Skitty Golf

Courses · New York

Merrick Road Park Golf Course

Merrick, New York · 9 holes · par 36 · Public. Opened 1967.

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

Altitude20 ftCarries about 0% farther
Bunkers29
Holes with water2 of 9
Average fairway width24 yds
Typical green7,200 sq ft
Sloped greens7 of 9Tilt 2% or more
  • At about 20 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.
  • 7 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

HoleParHcpBlueWhiteRed
151480462440
237176141122
345351326306
449405389375
543358340328
6511487470452
7413330316300
8315191159124
9417403391378

Tees

TeeYardsRatingSlope
BlueMale3440
WhiteMale311569.6108
RedFemale284569108

Hole 1 · Par 5

Lay-up zoneGreen falls this way

480 (Blue) · 462 (White) · 440 (Red) yards · Handicap 1

Plays like
480+1 ft
Green · Blue tee
462 · 480 · 498front · middle · back
Green size
36 × 24yards deep × wide
Fairway
23 ydswide at 248
Green slope
3.5%falls to the front

In play

  • Water left: 18 to reach, 117 to carry
  • Bunker left: 215 to reach, 244 to carry
  • Water front-left of the green
  • Bunker front-left of the green
  • Bunker front-right of the green

Playing notes

  • Dogleg left at about 110 yards.
  • Fairway bunkers on the left: 215 to reach, 244 to carry. Drives that finish short of 215 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
  • The fairway is about 23 yards wide at 248.
  • Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 24 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
  • Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
  • The green falls from back to front, about 3.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
  • The green is 36 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.

Hole 2 · Par 3

Green falls this way

176 (Blue) · 141 (White) · 122 (Red) yards · Handicap 7

Plays like
177+3 ft
Green · Blue tee
154 · 176 · 195front · middle · back
Green size
40 × 37yards deep × wide
Green slope
3.5%falls to the front-left

In play

  • Water front of the green
  • Bunker front-right of the green
  • Bunker left of the green

Playing notes

  • Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
  • Water short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
  • The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 3.5%. Finish on the front-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

Green falls this way

351 (Blue) · 326 (White) · 306 (Red) yards · Handicap 5

Plays like
352+3 ft
Green · Blue tee
340 · 351 · 368front · middle · back
Green size
34 × 35yards deep × wide
Fairway
19 ydswide at 223
Green slope
2.5%falls to the front

In play

  • Bunker front-right of the green
  • Bunker left of the green

Playing notes

  • Dogleg right at about 204 yards.
  • No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
  • The fairway is about 19 yards wide at 223.
  • Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
  • The green falls from back to front, about 2.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Holes 4 to 9

4 · Par 45 · Par 46 · Par 57 · Par 48 · Par 39 · Par 4

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

  • 6 plays-like yardages
  • 20 hazards with reach and carry
  • 5 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].

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