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Highland Green Golf Club

Topsham, Maine · 9 holes · par 35 · Semi-Private. Opened 2004.

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

Altitude130 ftCarries about 0% farther
Bunkers15
Holes with water5 of 9
Average fairway width27 yds
Typical green4,100 sq ft
Sloped greens9 of 9Tilt 2% or more
  • At about 130 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 5, where the green sits 12 ft above the tee and plays about 4 yards longer.
  • Biggest drop: hole 6, where the green sits 34 ft below the tee and plays about 11 yards shorter.
  • 9 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

HoleParHcpBlueWhiteGoldRed
1416314312290243
248343331310264
3518486454382356
4410260207182155
5412337314296254
6314188160136105
744370339282261
842415385346301
936197177167132

Tees

TeeYardsRatingSlope
BlueMale2910
WhiteMale2679
GoldMale2391
RedMale2071

Hole 1 · Par 4

Green falls this way

314 (Blue) · 312 (White) · 290 (Gold) · 243 (Red) yards · Handicap 16

Plays like
305-27 ft
Green · Blue tee
301 · 314 · 326front · middle · back
Green size
27 × 24yards deep × wide
Fairway
32 ydswide at 193
Green slope
4.5%falls to the left

In play

  • Water right: 212 to reach, 280 to carry
  • Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 294 to carry

Playing notes

  • Plays about 9 yards shorter: the green sits 27 ft below the tee.
  • Fairway water on the right: 212 to reach, 280 to carry. Drives that finish short of 212 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
  • The fairway is about 32 yards wide at 193 and narrows to 13 at 225.
  • Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
  • The green falls from right to left, about 4.5%. Finish on the left side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 2 · Par 4

Green falls this way

343 (Blue) · 331 (White) · 310 (Gold) · 264 (Red) yards · Handicap 8

Plays like
343-1 ft
Green · Blue tee
326 · 343 · 358front · middle · back
Green size
36 × 24yards deep × wide
Fairway
36 ydswide at 211
Green slope
2%falls to the right

In play

  • 2 bunkers left: 146 to reach, 172 to carry
  • Bunker across the hole: 177 to reach, 180 to carry
  • Bunker left: 194 to reach, 203 to carry
  • Water right: 320 to reach, 322 to carry

Playing notes

  • Dogleg left at about 231 yards.
  • Fairway bunkers on the left: 194 to reach, 203 to carry. Drives that finish short of 194 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
  • The fairway is about 36 yards wide at 211 and narrows to 13 at 251.
  • No hazards mapped around the green.
  • The green falls from left to right, about 2%. Finish on the right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
  • The green is 36 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.

Hole 3 · Par 5

Lay-up zoneGreen falls this way

486 (Blue) · 454 (White) · 382 (Gold) · 356 (Red) yards · Handicap 18

Plays like
489+10 ft
Green · Blue tee
470 · 486 · 505front · middle · back
Green size
41 × 24yards deep × wide
Fairway
21 ydswide at 232
Green slope
3.5%falls to the left

In play

  • Bunker front of the green
  • Water front-left of the green
  • Bunker right of the green
  • Bunker back of the green

Playing notes

  • Plays about 3 yards longer: the green sits 10 ft above the tee.
  • Dogleg left at about 271 yards.
  • No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
  • The fairway is about 21 yards wide at 232 and narrows to 16 at 272.
  • Best lay-up: 70 to 140 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 26 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 right to left, about 3.5%. Finish on the left 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 9

4 · Par 45 · Par 46 · Par 37 · Par 48 · Par 49 · Par 3

The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:

  • 6 plays-like yardages
  • 9 hazards with reach and carry
  • 6 green slope reads

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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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