Plainfield Country Club
Plainfield, New Jersey · 18 holes · par 72 · Private. Designed by Donald Ross, opened 1898.
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 140 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 4, where the green sits 58 ft above the tee and plays about 19 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 12, where the green sits 51 ft below the tee and plays about 17 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | Male | 7091 | 75.3 | 146 |
| Plainfield | Male | 6616 | 73 | 139 |
| Ross | Male | 6434 | 72.4 | 138 |
| Hillside | Male | 6205 | 71.1 | 134 |
| Calkins | Male | 5637 | 75.5 | 142 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 417-32 ft
- Green
- 408 · 428 · 446front · middle · back
- Green size
- 41 × 32yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 38 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 5%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker left: 120 to reach, 127 to carry
- Bunker left: 323 to reach, 334 to carry
- Bunker left of the green
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 38 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 31 at 270.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 5%. Finish on the front-left 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.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 428-48 ft
- Green
- 429 · 444 · 457front · middle · back
- Green size
- 28 × 26yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 34 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 4.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker right: 171 to reach, 183 to carry
- 2 bunkers left: 281 to reach, 300 to carry
- Bunker left: 357 to reach, 385 to carry
- Bunker right: 399 to reach, 403 to carry
- 2 bunkers front of the green
- 2 bunkers front-left of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 16 yards shorter: the green sits 48 ft below the tee.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 171 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 171 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 34 yards wide at 230.
- 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 4.5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 187-14 ft
- Green
- 174 · 192 · 211front · middle · back
- Green size
- 37 × 27yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front-right
In play
- Water across the hole in front of the green: 157 to carry
- Bunker back-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 5 yards shorter: the green sits 14 ft below the tee.
- Water crosses the hole: 115 to reach, 157 to carry.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- Water short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 2%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 37 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 56 · Par 37 · Par 48 · Par 59 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 513 · Par 414 · Par 315 · Par 416 · Par 517 · Par 418 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 77 hazards with reach and carry
- 13 green slope reads
- 4 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].