Lower At Baltusrol Golf Club
Springfield, New Jersey · 18 holes · par 72 · Private. Designed by A.W. Tillinghast/(R) Robert Trent Jones, Sr., ASGCA, opened 1922.
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
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | Male | 7400 | 76 | 147 |
| Tillinghast | Male | 7015 | 74.4 | 143 |
| Baltusrol | Male | 6652 | 72.8 | 140 |
| Club | Male | 6325 | 71.4 | 135 |
| Curtis | Male | 5539 | 73.7 | 137 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Green
- 461 · 478 · 492front · middle · back
- Green size
- 31 × 26yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 37 ydswide at 230
In play
- Bunker right: 225 to reach, 242 to carry
- 3 bunkers left: 244 to reach, 323 to carry
- Water right: 272 to reach, 278 to carry
- 3 bunkers right: 279 to reach, 342 to carry
- 3 bunkers right: 386 to reach, 431 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 225 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 225 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 37 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 26 at 270.
- Best lay-up: 110 to 150 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.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Green
- 353 · 369 · 385front · middle · back
- Green size
- 32 × 28yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 28 ydswide at 223
In play
- 3 bunkers right: 149 to reach, 187 to carry
- 3 bunkers right: 225 to reach, 280 to carry
- Bunker across the hole: 264 to reach, 277 to carry
- Bunker right: 321 to reach, 330 to carry
- 3 bunkers front-right of the green
- Bunker front of the green
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker right of the green
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 173 to reach, 280 to carry. Drives that finish short of 173 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 28 yards wide at 223 and narrows to 23 at 250.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Green
- 486 · 504 · 521front · middle · back
- Green size
- 36 × 31yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 34 ydswide at 230
In play
- Water left: 431 to reach, 450 to carry
- Water right: 441 to reach, 451 to carry
- Bunker front of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Dogleg left at about 4 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 34 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 27 at 270.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green is 36 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 35 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 58 · Par 49 · Par 310 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 313 · Par 414 · Par 415 · Par 416 · Par 317 · Par 518 · Par 5
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 100 hazards with reach and carry
- 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].