Franklin Country Club
Franklin, Massachusetts · 18 holes · par 71 · Private. Designed by Wayne Stiles/Phillip Wogan, opened 1920.
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 310 ft the ball carries about 0% 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 11, where the green sits 36 ft above the tee and plays about 12 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 17, where the green sits 46 ft below the tee and plays about 15 yards shorter.
- 11 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 | Blue | White | Gold | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 5 | 414 | 404 | 392 | |
| 2 | 4 | 13 | 357 | 344 | 310 | |
| 3 | 4 | 3 | 418 | 407 | 378 | |
| 4 | 3 | 17 | 144 | 138 | 138 | |
| 5 | 4 | 11 | 365 | 355 | 355 | |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | 429 | 408 | 331 | |
| 7 | 5 | 7 | 538 | 511 | 407 | |
| 8 | 3 | 15 | 178 | 144 | 138 | |
| 9 | 4 | 9 | 404 | 359 | 353 | |
| 10 | 4 | 6 | 425 | 390 | 338 | |
| 11 | 4 | 16 | 343 | 315 | 315 | |
| 12 | 4 | 2 | 382 | 355 | 317 | |
| 13 | 4 | 4 | 398 | 340 | 334 | |
| 14 | 3 | 10 | 213 | 183 | 150 | |
| 15 | 5 | 12 | 505 | 476 | 471 | |
| 16 | 3 | 18 | 175 | 141 | 135 | |
| 17 | 4 | 8 | 408 | 375 | 375 | |
| 18 | 5 | 14 | 506 | 494 | 482 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | Male | 6602 | 72.7 | 131 |
| White | Male | 6139 | 70.5 | 128 |
| Gold | Male | 5719 | 68.6 | 124 |
| Red | Male | 5586 | 73.2 | 133 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 404-29 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 400 · 414 · 428front · middle · back
- Green size
- 28 × 20yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 34 ydswide at 233
- Green slope
- 4%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 10 yards shorter: the green sits 29 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 254 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 34 yards wide at 233 and narrows to 28 at 203.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from back to front, about 4%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 355-7 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 341 · 357 · 373front · middle · back
- Green size
- 32 × 18yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 42 ydswide at 222
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker left: 172 to reach, 193 to carry
- Water right: 237 to reach, 259 to carry
- Bunker left: 244 to reach, 266 to carry
- 3 bunkers across the hole in front of the green: 326 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 2 yards shorter: the green sits 7 ft below the tee.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 172 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 172 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 42 yards wide at 222 and narrows to 30 at 253.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- 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
- 418-1 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 406 · 418 · 430front · middle · back
- Green size
- 24 × 20yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 38 ydswide at 227
- Green slope
- 5%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker left: 378 to reach, 392 to carry
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Dogleg left at about 208 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 38 yards wide at 227 and narrows to 11 at 257.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 35 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 58 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 413 · Par 414 · Par 315 · Par 516 · Par 317 · Par 418 · Par 5
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 52 hazards with reach and carry
- 13 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].