Rochester Golf Club
Rochester, Massachusetts · 18 holes · par 69 · Public. Designed by Humphrey Tallman, opened 1969.
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 50 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 12 ft above the tee and plays about 4 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 8, where the green sits 8 ft below the tee and plays about 3 yards shorter.
- 13 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 | Blue | White | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 12 | 173 | 156 | 140 |
| 2 | 4 | 4 | 423 | 386 | 340 |
| 3 | 4 | 6 | 283 | 258 | 183 |
| 4 | 4 | 14 | 276 | 252 | 184 |
| 5 | 3 | 16 | 142 | 128 | 120 |
| 6 | 5 | 8 | 465 | 435 | 410 |
| 7 | 4 | 10 | 305 | 250 | 195 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | 335 | 312 | 242 |
| 9 | 3 | 18 | 136 | 116 | 101 |
| 10 | 4 | 13 | 295 | 280 | 255 |
| 11 | 3 | 17 | 120 | 110 | 102 |
| 12 | 4 | 5 | 330 | 272 | 200 |
| 13 | 4 | 7 | 300 | 290 | 250 |
| 14 | 3 | 11 | 220 | 180 | 135 |
| 15 | 4 | 15 | 270 | 260 | 230 |
| 16 | 4 | 9 | 310 | 280 | 260 |
| 17 | 4 | 1 | 382 | 373 | 303 |
| 18 | 5 | 3 | 515 | 492 | 350 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | Male | 5300 | 66 | 119 |
| White | Male | 4830 | 64 | 107 |
| Red | Female | 4032 | 58 | 100 |
Hole 1 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 171-6 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 159 · 173 · 185front · middle · back
- Green size
- 26 × 23yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 4%falls to the front
In play
- Water right: 106 to reach, 131 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 2 yards shorter: the green sits 6 ft below the tee.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from back to front, about 4%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 425+6 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 411 · 423 · 435front · middle · back
- Green size
- 24 × 17yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 33 ydswide at 239
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker right: 241 to reach, 257 to carry
Playing notes
- Plays about 2 yards longer: the green sits 6 ft above the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 316 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 241 to reach, 257 to carry. Drives that finish short of 241 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 33 yards wide at 239.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 2.5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 281-5 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 271 · 283 · 293front · middle · back
- Green size
- 23 × 18yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 30 ydswide at 188
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Dogleg left at about 226 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 30 yards wide at 188.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 2%. 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 48 · Par 49 · Par 310 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 413 · Par 414 · Par 315 · Par 416 · Par 417 · Par 418 · Par 5
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 29 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].