Somerset Hills Country Club
Bernardsville, New Jersey · 18 holes · par 71 · Private. Designed by A.W Tillinghast, opened 1918.
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 530 ft the ball carries about 1% 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 18, where the green sits 62 ft above the tee and plays about 21 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 10, where the green sits 51 ft below the tee and plays about 17 yards shorter.
- Driving-zone hazards sit on the right on 10 holes and on the left on 5: a tee shot missed right costs more here.
- 18 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 | Gold |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 5 | 462 | 445 | 416 |
| 2 | 3 | 9 | 205 | 175 | 148 |
| 3 | 4 | 7 | 376 | 364 | 323 |
| 4 | 4 | 3 | 460 | 429 | 357 |
| 5 | 4 | 15 | 350 | 326 | 289 |
| 6 | 5 | 17 | 501 | 478 | 456 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | 493 | 453 | 370 |
| 8 | 3 | 13 | 230 | 205 | 185 |
| 9 | 5 | 11 | 529 | 514 | 465 |
| 10 | 5 | 16 | 490 | 478 | 415 |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | 413 | 388 | 365 |
| 12 | 3 | 18 | 150 | 140 | 107 |
| 13 | 4 | 4 | 415 | 393 | 362 |
| 14 | 4 | 10 | 422 | 371 | 353 |
| 15 | 4 | 6 | 404 | 373 | 296 |
| 16 | 3 | 12 | 170 | 162 | 132 |
| 17 | 4 | 8 | 370 | 355 | 324 |
| 18 | 4 | 14 | 344 | 301 | 274 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | Male | 6784 | 73.2 | 137 |
| Blue/White | Male | 6532 | 72.2 | 137 |
| White | Male | 6350 | 71.2 | 132 |
| White | Female | 6350 | 77.8 | 150 |
| White/Gold | Male | 5912 | 69.3 | 128 |
| White/Gold | Female | 5912 | 74.9 | 144 |
| Gold | Male | 5637 | 67.6 | 125 |
| Gold | Female | 5637 | 73.7 | 143 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 449-38 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 447 · 462 · 476front · middle · back
- Green size
- 29 × 26yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 39 ydswide at 235
- Green slope
- 3.5%falls to the right
In play
- 2 bunkers left: 302 to reach, 332 to carry
- Bunker left: 348 to reach, 355 to carry
- Bunker right: 378 to reach, 398 to carry
- 2 bunkers front-right of the green
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 13 yards shorter: the green sits 38 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 262 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 39 yards wide at 235 and narrows to 33 at 215.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from left to right, about 3.5%. Finish on the right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 198-22 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 196 · 205 · 222front · middle · back
- Green size
- 40 × 35yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 7%falls to the left
In play
- 2 bunkers right: 137 to reach, 156 to carry
- Bunker left: 157 to reach, 163 to carry
- Bunker front of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 7 yards shorter: the green sits 22 ft below the tee.
- 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 right to left, about 7%. Finish on the left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 40 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 389+38 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 361 · 376 · 395front · middle · back
- Green size
- 35 × 29yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 56 ydswide at 238
- Green slope
- 4%falls to the front
In play
- 2 bunkers right: 186 to reach, 226 to carry
- Bunker left: 220 to reach, 232 to carry
- 2 bunkers across the hole in front of the green: 341 to carry
- 2 bunkers front-left of the green
- Bunker left of the green
- Bunker back-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 13 yards longer: the green sits 38 ft above the tee.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 186 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 186 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 56 yards wide at 238 and narrows to 47 at 228.
- 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 back to front, about 4%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 35 yards deep: a back pin can play about 2 clubs more than a front pin.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 46 · Par 57 · Par 48 · Par 39 · Par 510 · Par 511 · Par 412 · Par 313 · Par 414 · 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
- 77 hazards with reach and carry
- 15 green slope reads
- 3 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].