North Bellingham Golf Course vs Sudden Valley Golf Course

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

near Bellingham, Washington

Measure	North Bellingham Golf Course	Sudden Valley Golf Course
Holes	18	18
Par	72	72
Par 3 · 4 · 5	4 · 10 · 4	4 · 10 · 4
Measured length	6,566 yd	6,401 yd
Longest hole	No. 11, 534 yd	No. 1, 505 yd
Bunkers	59	41
Sand	2.5 acres	0.7 acres
Holes with water	11	5
Water on the property	6.1 acres	2 acres
Total climb	191 ft	254 ft
Elevation	87–190 ft	312–534 ft
Biggest drop to a green	-15 ft	-114 ft
Average green	4,728 sq ft	4,913 sq ft
Average fairway width	42 yd	34 yd
Green to next tee, total	1,811 yd	1,317 yd
Property	573 acres	139 acres
Cart path	6.5 mi	4.6 mi
Driving range	not mapped	yes

Hole by hole

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

Hole	North Bellingham Golf Course			Sudden Valley Golf Course
	Par	Yd	Rise	Par	Yd	Rise
1	4	355	-3	5	505	-14
2	4	441	+12	4	384	+5
3	4	384	-6	4	384	-3
4	4	380	-12	3	174	-1
5	3	188	-3	4	419	-2
6	5	499	-14	4	398	+11
7	4	353	+10	5	489	-19
8	3	210	+2	3	170	0
9	5	533	+8	4	392	+11
10	4	357	-4	5	473	+50
11	5	534	-15	4	319	+46
12	4	364	-2	4	356	+2
13	4	401	+2	3	153	-5
14	3	161	+2	4	331	+27
15	4	423	-9	4	415	-114
16	3	185	0	3	166	-27
17	5	447	+9	5	491	-51
18	4	351	+7	4	382	-5

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.