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Kettle Brook Golf Club

Paxton, Massachusetts · 18 holes · par 72 · Public. Designed by Brian Silva, opened 1999.

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

Altitude1,080 ftCarries about 1% farther
Bunkers44
Holes with water5 of 18
Average fairway width44 yds
Typical green5,300 sq ft
Sloped greens14 of 18Tilt 2% or more
  • At about 1,080 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 2, where the green sits 77 ft above the tee and plays about 26 yards longer.
  • Biggest drop: hole 3, where the green sits 64 ft below the tee and plays about 21 yards shorter.
  • 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

HoleParHcpGoldGreenWhite
147408366329
253572522442
3413403359292
4415367327259
5411399339284
635199170113
759511485377
8317167132107
941491452371
10410396346273
11514536485425
1236203164133
13418289251221
14512506481341
15416373338284
1648414379299
1732223196161
1844455411394

Tees

TeeYardsRatingSlope
GoldMale691273.1125
SilverMale654971.9123
GreenMale620370.3121
WhiteMale554071.3121
WhiteFemale510570.2118

Hole 1 · Par 4

Green falls this way

408 (Gold) · 366 (Green) · 329 (White) yards · Handicap 7

Plays like
414+19 ft
Green · Gold tee
393 · 408 · 426front · middle · back
Green size
33 × 20yards deep × wide
Fairway
43 ydswide at 243
Green slope
2%falls to the front

In play

  • 4 bunkers right: 111 to reach, 206 to carry
  • Bunker right of the green

Playing notes

  • Plays about 6 yards longer: the green sits 19 ft above the tee.
  • Fairway bunkers on the right: 185 to reach, 206 to carry. Drives that finish short of 185 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
  • The fairway is about 43 yards wide at 243 and narrows to 35 at 213.
  • The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
  • The green falls from back to front, about 2%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 2 · Par 5

Lay-up zoneGreen falls this way

572 (Gold) · 522 (Green) · 442 (White) yards · Handicap 3

Plays like
598+77 ft
Green · Gold tee
549 · 572 · 593front · middle · back
Green size
45 × 25yards deep × wide
Fairway
32 ydswide at 259
Green slope
1.5%falls to the front-left

In play

  • Bunker left: 207 to reach, 222 to carry
  • Bunker right: 250 to reach, 267 to carry
  • 2 bunkers left: 306 to reach, 365 to carry
  • Bunker front-left of the green

Playing notes

  • Plays about 26 yards longer: the green sits 77 ft above the tee.
  • Dogleg left at about 324 yards.
  • Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 207 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 207 keeps them out of play.
  • The fairway is about 32 yards wide at 259 and narrows to 27 at 229.
  • Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 31 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
  • The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
  • 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.
  • The green is 45 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.

Hole 3 · Par 4

Green falls this way

403 (Gold) · 359 (Green) · 292 (White) yards · Handicap 13

Plays like
382-64 ft
Green · Gold tee
389 · 403 · 418front · middle · back
Green size
29 × 23yards deep × wide
Fairway
27 ydswide at 243
Green slope
2%falls to the front

In play

  • Bunker right: 230 to reach, 256 to carry
  • Bunker front-right of the green

Playing notes

  • Plays about 21 yards shorter: the green sits 64 ft below the tee.
  • Dogleg right at about 274 yards.
  • Fairway bunkers on the right: 230 to reach, 256 to carry. Drives that finish short of 230 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
  • The fairway is about 27 yards wide at 243.
  • The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
  • The green falls from back to front, about 2%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Holes 4 to 18

4 · Par 45 · Par 46 · Par 37 · Par 58 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 512 · Par 313 · Par 414 · Par 515 · Par 416 · Par 417 · Par 318 · Par 4

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

  • 15 plays-like yardages
  • 31 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].

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