Golf At Province Lake
Parsonsfield, Maine · 18 holes · par 71 · Semi-Private. Designed by Lawrence Van Etten (front nine), Brian Silva (back nine), opened 1918.
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 550 ft the ball carries about 1% 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 15, where the green sits 45 ft above the tee and plays about 15 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 1, where the green sits 61 ft below the tee and plays about 20 yards shorter.
- 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
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oak | Male | 6336 | 70.6 | 130 |
| Balsam | Female | 6004 | 74.2 | 132 |
| Balsam | Male | 6004 | 69.4 | 125 |
| Birch | Female | 5586 | 73 | 129 |
| Birch | Male | 5586 | 67.4 | 121 |
| Hemlock | Male | 4900 | 64.1 | 112 |
| Hemlock | Female | 4900 | 68.8 | 121 |
| Maple | Female | 4169 | 64.9 | 111 |
| Pine | Male | 1998 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 373-61 ft
- Green
- 379 · 393 · 408front · middle · back
- Green size
- 30 × 23yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 27 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the right
In play
- Bunker right: 225 to reach, 233 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 20 yards shorter: the green sits 61 ft below the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 225 to reach, 233 to carry. Drives that finish short of 225 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 27 yards wide at 230.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from left to right, about 1.5%. Finish on the right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 469+39 ft
- Green
- 444 · 456 · 470front · middle · back
- Green size
- 26 × 21yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 34 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 13 yards longer: the green sits 39 ft above the tee.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 34 yards wide at 230.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 37 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 3%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 199-16 ft
- Green
- 193 · 204 · 214front · middle · back
- Green size
- 21 × 20yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 3.5%falls to the back-right
In play
- No bunkers or water mapped on this hole
Playing notes
- Plays about 5 yards shorter: the green sits 16 ft below the tee.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
- The green falls from front-left to back-right, about 3.5%. Finish on the back-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 410 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 413 · Par 414 · Par 315 · Par 516 · Par 417 · Par 418 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 33 hazards with reach and carry
- 14 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].