Amherst Country Club
Amherst, New Hampshire · 18 holes · par 72 · Public. Opened 1964.
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 220 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 2, where the green sits 20 ft above the tee and plays about 7 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 5, where the green sits 11 ft below the tee and plays about 4 yards shorter.
- Driving-zone hazards sit on the left on 5 holes and on the right on 1: a tee shot missed left costs more here.
- 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 | Gold |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 17 | 320 | 312 | 274 | 237 |
| 2 | 5 | 1 | 517 | 472 | 455 | 376 |
| 3 | 3 | 7 | 198 | 188 | 139 | 132 |
| 4 | 5 | 9 | 496 | 465 | 433 | 316 |
| 5 | 4 | 5 | 400 | 374 | 353 | 260 |
| 6 | 4 | 13 | 355 | 340 | 322 | 234 |
| 7 | 3 | 15 | 187 | 183 | 165 | 120 |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | 414 | 383 | 361 | 285 |
| 9 | 4 | 11 | 374 | 363 | 302 | 245 |
| 10 | 4 | 10 | 373 | 345 | 323 | 269 |
| 11 | 4 | 14 | 271 | 255 | 236 | 177 |
| 12 | 4 | 2 | 379 | 369 | 355 | 286 |
| 13 | 3 | 18 | 150 | 135 | 119 | 113 |
| 14 | 5 | 4 | 501 | 436 | 426 | 334 |
| 15 | 3 | 16 | 145 | 135 | 119 | 113 |
| 16 | 5 | 8 | 535 | 508 | 436 | 385 |
| 17 | 4 | 6 | 431 | 399 | 371 | 284 |
| 18 | 4 | 12 | 416 | 390 | 329 | 270 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 6462 | 70.8 | 124 |
| Blue | Female | 6052 | 74.1 | 123 |
| Blue | Male | 6052 | 67.3 | 118 |
| White | Female | 5518 | 71.4 | 117 |
| White | Male | 5518 | 65.4 | 112 |
| Gold | Male | 4436 | 62 | 98 |
| Gold | Female | 4436 | 65.2 | 101 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 317-8 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 303 · 320 · 339front · middle · back
- Green size
- 36 × 30yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 48 ydswide at 204
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the front-right
In play
- Water left: 155 to reach, 245 to carry
- Water back-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 3 yards shorter: the green sits 8 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 204 yards.
- Fairway water on the left: 155 to reach, 245 to carry. Drives that finish short of 155 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 48 yards wide at 204 and narrows to 31 at 241.
- The green is guarded on the left by water; miss right.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 3%. Finish on the front-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 2 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 524+20 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 504 · 517 · 529front · middle · back
- Green size
- 26 × 25yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 34 ydswide at 248
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front
In play
- Water across the hole: 71 to reach, 192 to carry
- 2 bunkers right: 317 to reach, 348 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 7 yards longer: the green sits 20 ft above the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 366 yards.
- Water crosses the hole: 71 to reach, 192 to carry.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 34 yards wide at 248.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 25 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from back to front, about 2.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 195-9 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 180 · 198 · 219front · middle · back
- Green size
- 41 × 24yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 4%falls to the front-right
In play
- Water across the hole: 49 to reach, 112 to carry
- Water back of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 3 yards shorter: the green sits 9 ft below the tee.
- Water crosses the hole: 49 to reach, 112 to carry.
- Water crosses the hole: 53 to reach, 97 to carry.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 4%. Finish on the front-right 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 18
4 · Par 55 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 38 · Par 49 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 413 · Par 314 · Par 515 · Par 316 · Par 517 · Par 418 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 30 hazards with reach and carry
- 15 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].