Courses · Massachusetts

The Ranch Golf Club

Southwick, Massachusetts · 18 holes · par 72 · Public. Designed by David Gould, opened 2001.

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 360 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 4, where the green sits 59 ft above the tee and plays about 20 yards longer.
• Biggest drop: hole 16, where the green sits 161 ft below the tee and plays about 54 yards shorter.
• Driving-zone hazards sit on the left on 5 holes and on the right on 2: a tee shot missed left 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

Tees

Hole 1 · Par 5

404 (Black) · 480 (Blue) · 432 (White) · 514 (Gold) yards · Handicap 15

Plays like

504-29 ft

Green · Gold tee

494 · 514 · 533front · middle · back

Green size

39 × 24yards deep × wide

Fairway

59 ydswide at 249

Green slope

2.5%falls to the front-right

In play

• Water left: 163 to reach, 208 to carry
• Bunker right: 522 to reach, 531 to carry
• Water across the hole in front of the green: 456 to carry
• Bunker front of the green
• Bunker right of the green
• Bunker front-left of the green
• Bunker back-right of the green

Playing notes

• Plays about 10 yards shorter: the green sits 29 ft below the tee.
• Dogleg left at about 298 yards.
• Water crosses the hole: 415 to reach, 456 to carry.
• Fairway water on the left: 163 to reach, 208 to carry. Drives that finish short of 163 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
• The fairway is about 59 yards wide at 249 and narrows to 47 at 289.
• Best lay-up: 130 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 36 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 back-left to front-right, about 2.5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
• The green is 39 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.

Hole 2 · Par 4

273 (Black) · 357 (Blue) · 341 (White) · 397 (Gold) yards · Handicap 11

Plays like

394-9 ft

Green · Gold tee

382 · 397 · 414front · middle · back

Green size

43 × 33yards deep × wide

Fairway

42 ydswide at 246

Green slope

3%falls to the front-right

In play

• 3 bunkers left: 249 to reach, 311 to carry
• Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 360 to carry
• Bunker front-left of the green

Playing notes

• Plays about 3 yards shorter: the green sits 9 ft below the tee.
• Dogleg right at about 227 yards.
• Fairway bunkers on the left: 249 to reach, 311 to carry. Drives that finish short of 249 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
• The fairway is about 42 yards wide at 246.
• 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-left to front-right, about 3%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
• The green is 43 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.

Hole 3 · Par 4

231 (Black) · 365 (Blue) · 334 (White) · 424 (Gold) yards · Handicap 3

Plays like

431+22 ft

Green · Gold tee

406 · 424 · 444front · middle · back

Green size

41 × 23yards deep × wide

Fairway

36 ydswide at 241

Green slope

4%falls to the front-right

In play

• 2 bunkers across the hole: 297 to reach, 320 to carry
• Bunker right: 333 to reach, 343 to carry
• Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 393 to carry
• Bunker right of the green

Playing notes

• Plays about 7 yards longer: the green sits 22 ft above the tee.
• Dogleg left at about 258 yards.
• No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
• The fairway is about 36 yards wide at 241.
• 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.
• The green is 41 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.

Holes 4 to 18

4 · Par 45 · Par 36 · Par 47 · Par 48 · Par 39 · Par 510 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 313 · Par 514 · 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
• 35 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].

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