards deep × wide
Green slope
5%falls to the front

In play

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

Playing notes

  • Plays about 7 yards longer: the green sits 20 ft above the tee.
  • Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
  • The green falls from back to front, about 5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Holes 4 to 9

4 · Par 45 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 38 · Par 49 · Par 4

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

  • 6 plays-like yardages
  • 17 hazards with reach and carry
  • 6 green slope reads

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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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