Shelter Harbor Golf Club Championship Course
Westerly, Rhode Island · 18 holes · par 71 · Private. Designed by Hurdzan / Fry Environmental Golf Design, opened 2004.
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 130 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 8, where the green sits 38 ft above the tee and plays about 13 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 7, where the green sits 53 ft below the tee and plays about 18 yards shorter.
- 14 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 | Blue | White | Gold | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 3 | 598 | 576 | 518 | 480 | 441 |
| 2 | 4 | 9 | 410 | 393 | 379 | 352 | 313 |
| 3 | 4 | 1 | 463 | 454 | 444 | 344 | 307 |
| 4 | 3 | 15 | 220 | 205 | 178 | 178 | 156 |
| 5 | 4 | 11 | 388 | 370 | 347 | 323 | 306 |
| 6 | 3 | 17 | 178 | 178 | 162 | 145 | 120 |
| 7 | 4 | 13 | 363 | 342 | 319 | 269 | 239 |
| 8 | 4 | 5 | 421 | 404 | 371 | 343 | 307 |
| 9 | 5 | 7 | 533 | 510 | 490 | 450 | 402 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | 498 | 465 | 458 | 419 | 350 |
| 11 | 3 | 14 | 147 | 133 | 128 | 117 | 105 |
| 12 | 5 | 12 | 561 | 543 | 509 | 488 | 471 |
| 13 | 4 | 10 | 367 | 348 | 324 | 237 | 211 |
| 14 | 4 | 4 | 462 | 437 | 331 | 312 | 291 |
| 15 | 3 | 18 | 227 | 201 | 180 | 154 | 135 |
| 16 | 5 | 8 | 541 | 523 | 495 | 470 | 430 |
| 17 | 3 | 16 | 194 | 178 | 133 | 107 | 97 |
| 18 | 4 | 6 | 457 | 435 | 422 | 388 | 264 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 7032 | 73.9 | 135 |
| Blue | Male | 6695 | 72.3 | 132 |
| White | Male | 6229 | 69.8 | 130 |
| White | Female | 6229 | 75.7 | 131 |
| Gold | Male | 5576 | 67.3 | 109 |
| Gold | Female | 5576 | 72.1 | 125 |
| Red | Female | 4951 | 68.5 | 115 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 583-45 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 589 · 598 · 607front · middle · back
- Green size
- 27 × 32yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 45 ydswide at 236
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the left
In play
- 2 bunkers right: 259 to reach, 283 to carry
- Bunker left: 289 to reach, 320 to carry
- 2 bunkers across the hole: 477 to reach, 498 to carry
- Bunker right: 528 to reach, 548 to carry
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 586 to carry
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 15 yards shorter: the green sits 45 ft below the tee.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 259 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 259 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 45 yards wide at 236 and narrows to 1 at 206.
- Best lay-up: 140 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 53 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- 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 3%. Finish on the left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 413+10 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 401 · 410 · 420front · middle · back
- Green size
- 27 × 29yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 54 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front-right
In play
- No bunkers or water mapped on this hole
Playing notes
- Plays about 3 yards longer: the green sits 10 ft above the tee.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 54 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 42 at 200.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 2%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 461-5 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 446 · 463 · 478front · middle · back
- Green size
- 34 × 26yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 51 ydswide at 227
- Green slope
- 3.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- 2 bunkers left: 264 to reach, 297 to carry
- Bunker front of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker right of the green
- Bunker back of the green
Playing notes
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 264 to reach, 297 to carry. Drives that finish short of 264 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 51 yards wide at 227 and narrows to 40 at 277.
- 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 back-left to front-right, about 3.5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 35 · Par 46 · Par 37 · Par 48 · Par 49 · Par 510 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 513 · Par 414 · Par 415 · Par 316 · Par 517 · Par 318 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 62 hazards with reach and carry
- 13 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].