Ipswich Country Club
Ipswich, Massachusetts · 18 holes · par 72 · Private. Designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr., opened 1989.
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 100 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 9, where the green sits 29 ft above the tee and plays about 10 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 10, where the green sits 60 ft below the tee and plays about 20 yards shorter.
- 16 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 | Gold | Blue | White | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 9 | 509 | 489 | 458 | 401 |
| 2 | 4 | 11 | 339 | 323 | 296 | 254 |
| 3 | 4 | 7 | 371 | 345 | 345 | 293 |
| 4 | 4 | 13 | 456 | 436 | 401 | 324 |
| 5 | 3 | 15 | 211 | 191 | 167 | 142 |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | 552 | 529 | 494 | 434 |
| 7 | 3 | 17 | 222 | 196 | 153 | 111 |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | 432 | 400 | 365 | 279 |
| 9 | 4 | 5 | 417 | 391 | 352 | 305 |
| 10 | 5 | 4 | 527 | 488 | 475 | 430 |
| 11 | 3 | 18 | 147 | 138 | 123 | 102 |
| 12 | 4 | 8 | 421 | 376 | 356 | 335 |
| 13 | 5 | 2 | 558 | 526 | 486 | 461 |
| 14 | 4 | 14 | 380 | 351 | 335 | 285 |
| 15 | 4 | 12 | 413 | 382 | 355 | 283 |
| 16 | 3 | 16 | 224 | 190 | 166 | 120 |
| 17 | 4 | 10 | 389 | 345 | 317 | 262 |
| 18 | 4 | 6 | 455 | 430 | 403 | 338 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Male | 7023 | 75.2 | 140 |
| Blue | Male | 6526 | 72.9 | 136 |
| White | Male | 6047 | 70.7 | 132 |
| Purple | Male | 5515 | 73 | 130 |
| Red | Male | 5159 | 70.8 | 127 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 505-11 ft
- Green · Gold tee
- 496 · 509 · 521front · middle · back
- Green size
- 27 × 45yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 31 ydswide at 246
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the back-left
In play
- Bunker right: 276 to reach, 304 to carry
- Water front-left of the green
- 2 bunkers across the hole in front of the green: 481 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 4 yards shorter: the green sits 11 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 267 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 276 to reach, 304 to carry. Drives that finish short of 276 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 31 yards wide at 246 and narrows to 17 at 216.
- Best lay-up: 130 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 31 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- 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 front-right to back-left, about 1.5%. Finish on the back-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 344+14 ft
- Green · Gold tee
- 327 · 339 · 351front · middle · back
- Green size
- 31 × 32yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 22 ydswide at 214
- Green slope
- 4%falls to the front-right
In play
- 2 bunkers right: 252 to reach, 281 to carry
- Bunker front of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 5 yards longer: the green sits 14 ft above the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 264 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 252 to reach, 281 to carry. Drives that finish short of 252 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 22 yards wide at 214.
- 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-left to front-right, about 4%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 358-38 ft
- Green · Gold tee
- 354 · 371 · 387front · middle · back
- Green size
- 33 × 27yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 21 ydswide at 231
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker back-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 13 yards shorter: the green sits 38 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 249 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 21 yards wide at 231.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 2.5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 36 · Par 57 · Par 38 · Par 49 · Par 410 · Par 511 · Par 312 · Par 413 · Par 514 · Par 415 · Par 416 · Par 317 · Par 418 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 50 hazards with reach and carry
- 14 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].