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Black Hall Club is an 18-hole private golf course in Old Lyme, Connecticut.

Designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr.. It plays 6,659 yards from the Black tees, rated 73/140 (checked 2026-08-15).

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18
holes
71
par
6,659
yards (tips)
140
slope (black)
The shape of the round · Black teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — BLACK TEES377514446376362376180429161366570458202514415380168397142534445464738493104115124133145154164173184PAROUT 3,221 YDSIN 3,470 YDSFIRST NINESECOND NINE
The published card in playing order, 18 holes with the two nines split — hole number under each bar, its par below that.

The course

designer
Robert Trent Jones Sr. reported
access
private
address
47 Buttonball Rd, Old Lyme, CT 06371, USA
phone
860-434-2038
elevation
60 ft derived
opened
1967
on site
pro shop · restaurant

41.29122, -72.29772 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. 27 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

221 traced features across 8 layers for Black Hall Club, drawn over NAIP 2023 aerial imagery.

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221 traced features across 8 layers for Black Hall Club, drawn over NAIP 2023 aerial imagery. The map itself needs JavaScript; the geometry is a plain GeoJSON file either way.

18
Holes
20
Fairways
82
Bunkers
4
Water
18
Greens
51
Tee pads
6,691yds
Black tees
570yds
Longest hole
161yds
Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2023-07-11

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-15

All 8 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 8 rows.

BlackM71665973.014032213470
BlueM71626570.813830363229
WhiteF72contested71586175.913328253041
WhiteM71586169.213328253041
SilverM71558968.313026582917
SilverF72contested71558974.413026582917
GoldF72contested715158contested496572.012624122553
GoldM715158contested496566.312624122553

Every figure as published except Card par (derived) and Card yards (derived), which are summed from the card below and shown only where a published figure is contested; a blank cell elsewhere is one nobody publishes. Front 9 and Back 9 are summed from the per-hole yardages on the scorecard.

The White, Silver and Gold tees publish a par the scorecard below does not add up to. Both figures are published and nothing we hold settles which one a round plays to, so the Par column keeps the published figure, marked contested, and each tee's own par row from the card below is summed beside it, marked derived.

The Gold tees publish a yardage total the scorecard below does not add up to. Both figures are published and nothing we hold settles which one a round plays to, so the Yards column keeps the published figure, marked contested, and each tee's own yardage row from the card below is summed beside it, marked derived.

Scorecard — every published tee

Scorecardopen datachecked 2026-08-15

Hole 123456789101112131415161718 Total
Par 454444343454354434 71
Black 377514446376362376180429161366570458202514415380168397 6,659
Blue 361475423356344360165407145348537420182475380361151375 6,265
White 325458389338331338138374134334507389153460365339141353 5,861
Silver 310428346325316330113368122320500379145420350329133341 5,589
Gold 25338234228228927910836011728843331812039033328390298 5,158
Handicap 111315791731516102121446188

Plan it in the Studio

Plan Black Hall Club hole by hole, for your game.

Ask in plain words. The Studio draws each hole on the aerial photo, picks a club for each shot from your carries and the way you miss, and shows where a miss costs you strokes. Where a green was surveyed, it reads the slope too.

  • The approach, planned A Studio approach map on the aerial photo: a lob wedge aimed at the island green, its spread drawn as a dashed ring over the water, and the side it most often misses. Example from another course: hole 15, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
  • The green, from LiDAR A Studio green view on the aerial photo: arrows for the slope a LiDAR survey measured, the area a cup could be cut, and the safer side to miss. Example from another course: hole 15, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
  • Every shot, tee to green A Studio plan on the aerial photo of a desert par 4: the driver off the tee and a 7-iron into the green between the bunkers, each shot with its landing spread drawn as a dashed ring. Example from another course: hole 2, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale

Plan this course in the Studio

Pictures: Studio output for a sample golfer, drawn 2026-10-15. The Studio needs a free account. AI can make mistakes.

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Book nearby

Black Hall Club states private access, so there is no tee time here to book. The nearest courses that state access you can book: Cedar Ridge Golf Course (7.4 mi, public) · Islands End Golf Country Club (12 mi, semi-private)

Measured against comparable courses

How hard and how long this course plays against comparable courses — never how good it is.

FigureThis courseIn ConnecticutNationwideAmong its peers
Longest6,659 yds43rd of 186=4,680th of 12,025=1,586th of 2,954 private courses · =4,648th of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 140=6th of 157=932nd of 8,710=418th of 2,300 private courses · =912th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 73.0=29th of 131=2,665th of 7,615=1,076th of 2,143 private courses · =2,642nd of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread1,501 yds between tees48th of 180=5,405th of 11,523=1,583rd of 2,885 private courses · =5,330th of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 1967=115th of 176=4,013th of 9,368=1,314th of 2,418 private courses · =2,825th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level60 ft derived =175th of 191=10,544th of 12,437=2,501st of 3,026 private courses · =7,612th of 9,106 18-hole regulation courses

A published figure is compared only against the courses that publish it too, which is why the totals differ from row to row — a state's length field is the courses with a scorecard, not the courses in the state. Height above sea level is the exception: we derive it from a coordinate, so its field is very nearly every course we render. Ties share an ordinal and are marked =. How this is computed →

What's on this page

In progress4 of 6 built

4 of 6 parts of this course page are built, and we're filling in the rest.

  • Scorecard, built.Par and yardage for every hole, from 8 sets of tees.
  • Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 8 sets of tees.
  • Course map, built.All 18 greens drawn, with the fairways, bunkers and water, over aerial imagery.
  • Per-hole distances, built.Every hole is traced, so carries and distances to the front, middle and back of each green are measured along the line you actually play.
  • Green contours, not built yet.We haven't built the green contours for this course yet.
  • Course details, partly built.6 of 7 background details — we don't hold the grass on the greens.

The site is in beta and the database is still being built, so expect gaps. Know something we don't? Help us fill it in — a link to where it's published is worth more than anything else you could send.

Sources

Gathered from the course's own site and public records — every figure on this page is traceable to who published it and when. Spot an error or a gap? Tell us.

Location and identity seeded from OpenStreetMap — © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Last checked 2026-08-15. Where each figure came from is stated beside it, above.

Compare this course →

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Old Lyme Country Club

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Fenwick Golf Club

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Cedar Ridge Golf Course

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Great Neck Country Club

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Clinton Country Club

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Fox Hopyard Golf Club

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Shennecossett Golf Club

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Islands End Golf Country Club

12 mi · Greenport · semi-private · 18 holes

Straight-line distance from this course's coordinates, within 60 miles — not driving distance, and it crosses state lines where the nearest courses are over one.

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