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Essex County Club is an 18-hole private golf course in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts.

It plays 6,401 yards from the Blue tees, rated 72.5/136 (checked 2026-08-15).

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18
holes
70
par
6,401
yards (tips)
136
slope (blue)
The shape of the round · Blue teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — BLUE TEES440335623233503335142422432363178420379172347453361417142435435564738494104113124134143154164174184PAROUT 3,465 YDSIN 3,090 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

access
private
address
153 School St, Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA 01944, USA
phone
978-526-7311
elevation
20 ft derived
opened
1893

42.58392, -70.76353 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. 23 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

246 traced features across 8 layers for Essex County Club, drawn over NAIP 2023 aerial imagery.

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

18
Holes
23
Fairways
90
Bunkers
1
Water
18
Greens
60
Tee pads
6,555yds
Blue tees
623yds
Longest hole
142yds
Shortest hole

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

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-15

All 4 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 4 rows.

BlueM706401contested655572.513634653090
WhiteM70600370.313131962800
RedF73contested705565contested550473.613229782526
RedM72contested705565contested550467.812729782526

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 Red 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 and Red 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 445354344434434444 70
Blue 440335623233503335142422432363178420379172347453361417 6,401
White 408313556213448327128414389342160382353142319391322389 6,003
Red 408297471184439314118406341331148323308121305321262407 5,565
Handicap 513111159173712146218104168

Plan it in the Studio

Plan Essex County 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

Essex County 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 (4.6 mi, public) · Wenham Country Club (6.2 mi, semi-private) · Lakeview Golf Club (6.3 mi, public) · Beverly Golf Tennis Club (6.8 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
Longest6,401 yds157th of 348=6,776th of 12,02577th of 170 in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area · =2,163rd of 2,954 private courses · =6,714th of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 136=45th of 319=1,956th of 8,710=20th of 156 in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area · =871st of 2,300 private courses · =1,911th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 72.5=110th of 255=3,344th of 7,615=51st of 128 in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area · =1,321st of 2,143 private courses · =3,312th of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread836 yds between tees228th of 335=8,960th of 11,523110th of 165 in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area · =2,466th of 2,885 private courses · =8,470th of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 1893=5th of 343=41st of 9,3684th of 168 in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area · =21st of 2,418 private courses · =25th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level20 ft derived 353rd of 366=11,436th of 12,437172nd of 180 in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area · =2,746th of 3,026 private courses · =8,314th 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 4 sets of tees.
  • Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 4 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.5 of 7 background details — we don't hold the architect and 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

Cape Ann Golf Course

4.6 mi · Essex · public · 9 holes

Myopia Hunt Club

5.1 mi · South Hamilton · private · 18 holes

Wenham Country Club

6.2 mi · Wenham · semi-private · 18 holes

Lakeview Golf Club

6.3 mi · Wenham · public · 9 holes

Bass Rocks Golf Club

6.5 mi · Gloucester · private · 18 holes

Beverly Golf Tennis Club

6.8 mi · Beverly · public · 18 holes

Kernwood Country Club

7.8 mi · Salem · private · 18 holes

Turner Hill Golf Racquet Club

8.3 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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