Morris County Golf Club
Morristown, New Jersey · 18 holes · par 70 · Private. Opened 1894.
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 400 ft the ball carries about 0% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 149. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
- Biggest climb: hole 9, where the green sits 31 ft above the tee and plays about 10 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 7, where the green sits 65 ft below the tee and plays about 22 yards shorter.
- 15 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
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | Male | 6596 | ||
| Raynor | Male | 6278 | ||
| Forward | Female | 5792 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 319+10 ft
- Green
- 304 · 316 · 333front · middle · back
- Green size
- 39 × 42yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 39 ydswide at 196
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the left
In play
- Bunker right: 131 to reach, 142 to carry
- Bunker right: 209 to reach, 215 to carry
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 299 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 3 yards longer: the green sits 10 ft above the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 209 to reach, 215 to carry. Drives that finish short of 209 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 39 yards wide at 196 and narrows to 30 at 210.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from right to left, about 2.5%. Finish on the left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 39 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 2 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 485-32 ft
- Green
- 481 · 496 · 511front · middle · back
- Green size
- 31 × 34yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 20 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- No bunkers or water mapped on this hole
Playing notes
- Plays about 11 yards shorter: the green sits 32 ft below the tee.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 20 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 15 at 270.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 35 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 2.5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 133+3 ft
- Green
- 117 · 132 · 145front · middle · back
- Green size
- 28 × 30yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 5.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 113 to carry
- Bunker left of the green
- Bunker back-left of the green
- Bunker back-right of the green
Playing notes
- 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 back-right to front-left, about 5.5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 48 · Par 49 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 512 · Par 413 · Par 314 · Par 415 · Par 316 · Par 417 · Par 318 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 58 hazards with reach and carry
- 14 green slope reads
- 1 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].