Courses · Maine

Sanford Golf Club

Sanford, Maine · 18 holes · par 72 · Semi-Private. Opened 1924.

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 250 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 17, where the green sits 48 ft above the tee and plays about 16 yards longer.
• Biggest drop: hole 1, where the green sits 41 ft below the tee and plays about 14 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

Hole 1 · Par 4

409 (Black) · 351 (Blue) · 342 (White) · 255 (Green) yards · Handicap 11

Plays like

395-41 ft

Green · Black tee

396 · 409 · 421front · middle · back

Green size

25 × 25yards deep × wide

Fairway

27 ydswide at 226

Green slope

2%falls to the front

In play

• Bunker front-left of the green

Playing notes

• Plays about 14 yards shorter: the green sits 41 ft below the tee.
• Dogleg left at about 251 yards.
• No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
• The fairway is about 27 yards wide at 226.
• The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
• The green falls from back to front, about 2%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 2 · Par 4

356 (Black) · 347 (Blue) · 307 (White) · 299 (Green) yards · Handicap 13

Plays like

366+29 ft

Green · Black tee

345 · 356 · 366front · middle · back

Green size

21 × 21yards deep × wide

Fairway

27 ydswide at 222

Green slope

5.5%falls to the front-right

In play

• Bunker right: 78 to reach, 86 to carry
• Bunker front-left of the green
• Bunker front-right of the green

Playing notes

• Plays about 10 yards longer: the green sits 29 ft above the tee.
• No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
• The fairway is about 27 yards wide at 222.
• Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
• The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 5.5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 3 · Par 3

215 (Black) · 190 (Blue) · 175 (White) · 151 (Green) yards · Handicap 15

Plays like

210-16 ft

Green · Black tee

202 · 215 · 226front · middle · back

Green size

25 × 30yards deep × wide

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.

Holes 4 to 18

4 · Par 55 · Par 56 · Par 47 · Par 48 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 513 · Par 314 · Par 415 · Par 416 · Par 317 · Par 418 · Par 5

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

• 15 plays-like yardages
• 24 hazards with reach and carry
• 15 green slope reads
• 4 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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