Manchester Country Club
Bedford, New Hampshire · 18 holes · par 71 · Private. Designed by Donald Ross, opened 1923.
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 24 ft above the tee and plays about 8 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 8, where the green sits 36 ft below the tee and plays about 12 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
| Hole | Par | Hcp | Blue | White | Green |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 2 | 426 | 415 | 352 |
| 2 | 5 | 12 | 451 | 439 | 361 |
| 3 | 3 | 14 | 220 | 207 | 118 |
| 4 | 4 | 8 | 364 | 340 | 328 |
| 5 | 3 | 16 | 199 | 174 | 157 |
| 6 | 4 | 18 | 338 | 316 | 241 |
| 7 | 4 | 4 | 385 | 365 | 298 |
| 8 | 4 | 10 | 385 | 357 | 335 |
| 9 | 5 | 6 | 529 | 497 | 466 |
| 10 | 4 | 11 | 380 | 369 | 311 |
| 11 | 5 | 5 | 530 | 507 | 366 |
| 12 | 4 | 3 | 390 | 379 | 306 |
| 13 | 3 | 17 | 153 | 145 | 123 |
| 14 | 4 | 7 | 404 | 369 | 309 |
| 15 | 4 | 13 | 300 | 289 | 268 |
| 16 | 3 | 15 | 217 | 212 | 140 |
| 17 | 4 | 1 | 447 | 428 | 341 |
| 18 | 4 | 9 | 404 | 387 | 329 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | Male | 6833 | 73 | 136 |
| Blue | Male | 6510 | 71.3 | 132 |
| White | Male | 6221 | 70 | 128 |
| Green | Male | 5463 | 66.9 | 120 |
| Green | Female | 5463 | 72.6 | 132 |
| Yellow | Male | 4740 | 63 | 108 |
| Yellow | Female | 4740 | 69.3 | 123 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 427+3 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 411 · 426 · 440front · middle · back
- Green size
- 29 × 18yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 30 ydswide at 227
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 30 yards wide at 227 and narrows to 22 at 277.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from back to front, about 3%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 459+24 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 437 · 451 · 466front · middle · back
- Green size
- 30 × 33yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 31 ydswide at 241
- Green slope
- 3.5%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker left: 184 to reach, 203 to carry
- Bunker right: 266 to reach, 282 to carry
Playing notes
- Plays about 8 yards longer: the green sits 24 ft above the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 218 yards.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 184 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 184 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 31 yards wide at 241 and narrows to 20 at 271.
- Best lay-up: 80 to 150 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 23 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
- The green falls from back to front, about 3.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 221+3 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 211 · 220 · 237front · middle · back
- Green size
- 32 × 29yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker across the hole: 130 to reach, 145 to carry
- Bunker front of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back to front, about 3%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 36 · Par 47 · Par 48 · Par 49 · Par 510 · Par 411 · Par 512 · Par 413 · Par 314 · Par 415 · Par 416 · Par 317 · Par 418 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 60 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].