Orchards Golf Club
South Hadley, Massachusetts · 18 holes · par 71 · Semi-Private. Designed by Donald Ross, opened 1922.
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 240 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 12, where the green sits 59 ft above the tee and plays about 20 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 1, where the green sits 47 ft below the tee and plays about 16 yards shorter.
- Driving-zone hazards sit on the right on 3 holes and on the left on 1: a tee shot missed right costs more here.
- 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 | Championship/Green | Member/White | Forward/Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 4 | |||
| 2 | 4 | 6 | |||
| 3 | 5 | 14 | |||
| 4 | 4 | 2 | |||
| 5 | 3 | 18 | |||
| 6 | 4 | 16 | |||
| 7 | 3 | 8 | |||
| 8 | 4 | 10 | |||
| 9 | 5 | 12 | |||
| 10 | 3 | 11 | |||
| 11 | 4 | 13 | |||
| 12 | 4 | 9 | |||
| 13 | 4 | 1 | |||
| 14 | 4 | 7 | |||
| 15 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 16 | 5 | 15 | |||
| 17 | 3 | 17 | |||
| 18 | 4 | 3 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship/Green | Male | 6575 | 72.6 | 136 |
| Member/White | Male | 6217 | 71.2 | 130 |
| Club/Yellow | Female | 5675 | 72.8 | 129 |
| Club/Yellow | Male | 5675 | 67.6 | 123 |
| Forward/Red | Female | 5360 | 71.9 | 126 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 391-47 ft
- Green
- 394 · 407 · 420front · middle · back
- Green size
- 26 × 21yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 35 ydswide at 230
In play
- No bunkers or water mapped on this hole
Playing notes
- Plays about 16 yards shorter: the green sits 47 ft below the tee.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 35 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 14 at 260.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 368+28 ft
- Green
- 347 · 359 · 372front · middle · back
- Green size
- 26 × 20yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 31 ydswide at 224
- Green slope
- 4%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 9 yards longer: the green sits 28 ft above the tee.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 31 yards wide at 224 and narrows to 21 at 270.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back to front, about 4%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 479-12 ft
- Green
- 468 · 483 · 497front · middle · back
- Green size
- 29 × 23yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 30 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker right: 413 to reach, 428 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 4 yards shorter: the green sits 12 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 292 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 30 yards wide at 230.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 29 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- 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 47 · Par 38 · Par 49 · Par 510 · Par 311 · Par 412 · Par 413 · Par 414 · Par 415 · Par 416 · Par 517 · Par 318 · 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
- 15 green slope reads
- 2 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].