Wellesley Country Club
Wellesley, Massachusetts · 18 holes · par 70 · Private. Designed by Donald Ross, Wayne Stiles and Geoffrey Cornish, opened 1910.
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 110 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 42 ft above the tee and plays about 14 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 8, where the green sits 60 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 | Blue | White | Green | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 11 | 412 | 412 | |||
| 2 | 3 | 15 | 226 | 226 | |||
| 3 | 4 | 3 | 385 | 385 | |||
| 4 | 4 | 13 | 364 | 340 | |||
| 5 | 4 | 7 | 374 | 374 | |||
| 6 | 4 | 1 | 442 | 442 | |||
| 7 | 3 | 17 | 216 | 216 | |||
| 8 | 4 | 5 | 421 | 421 | |||
| 9 | 4 | 9 | 437 | 437 | |||
| 10 | 4 | 14 | 324 | 324 | |||
| 11 | 4 | 2 | 455 | 430 | |||
| 12 | 3 | 18 | 150 | 150 | |||
| 13 | 4 | 4 | 471 | 453 | |||
| 14 | 4 | 6 | 461 | 432 | |||
| 15 | 3 | 16 | 211 | 181 | |||
| 16 | 4 | 12 | 388 | 388 | |||
| 17 | 5 | 10 | 541 | 541 | |||
| 18 | 5 | 8 | 625 | 527 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 6903 | 74.5 | 137 |
| Blue | Male | 6679 | 72.8 | 135 |
| Blue/White | Male | 6501 | 72.4 | 133 |
| White | Male | 6338 | 71.8 | 129 |
| White/Green | Male | 6043 | 70.1 | 126 |
| Green | Male | 5785 | 68.4 | 121 |
| Red | Female | 5474 | 73.4 | 131 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 393-56 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 396 · 412 · 428front · middle · back
- Green size
- 33 × 27yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 30 ydswide at 229
- Green slope
- 4%falls to the front-right
In play
- Water across the hole: 103 to reach, 114 to carry
- Bunker right: 256 to reach, 291 to carry
- Bunker left: 295 to reach, 319 to carry
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 389 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 19 yards shorter: the green sits 56 ft below the tee.
- Water crosses the hole: 103 to reach, 114 to carry.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 256 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 256 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 30 yards wide at 229 and narrows to 25 at 199.
- 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 4%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 226level
- Green · Black tee
- 215 · 226 · 238front · middle · back
- Green size
- 29 × 33yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 4.5%falls to the front
In play
- Water across the hole: 139 to reach, 183 to carry
- Bunker front of the green
- Bunker right of the green
- Bunker back of the green
Playing notes
- Water crosses the hole: 139 to reach, 183 to carry.
- 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 to front, about 4.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 380-14 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 371 · 385 · 403front · middle · back
- Green size
- 33 × 23yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 36 ydswide at 227
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front-left
In play
- Water right: 141 to reach, 206 to carry
- Bunker left: 232 to reach, 235 to carry
- Water across the hole: 274 to reach, 306 to carry
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 365 to carry
Playing notes
- Plays about 5 yards shorter: the green sits 14 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 235 yards.
- Water crosses the hole: 274 to reach, 306 to carry.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 141 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 141 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 36 yards wide at 227 and narrows to 22 at 277.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 2%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 38 · Par 49 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 313 · Par 414 · Par 415 · Par 316 · Par 417 · Par 518 · Par 5
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 50 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].