Highfields Golf Country Club
Grafton, Massachusetts · 18 holes · par 72 · Public. Opened 2002.
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 530 ft the ball carries about 1% 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 14, where the green sits 85 ft above the tee and plays about 28 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 13, where the green sits 90 ft below the tee and plays about 30 yards shorter.
- 17 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 | Black | Gold | White | Green |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 9 | 530 | 485 | 483 | 418 |
| 2 | 3 | 17 | 158 | 138 | 120 | 100 |
| 3 | 4 | 1 | 425 | 385 | 350 | 309 |
| 4 | 4 | 11 | 380 | 345 | 328 | 303 |
| 5 | 3 | 15 | 235 | 218 | 184 | 165 |
| 6 | 4 | 7 | 400 | 374 | 319 | 290 |
| 7 | 4 | 5 | 425 | 370 | 332 | 328 |
| 8 | 4 | 13 | 340 | 319 | 283 | 261 |
| 9 | 5 | 3 | 595 | 545 | 525 | 475 |
| 10 | 4 | 6 | 430 | 395 | 388 | 333 |
| 11 | 3 | 14 | 160 | 145 | 129 | 114 |
| 12 | 4 | 10 | 330 | 300 | 285 | 246 |
| 13 | 4 | 8 | 395 | 375 | 356 | 302 |
| 14 | 4 | 12 | 326 | 301 | 262 | 251 |
| 15 | 5 | 2 | 500 | 476 | 459 | 417 |
| 16 | 4 | 4 | 486 | 481 | 376 | 327 |
| 17 | 3 | 18 | 140 | 140 | 105 | 90 |
| 18 | 5 | 16 | 510 | 478 | 469 | 410 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 7021 | 74 | 137 |
| Gold | Male | 6474 | 71.7 | 134 |
| White | Female | 6024 | 75.7 | 132 |
| White | Male | 6024 | 69.7 | 127 |
| Green | Female | 5266 | 71.6 | 124 |
| Green | Male | 5266 | 67.3 | 115 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 531+4 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 518 · 530 · 543front · middle · back
- Green size
- 25 × 28yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 28 ydswide at 249
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker left: 228 to reach, 253 to carry
- Bunker across the hole: 365 to reach, 376 to carry
- Bunker left: 459 to reach, 476 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 228 to reach, 253 to carry. Drives that finish short of 228 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 28 yards wide at 249.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 110 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 39 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from back to front, about 3%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 142-48 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 144 · 158 · 169front · middle · back
- Green size
- 26 × 28yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the left
In play
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 131 to carry
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 16 yards shorter: the green sits 48 ft below the tee.
- 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 right to left, about 2.5%. Finish on the left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 414-32 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 411 · 425 · 439front · middle · back
- Green size
- 28 × 22yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 41 ydswide at 232
- Green slope
- 4%falls to the back-right
In play
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 11 yards shorter: the green sits 32 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 277 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 41 yards wide at 232.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from front-left to back-right, about 4%. Finish on the back-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 36 · Par 47 · Par 48 · Par 49 · Par 510 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 413 · Par 414 · Par 415 · Par 516 · Par 417 · Par 318 · Par 5
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 46 hazards with reach and carry
- 15 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].