National Golf Links of America vs Shinnecock Hills Golf Club

Next to each other · numbers from each course's map geometry

near Southampton, New York

Measure	National Golf Links of America	Shinnecock Hills Golf Club
Holes	18	18
Par	72	71
Par 3 · 4 · 5	3 · 12 · 3	4 · 11 · 3
Measured length	6,965 yd	7,318 yd
Longest hole	No. 9, 537 yd	No. 16, 547 yd
Bunkers	287	172
Sand	8 acres	6.1 acres
Holes with water	6	2
Water on the property	9.8 acres	0.4 acres
Total climb	310 ft	288 ft
Elevation	1–61 ft	6–65 ft
Biggest drop to a green	-46 ft	-51 ft
Average green	9,164 sq ft	7,016 sq ft
Average fairway width	61 yd	58 yd
Green to next tee, total	990 yd	1,489 yd
Property	199 acres	248 acres
Cart path	0.5 mi	3.8 mi
Driving range	yes	yes

Hole by hole

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

Hole	National Golf Links of America			Shinnecock Hills Golf Club
	Par	Yd	Rise	Par	Yd	Rise
1	4	327	-11	4	398	-37
2	4	319	+16	3	258	+5
3	4	426	+13	4	504	-19
4	3	197	-10	4	487	-5
5	4	474	-19	5	542	-3
6	3	131	-15	4	495	0
7	5	487	+3	3	197	-5
8	4	404	+15	4	448	+15
9	5	537	+4	4	484	+35
10	4	451	-17	4	418	-12
11	4	434	+2	3	155	+15
12	4	460	-9	5	477	-13
13	3	162	+6	4	374	-17
14	4	400	-4	4	461	-28
15	4	411	-7	4	412	-51
16	4	475	+12	5	547	+13
17	4	379	-46	3	177	-2
18	5	491	+42	4	484	+22

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.