Courses · Massachusetts

Duxbury Yacht Club

Duxbury, Massachusetts · 18 holes · par 72 · Private. Opened 1875.

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 20 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 17, where the green sits 11 ft above the tee and plays about 4 yards longer.
• Biggest drop: hole 7, where the green sits 18 ft below the tee and plays about 6 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

Tees

Hole 1 · Par 4

380 (Blue) · 370 (White) yards · Handicap 5

Plays like

383+10 ft

Green · Blue tee

368 · 380 · 392front · middle · back

Green size

25 × 19yards deep × wide

Fairway

40 ydswide at 236

Green slope

2%falls to the front

In play

• Water right: 89 to reach, 94 to carry
• 2 bunkers left: 301 to reach, 324 to carry
• Bunker front of the green
• Bunker front-left of the green

Playing notes

• Plays about 3 yards longer: the green sits 10 ft above the tee.
• No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
• The fairway is about 40 yards wide at 236 and narrows to 31 at 286.
• 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 to front, about 2%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 2 · Par 4

349 (Blue) · 340 (White) yards · Handicap 15

Plays like

348-4 ft

Green · Blue tee

334 · 349 · 364front · middle · back

Green size

31 × 20yards deep × wide

Fairway

38 ydswide at 213

Green slope

1.5%falls to the front

In play

• 2 bunkers right: 191 to reach, 222 to carry
• Bunker front of the green
• Bunker left of the green

Playing notes

• Dogleg left at about 238 yards.
• Fairway bunkers on the right: 191 to reach, 222 to carry. Drives that finish short of 191 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
• The fairway is about 38 yards wide at 213.
• 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 to front, about 1.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 3 · Par 3

131 (Blue) · 126 (White) yards · Handicap 17

Plays like

134+9 ft

Green · Blue tee

119 · 131 · 143front · middle · back

Green size

26 × 19yards deep × wide

Green slope

4%falls to the front-left

In play

• Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 113 to carry
• Bunker front-right of the green
• Bunker left of the green

Playing notes

• Plays about 3 yards longer: the green sits 9 ft above the tee.
• 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 55 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 48 · Par 59 · Par 310 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 313 · Par 514 · Par 415 · Par 516 · Par 417 · Par 318 · Par 4

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

• 15 plays-like yardages
• 48 hazards with reach and carry
• 15 green slope reads
• 4 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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