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Bass Rocks Golf Club is an 18-hole private course in Gloucester, Massachusetts.

Designed by Herbert Leeds. It plays 6,040 yards from the Gold tees, rated 69.5/124 (checked 2026-08-15).

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18
holes
69
par
6,040
yards (tips)
124
slope (gold)
The shape of the round · Gold teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — GOLD TEES355165347337385389516174376346376325192407321379239421142334445464758394104114124133144154164173184PAROUT 3,044 YDSIN 3,006 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
Herbert Leeds reported
access
private
address
34 Beach Rd, Gloucester, MA 01930, USA
phone
978-283-1866
elevation
92 ft derived
opened
1896

42.61356, -70.64207 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

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

166 traced features across 8 layers for Bass Rocks Golf Club, drawn over NAIP 2023 aerial imagery.

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

18
Holes
22
Fairways
30
Bunkers
3
Water
18
Greens
53
Tee pads
6,050yds
Gold tees
516yds
Longest hole
165yds
Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2023-07-05

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.

GoldM69604069.512430443006
GoldF71contested69604075.413330443006
BlueM695706contested562767.312128302797
BlueF71contested695706contested562774.112928302797
WhiteM695209contested506166.211125332528
WhiteF71contested695129contested506171.011825332528
GreenM694895contested474164.911323942347
GreenF71contested694895contested474169.311923942347

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 Gold, Blue, White and Green 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 Blue, White and Green 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 434444534444344434 69
Gold 355165347337385389516174376346376325192407321379239421 6,040
Blue 338152341319369381488131311319360315178385315370145410 5,706
White 312138303269341345416111298305339302152372305296115342 5,209
Green 307115303269298345416111230230312302120335305296105342 4,895
Handicap 715119513171348121621410186

Plan it in the Studio

Plan Bass Rocks Golf 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

Bass Rocks Golf Club states private access, so there is no tee time here to book. The nearest courses that state access you can book: Cape Ann Golf Course (7.5 mi, public) · Wenham Country Club (12 mi, semi-private) · Lakeview Golf Club (13 mi, public) · Beverly Golf Tennis Club (13 mi, public)

Measured against comparable courses

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

FigureThis courseIn MassachusettsNationwideAmong its peers
Longest6,040 yds202nd of 348=8,343rd of 12,025102nd of 170 in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area · 2,464th of 2,954 private courses · =8,266th of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 124=192nd of 319=5,603rd of 8,710=95th of 156 in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area · =1,988th of 2,300 private courses · =5,346th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 69.5=200th of 255=6,428th of 7,615=96th of 128 in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area · =2,031st of 2,143 private courses · =6,287th of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread1,145 yds between tees182nd of 335=7,629th of 11,52391st of 165 in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area · =2,149th of 2,885 private courses · =7,448th of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 1896=17th of 343=88th of 9,368=8th of 168 in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area · =45th of 2,418 private courses · =59th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level92 ft derived 258th of 366=10,094th of 12,437124th of 180 in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area · =2,395th of 3,026 private courses · =7,282nd 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.

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Nearby courses

Essex County Club

6.5 mi · Manchester-by-the-Sea · private · 18 holes

Cape Ann Golf Course

7.5 mi · Essex · public · 9 holes

Myopia Hunt Club

11 mi · South Hamilton · private · 18 holes

Wenham Country Club

12 mi · Wenham · semi-private · 18 holes

Lakeview Golf Club

13 mi · Wenham · public · 9 holes

Turner Hill Golf Racquet Club

13 mi · Ipswich · private · 18 holes

Beverly Golf Tennis Club

13 mi · Beverly · public · 18 holes

Ipswich Country Club

14 mi · Ipswich · 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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