Red Tail Golf Club
Devens, Massachusetts · 18 holes · par 72 · Public. Designed by Brian Silva, 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 310 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 43 ft above the tee and plays about 14 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 18, where the green sits 59 ft below the tee and plays about 20 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 | Green | Blue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 7 | 410 | 345 | 308 | 280 |
| 2 | 5 | 3 | 565 | 510 | 455 | 409 |
| 3 | 3 | 17 | 189 | 174 | 149 | 122 |
| 4 | 5 | 9 | 527 | 512 | 426 | 401 |
| 5 | 3 | 15 | 178 | 161 | 142 | 121 |
| 6 | 4 | 13 | 358 | 324 | 288 | 257 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | 486 | 390 | 390 | 342 |
| 8 | 4 | 11 | 323 | 306 | 281 | 251 |
| 9 | 4 | 5 | 450 | 380 | 363 | 341 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | 561 | 504 | 450 | 426 |
| 11 | 3 | 18 | 163 | 148 | 137 | 121 |
| 12 | 4 | 12 | 362 | 336 | 298 | 278 |
| 13 | 4 | 10 | 361 | 336 | 304 | 271 |
| 14 | 4 | 6 | 437 | 374 | 350 | 305 |
| 15 | 3 | 16 | 216 | 181 | 169 | 133 |
| 16 | 4 | 8 | 411 | 357 | 318 | 289 |
| 17 | 4 | 14 | 388 | 367 | 344 | 289 |
| 18 | 5 | 4 | 555 | 515 | 455 | 437 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 7006 | 72.7 | 135 |
| Silver | Male | 6694 | 71 | 133 |
| Gold | Male | 6292 | 68.5 | 126 |
| Green | Female | 5654 | 70 | 128 |
| Green | Male | 5654 | 66.2 | 115 |
| Blue | Male | 5049 | 69.2 | 123 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 418+24 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 395 · 410 · 428front · middle · back
- Green size
- 35 × 21yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 55 ydswide at 238
- Green slope
- 3.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker across the hole: 211 to reach, 218 to carry
- Bunker left: 258 to reach, 267 to carry
- Bunker left: 289 to reach, 301 to carry
- Bunker front of the green
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 8 yards longer: the green sits 24 ft above the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 258 to reach, 301 to carry. Drives that finish short of 258 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 55 yards wide at 238 and narrows to 38 at 208.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 3.5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 35 yards deep: a back pin can play about 2 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 2 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 579+43 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 547 · 565 · 582front · middle · back
- Green size
- 35 × 22yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 35 ydswide at 245
- Green slope
- 3.5%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker across the hole: 393 to reach, 427 to carry
- 3 bunkers left: 434 to reach, 470 to carry
- Bunker right: 438 to reach, 447 to carry
- Bunker left: 487 to reach, 502 to carry
Playing notes
- Plays about 14 yards longer: the green sits 43 ft above the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 276 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 35 yards wide at 245.
- Best lay-up: 90 to 110 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 43 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
- The green falls from back to front, about 3.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 35 yards deep: a back pin can play about 2 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 3 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 186-8 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 176 · 189 · 203front · middle · back
- Green size
- 40 × 33yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 6.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker left: 62 to reach, 83 to carry
- Bunker right: 125 to reach, 139 to carry
- Bunker front of the green
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 3 yards shorter: the green sits 8 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 back-left to front-right, about 6.5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 40 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 55 · Par 36 · Par 47 · Par 48 · Par 49 · Par 410 · Par 511 · Par 312 · Par 413 · Par 414 · Par 415 · Par 316 · Par 417 · Par 418 · 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].