Skitty Golf

Courses · Massachusetts

Groton Country Club

Groton, Massachusetts · 9 holes · par 35 · Public/Municipal. Opened 1950.

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

Altitude330 ftCarries about 0% farther
Bunkers12
Holes with water1 of 9
Average fairway width39 yds
Typical green2,700 sq ft
Sloped greens8 of 9Tilt 2% or more
  • At about 330 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 2, where the green sits 82 ft above the tee and plays about 27 yards longer.
  • Biggest drop: hole 6, where the green sits 45 ft below the tee and plays about 15 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
147367335273
2417280267254
341418350350
4315159144142
533224215165
6411387326280
745366337320
859485462365
9413317303280

Tees

TeeYardsRatingSlope
BlueMale3025116
WhiteMale2739114
RedFemale2409116

Hole 1 · Par 4

Green falls this way

367 (Blue) · 335 (White) · 273 (Red) yards · Handicap 7

Plays like
352-44 ft
Green · Blue tee
356 · 367 · 378front · middle · back
Green size
22 × 13yards deep × wide
Fairway
28 ydswide at 244
Green slope
3%falls to the front-left

In play

  • No bunkers or water mapped on this hole

Playing notes

  • Plays about 15 yards shorter: the green sits 44 ft below the tee.
  • Dogleg right at about 267 yards.
  • No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
  • The fairway is about 28 yards wide at 244 and narrows to 20 at 279.
  • No hazards mapped around the green.
  • The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 3%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 2 · Par 4

Green falls this way

280 (Blue) · 267 (White) · 254 (Red) yards · Handicap 17

Plays like
307+82 ft
Green · Blue tee
270 · 280 · 290front · middle · back
Green size
21 × 19yards deep × wide
Fairway
59 ydswide at 187
Green slope
6%falls to the front

In play

  • No bunkers or water mapped on this hole

Playing notes

  • Plays about 27 yards longer: the green sits 82 ft above the tee.
  • No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
  • The fairway is about 59 yards wide at 187.
  • No hazards mapped around the green.
  • The green falls from back to front, about 6%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 3 · Par 4

Green falls this way

418 (Blue) · 350 (White) · 350 (Red) yards · Handicap 1

Plays like
404-41 ft
Green · Blue tee
409 · 418 · 426front · middle · back
Green size
17 × 21yards deep × wide
Fairway
62 ydswide at 279
Green slope
1.5%falls to the back

In play

  • No bunkers or water mapped on this hole

Playing notes

  • Plays about 14 yards shorter: the green sits 41 ft below the tee.
  • Dogleg left at about 292 yards.
  • No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
  • The fairway is about 62 yards wide at 279 and narrows to 31 at 322.
  • No hazards mapped around the green.
  • The green falls from front to back, about 1.5%. Finish on the back side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Holes 4 to 9

4 · Par 35 · Par 36 · Par 47 · Par 48 · Par 59 · Par 4

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

  • 6 plays-like yardages
  • 10 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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