The Aquidneck Club
Portsmouth, Rhode Island · 18 holes · par 71 · Private. Designed by Donald Steel, opened 2000.
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 50 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 3, where the green sits 32 ft above the tee and plays about 11 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 4, where the green sits 60 ft below the tee and plays about 20 yards shorter.
- Driving-zone hazards sit on the left on 4 holes and on the right on 1: a tee shot missed left costs more here.
- 16 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 | Gold | Green | Green/White | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 9 | 521 | 508 | 489 | 400 |
| 2 | 3 | 17 | 186 | 151 | 142 | 130 |
| 3 | 4 | 11 | 382 | 350 | 346 | 280 |
| 4 | 4 | 3 | 410 | 405 | 365 | 360 |
| 5 | 3 | 15 | 163 | 150 | 146 | 128 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | 411 | 399 | 369 | 346 |
| 7 | 4 | 7 | 395 | 385 | 374 | 305 |
| 8 | 3 | 13 | 233 | 192 | 170 | 162 |
| 9 | 5 | 5 | 500 | 490 | 465 | 445 |
| 10 | 4 | 12 | 424 | 400 | 400 | 334 |
| 11 | 3 | 16 | 225 | 210 | 210 | 158 |
| 12 | 5 | 10 | 520 | 502 | 502 | 447 |
| 13 | 4 | 6 | 444 | 414 | 414 | 313 |
| 14 | 4 | 4 | 426 | 409 | 409 | 306 |
| 15 | 5 | 8 | 541 | 508 | 508 | 441 |
| 16 | 4 | 2 | 412 | 400 | 400 | 278 |
| 17 | 3 | 18 | 202 | 177 | 177 | 103 |
| 18 | 4 | 14 | 280 | 275 | 275 | 128 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Male | 6675 | 72.5 | 132 |
| Gold/Green | Male | 6462 | 71.1 | 129 |
| Green | Female | 6325 | 76.8 | 136 |
| Green | Male | 6325 | 70.6 | 128 |
| Green/White | Male | 6212 | 69.5 | 127 |
| White | Female | 6161 | 72.9 | 125 |
| White | Male | 6161 | 69 | 126 |
| Yellow | Female | 5444 | 72.2 | 123 |
| Yellow | Male | 5444 | 65.1 | 114 |
| Red | Male | 5064 | 63.5 | 108 |
| Red | Female | 5064 | 69.7 | 117 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 522+4 ft
- Green · Gold tee
- 504 · 521 · 542front · middle · back
- Green size
- 40 × 27yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 39 ydswide at 255
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the front-left
In play
- Water right: 63 to reach, 136 to carry
- Water left: 83 to reach, 142 to carry
- 2 bunkers right: 420 to reach, 444 to carry
Playing notes
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 39 yards wide at 255 and narrows to 33 at 265.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 160 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 21 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 3%. 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 2 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 187+3 ft
- Green · Gold tee
- 168 · 186 · 203front · middle · back
- Green size
- 35 × 27yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the front-right
In play
- Water across the hole: 81 to reach, 91 to carry
- Bunker front of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Water crosses the hole: 81 to reach, 91 to carry.
- 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-left to front-right, about 3%. Finish on the front-right 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.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 393+32 ft
- Green · Gold tee
- 367 · 382 · 397front · middle · back
- Green size
- 31 × 27yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 33 ydswide at 261
- Green slope
- 6%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker across the hole: 246 to reach, 250 to carry
- Bunker left: 259 to reach, 267 to carry
- Bunker front of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 11 yards longer: the green sits 32 ft above the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 259 to reach, 267 to carry. Drives that finish short of 259 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 33 yards wide at 261.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 6%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 36 · Par 47 · Par 48 · Par 39 · Par 510 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 513 · Par 414 · Par 415 · Par 516 · Par 417 · Par 318 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 30 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].