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Newton Commonwealth Golf Course is an 18-hole public course in Newton, Massachusetts.

Designed by Donald Ross. It plays 5,354 yards from the Blue tees, rated 65.8/122 (checked 2026-08-15).

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18
holes
70
par
5,354
yards (tips)
122
slope (blue)
The shape of the round · Blue teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — BLUE TEES277533193129455276177488210276307159268247451152378378142533435564738593104114123134144155163174184PAROUT 2,738 YDSIN 2,616 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
Donald Ross reported
access
public
address
212 Kenrick St, Newton, MA 02458, USA
elevation
59 ft derived
opened
1897
on site
pro shop · restaurant · lessons

42.34473, -71.17082 — 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.

204 traced features across 8 layers for Newton Commonwealth Golf Course, drawn over NAIP 2023 aerial imagery.

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204 traced features across 8 layers for Newton Commonwealth Golf Course, drawn over NAIP 2023 aerial imagery. The map itself needs JavaScript; the geometry is a plain GeoJSON file either way.

18
Holes
26
Fairways
40
Bunkers
6
Water
18
Greens
41
Tee pads
5,354yds
Blue tees
533yds
Longest hole
129yds
Shortest hole

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

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-15

All 3 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 3 rows.

BlueM70535465.812227382616
WhiteM70499264.511725222470
RedF70432965.811821472182

Every figure as published; a blank cell is one nobody publishes. Front 9 and Back 9 are summed from the per-hole yardages on the scorecard.

Scorecard — every published tee

Scorecardopen datachecked 2026-08-15

Hole 123456789101112131415161718 Total
Par 453354353443445344 70
Blue 277533193129455276177488210276307159268247451152378378 5,354
White 252476179110435255162473180259295148263231422130367355 4,992
Red 23236213693375231115448155208251129237215354111348329 4,329
Handicap 151517391171314612161081824

Plan it in the Studio

Plan Newton Commonwealth Golf Course 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.

© OpenStreetMap contributors

Book a tee time

Rates change by day and by season, so we send you to Newton Commonwealth Golf Course's own booking page rather than quoting a figure that was true the week we captured it.

Check tee times and rates

Also bookable nearby: Robert T Lynch Municipal Brookline Golf Course (2.5 mi)

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
Longest5,354 yds230th of 348=8,984th of 12,025116th of 170 in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area · 2,751st of 4,105 public courses · 4,886th of 7,004 courses you can book · =8,864th of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 122=217th of 319=6,159th of 8,710=110th of 156 in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area · =1,629th of 2,882 public courses · =3,080th of 4,936 courses you can book · =5,821st of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 65.8233rd of 255=7,242nd of 7,615118th of 128 in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area · =2,242nd of 2,412 public courses · =3,907th of 4,145 courses you can book · =6,991st of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread1,025 yds between tees201st of 335=8,211th of 11,523101st of 165 in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area · =2,452nd of 3,841 public courses · =4,468th of 6,653 courses you can book · =7,945th of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 1897=22nd of 343=112th of 9,368=11th of 168 in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area · =15th of 3,277 public courses · =40th of 5,526 courses you can book · =76th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level59 ft derived =294th of 366=10,567th of 12,437=146th of 180 in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area · =3,899th of 4,289 public courses · =6,435th of 7,274 courses you can book · =7,631st 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 3 sets of tees.
  • Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 3 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 a phone number 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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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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