The Madison Club
Madison, Pennsylvania · 18 holes · par 72 · Public. Opened 1997.
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 1,100 ft the ball carries about 1% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 148. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
- Biggest climb: hole 18, where the green sits 41 ft above the tee and plays about 14 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 2, where the green sits 75 ft below the tee and plays about 25 yards shorter.
- 12 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 | Black | Green |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 1 | 546 | 516 |
| 2 | 4 | 7 | 431 | 392 |
| 3 | 3 | 15 | 165 | 146 |
| 4 | 4 | 3 | 468 | 415 |
| 5 | 4 | 17 | 335 | 300 |
| 6 | 4 | 5 | 420 | 374 |
| 7 | 5 | 9 | 544 | 470 |
| 8 | 3 | 13 | 181 | 140 |
| 9 | 4 | 11 | 393 | 325 |
| 10 | 4 | 18 | 385 | 340 |
| 11 | 4 | 6 | 423 | 371 |
| 12 | 4 | 4 | 404 | 366 |
| 13 | 5 | 8 | 559 | 513 |
| 14 | 4 | 10 | 346 | 316 |
| 15 | 3 | 12 | 214 | 179 |
| 16 | 4 | 16 | 372 | 335 |
| 17 | 3 | 14 | 153 | 136 |
| 18 | 5 | 2 | 508 | 467 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 6847 | 72.4 | 130 |
| Brown | Male | 6339 | 69.8 | 123 |
| Green | Male | 6101 | 68.7 | 121 |
| Orange | Male | 5159 | 70.1 | 113 |
| Yellow | Male | 4905 | 70.6 | 124 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 557+32 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 536 · 546 · 560front · middle · back
- Green size
- 25 × 22yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 32 ydswide at 236
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker left: 318 to reach, 339 to carry
- 2 bunkers left: 397 to reach, 463 to carry
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 11 yards longer: the green sits 32 ft above the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 354 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 32 yards wide at 236 and narrows to 27 at 206.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 100 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 25 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- The green falls from back to front, about 2.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 406-75 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 419 · 431 · 447front · middle · back
- Green size
- 29 × 29yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 46 ydswide at 264
- Green slope
- 1%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker right: 194 to reach, 207 to carry
- 2 bunkers left: 236 to reach, 276 to carry
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 25 yards shorter: the green sits 75 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 276 yards.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 194 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 194 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 46 yards wide at 264 and narrows to 26 at 314.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 1%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 164-2 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 154 · 165 · 181front · middle · back
- Green size
- 31 × 28yards deep × wide
In play
- Water across the hole in front of the green: 138 to carry
- Bunker front of the green
- Bunker back-left of the green
Playing notes
- Water crosses the hole: 55 to reach, 138 to carry.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- Bunkers and water short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 58 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 413 · Par 514 · Par 415 · Par 316 · Par 417 · Par 318 · Par 5
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 47 hazards with reach and carry
- 14 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].