Metuchen Golf and Country Club vs Plainfield Country Club

2.6 mi apart · numbers from each course's map geometry

near Metuchen, New Jersey

near South Plainfield, New Jersey

Measure	Metuchen Golf and Country Club	Plainfield Country Club
Holes	18	18
Par	72	72
Par 3 · 4 · 5	3 · 12 · 3	4 · 10 · 4
Measured length	6,468 yd	6,898 yd
Longest hole	No. 13, 583 yd	No. 12, 572 yd
Bunkers	87	120
Sand	2.4 acres	2.1 acres
Holes with water	8	4
Water on the property	2.1 acres	2.1 acres
Total climb	219 ft	313 ft
Elevation	105–161 ft	71–189 ft
Biggest drop to a green	-38 ft	-49 ft
Average green	4,665 sq ft	5,805 sq ft
Average fairway width	38 yd	45 yd
Green to next tee, total	1,692 yd	1,087 yd
Property	107 acres	150 acres
Cart path	2.2 mi	1.7 mi
Driving range	not mapped	not mapped

Hole by hole

Par and measured yards for each hole; rise is tee to green.

Hole	Metuchen Golf and Country Club			Plainfield Country Club
	Par	Yd	Rise	Par	Yd	Rise
1	4	390	+32	4	429	-32
2	3	191	+23	4	443	-48
3	4	377	-38	3	193	-12
4	4	367	+8	4	324	+57
5	4	338	+2	5	517	+28
6	5	446	+24	3	166	-12
7	4	447	-35	4	466	-44
8	4	406	+17	5	506	+24
9	4	366	-22	4	360	+26
10	4	275	-2	4	405	-29
11	5	522	-7	3	144	-15
12	4	289	+2	5	572	-49
13	5	583	+1	4	479	-15
14	4	430	+2	3	224	-5
15	4	336	-2	4	365	+7
16	3	158	+23	5	554	+12
17	4	388	-37	4	402	+41
18	3	159	-9	4	349	+29

Both courses are drawn by OpenStreetMap contributors; a difference in detail (bunker counts especially) can be a difference in how carefully each was mapped. How each number is measured.