Gardner Municipal Golf Course
Gardner, Massachusetts · 18 holes · par 71 · Public. Opened 1960.
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 1,140 ft the ball carries about 1% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 148. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
- Biggest climb: hole 15, where the green sits 44 ft above the tee and plays about 15 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 10, where the green sits 59 ft below the tee and plays about 20 yards shorter.
- Driving-zone hazards sit on the right on 4 holes and on the left on 1: a tee shot missed right costs more here.
- 14 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 | Red | Gold |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 11 | 327 | 320 | 313 | 313 |
| 2 | 4 | 13 | 310 | 297 | 282 | 282 |
| 3 | 3 | 7 | 225 | 215 | 241 | 157 |
| 4 | 4 | 9 | 326 | 316 | 294 | 294 |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 541 | 525 | 510 | 328 |
| 6 | 3 | 17 | 157 | 137 | 116 | 116 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | 538 | 530 | 422 | 422 |
| 8 | 3 | 15 | 152 | 142 | 137 | 137 |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | 416 | 406 | 400 | 279 |
| 10 | 4 | 14 | 311 | 300 | 293 | 293 |
| 11 | 5 | 12 | 480 | 450 | 440 | 440 |
| 12 | 4 | 16 | 333 | 323 | 316 | 316 |
| 13 | 4 | 2 | 380 | 370 | 360 | 278 |
| 14 | 3 | 18 | 146 | 136 | 128 | 128 |
| 15 | 5 | 4 | 510 | 478 | 465 | 320 |
| 16 | 3 | 10 | 242 | 207 | 192 | 80 |
| 17 | 4 | 6 | 357 | 352 | 347 | 347 |
| 18 | 4 | 8 | 380 | 353 | 268 | 268 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | Male | 6131 | 70.3 | 133 |
| White | Male | 5857 | 69 | 127 |
| Red | Male | 5524 | 72.1 | 129 |
| Gold | Male | 4898 | 63.6 | 116 |
| Gold | Female | 4898 | 67.7 | 122 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 316-33 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 312 · 327 · 341front · middle · back
- Green size
- 29 × 23yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 28 ydswide at 205
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- Water left: 220 to reach, 289 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker left of the green
- Bunker back of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 11 yards shorter: the green sits 33 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 198 yards.
- Fairway water on the left: 220 to reach, 289 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 28 yards wide at 205.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 1.5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 315+16 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 298 · 310 · 325front · middle · back
- Green size
- 27 × 35yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 23 ydswide at 202
- Green slope
- 3.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker right: 246 to reach, 266 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 5 yards longer: the green sits 16 ft above the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 246 to reach, 266 to carry. Drives that finish short of 246 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 23 yards wide at 202.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- 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 3 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 232-28 ft
- Green · Red tee
- 224 · 241 · 259front · middle · back
- Green size
- 35 × 35yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Water right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 9 yards shorter: the green sits 28 ft below the tee.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back to front, about 2%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 35 yards deep: a back pin can play about 2 clubs more than a front pin.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 56 · Par 37 · Par 58 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 512 · Par 413 · Par 414 · Par 315 · Par 516 · Par 317 · Par 418 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 37 hazards with reach and carry
- 14 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].