Widows Walk Golf Course
Scituate, Massachusetts · 18 holes · par 72 · Public. Opened 1997.
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 40 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 10, where the green sits 12 ft above the tee and plays about 4 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 9, where the green sits 56 ft below the tee and plays about 19 yards shorter.
- Driving-zone hazards sit on the left on 6 holes and on the right on 3: a tee shot missed left costs more here.
- 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 7 | 521 | 504 |
| 2 | 3 | 17 | 143 | 126 |
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 369 | 350 |
| 4 | 4 | 11 | 371 | 351 |
| 5 | 4 | 13 | 324 | 302 |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | 507 | 486 |
| 7 | 3 | 15 | 178 | 167 |
| 8 | 4 | 9 | 319 | 313 |
| 9 | 5 | 3 | 503 | 481 |
| 10 | 4 | 4 | 454 | 425 |
| 11 | 3 | 18 | 157 | 140 |
| 12 | 4 | 8 | 336 | 313 |
| 13 | 4 | 2 | 434 | 412 |
| 14 | 3 | 14 | 183 | 183 |
| 15 | 5 | 6 | 517 | 486 |
| 16 | 4 | 12 | 321 | 312 |
| 17 | 3 | 16 | 199 | 191 |
| 18 | 5 | 10 | 537 | 520 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | Male | 6403 | 71.9 | 144 |
| White | Female | 6062 | 76.8 | 143 |
| White | Male | 6062 | 70.3 | 141 |
| Silver | Male | 5482 | 67.3 | 126 |
| Silver | Female | 5482 | 72.5 | 133 |
| Yellow | Male | 4562 | 64 | 116 |
| Yellow | Female | 4562 | 67.4 | 119 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 521+1 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 505 · 521 · 536front · middle · back
- Green size
- 31 × 24yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 43 ydswide at 243
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker left: 343 to reach, 350 to carry
- 2 bunkers left: 376 to reach, 388 to carry
- Bunker left: 423 to reach, 432 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 43 yards wide at 243 and narrows to 29 at 293.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back to front, about 3%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 143+1 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 126 · 143 · 159front · middle · back
- Green size
- 37 × 23yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker left of the green
- Bunker back-right of the green
Playing notes
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back to front, about 2%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 37 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 368-3 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 356 · 369 · 381front · middle · back
- Green size
- 26 × 18yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 14 ydswide at 229
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 14 yards wide at 229.
- 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 46 · Par 57 · Par 38 · Par 49 · Par 510 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 413 · Par 414 · Par 315 · Par 516 · Par 417 · Par 318 · Par 5
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 38 hazards with reach and carry
- 13 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].