Skitty Golf

Courses · New Jersey

Orchard Hills Golf Course

Paramus, New Jersey · 9 holes · par 35 · Public/Municipal. Opened 1925.

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

Altitude80 ftCarries about 0% farther
Bunkers30
Holes with water2 of 9
Average fairway width30 yds
Typical green3,300 sq ft
Sloped greens6 of 9Tilt 2% or more
  • At about 80 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 6, where the green sits 24 ft above the tee and plays about 8 yards longer.
  • Biggest drop: hole 7, where the green sits 45 ft below the tee and plays about 15 yards shorter.
  • Driving-zone hazards sit on the left on 6 holes and on the right on 3: a tee shot missed left costs more here.
  • 6 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

HoleParHcpWhiteRed
1417280254
249322301
3513454411
437180100
5415281236
643316251
7411336291
835183136
941380290

Tees

TeeYardsRatingSlope
WhiteMale2776115
RedFemale2664119

Hole 1 · Par 4

Green falls this way

280 (White) · 254 (Red) yards · Handicap 17

Plays like
280level
Green · White tee
269 · 280 · 292front · middle · back
Green size
23 × 22yards deep × wide
Fairway
27 ydswide at 173
Green slope
4%falls to the front

In play

  • Bunker right: 213 to reach, 226 to carry
  • Bunker left: 219 to reach, 242 to carry
  • Bunker front-left of the green

Playing notes

  • Dogleg right at about 133 yards.
  • Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 213 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 213 keeps them out of play.
  • The fairway is about 27 yards wide at 173.
  • The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
  • The green falls from back to front, about 4%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 2 · Par 4

Green falls this way

322 (White) · 301 (Red) yards · Handicap 9

Plays like
329+21 ft
Green · White tee
314 · 322 · 331front · middle · back
Green size
17 × 22yards deep × wide
Fairway
22 ydswide at 199
Green slope
1.5%falls to the front

In play

  • Bunker front-right of the green

Playing notes

  • Plays about 7 yards longer: the green sits 21 ft above the tee.
  • No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
  • The fairway is about 22 yards wide at 199.
  • The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
  • The green falls from back to front, about 1.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 3 · Par 5

Lay-up zoneGreen falls this way

454 (White) · 411 (Red) yards · Handicap 13

Plays like
443-33 ft
Green · White tee
443 · 454 · 465front · middle · back
Green size
22 × 21yards deep × wide
Fairway
28 ydswide at 225
Green slope
2.5%falls to the front-right

In play

  • Bunker left: 257 to reach, 274 to carry
  • Bunker right: 305 to reach, 343 to carry
  • Bunker left: 405 to reach, 421 to carry

Playing notes

  • Plays about 11 yards shorter: the green sits 33 ft below the tee.
  • Fairway bunkers on the left: 257 to reach, 274 to carry. Drives that finish short of 257 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
  • The fairway is about 28 yards wide at 225 and narrows to 18 at 265.
  • Best lay-up: 70 to 90 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 20 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
  • No hazards mapped around the green.
  • The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 2.5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Holes 4 to 9

4 · Par 35 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 48 · Par 39 · Par 4

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

  • 6 plays-like yardages
  • 22 hazards with reach and carry
  • 4 green slope reads

One-time purchase, no account needed. It unlocks in this browser; lost access? Email [email protected] with your receipt. Or join the free beta and get every course in the app.

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].

Ask for an invite