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Sankaty Head Golf Club is an 18-hole private course in Nantucket, Massachusetts.

It plays 6,625 yards from the Black tees, rated 72.6/126 (checked 2026-08-15).

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18
holes
71
par
6,625
yards (tips)
126
slope (black)
The shape of the round · Black teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — BLACK TEES400395200520420180410510285425450205380150410390540385142433455463748594104114123134143154164175184PAROUT 3,320 YDSIN 3,335 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
100 Sankaty Rd, Nantucket, MA 02554, USA
phone
508-257-6391
elevation
72 ft derived
opened
1923

41.28017, -69.96674 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. 47 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

270 traced features across 8 layers for Sankaty Head Golf Club, drawn over NAIP 2023 aerial imagery.

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

18
Holes
24
Fairways
79
Bunkers
1
Water
18
Greens
45
Tee pads
6,655yds
Black tees
540yds
Longest hole
150yds
Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2023-08-11

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-15

All 6 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 6 rows.

BlackM71662572.612633203335
WhiteM71627070.812331653095
BlueM715580contested552567.211827552770
BlueF715580contested552572.511927552770
YellowM715270contested519665.711126062590
YellowF715270contested519670.711526062590

Every figure as published except Card yards (derived), which is 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 Blue and Yellow 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 443543454443434454 71
Black 400395200520420180410510285425450205380150410390540385 6,625
White 390370185480410160390510270405400190370135385340495375 6,270
Blue 355300180405360135350410260360350160325110360315450340 5,580
Yellow 32529514539535590345405251330350135320105325310405310 5,270
Handicap 515133717111981018616214124

Plan it in the Studio

Plan Sankaty Head 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

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Book nearby

Sankaty Head Golf Club states private access, so there is no tee time here to book. The nearest courses that state access you can book: Siasconset Golf Course (1.4 mi, public) · Miacomet Golf Course (8.2 mi, public) · The Royal Ancient Chappaquiddick Links (28 mi, semi-private) · Bass River Golf Course (29 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 MassachusettsNationwideAmong its peers
Longest6,625 yds105th of 348=4,981st of 12,025=1,667th of 2,954 private courses · =4,949th of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 126=170th of 319=5,028th of 8,710=1,887th of 2,300 private courses · =4,838th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 72.6=101st of 255=3,206th of 7,615=1,279th of 2,143 private courses · =3,176th of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread1,355 yds between tees132nd of 335=6,396th of 11,523=1,817th of 2,885 private courses · =6,293rd of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 1923=95th of 343=1,001st of 9,368=558th of 2,418 private courses · =746th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level72 ft derived =279th of 366=10,386th of 12,437=2,465th of 3,026 private courses · =7,497th 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 6 sets of tees.
  • Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 6 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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Nantucket Golf Club

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Siasconset Golf Course

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Miacomet Golf Course

8.2 mi · Nantucket · public · 18 holes

The Royal Ancient Chappaquiddick Links

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Chatham Seaside Links

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Cranberry Valley Golf Course

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Bass River Golf Course

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Hyannisport Club

30 mi · Hyannis Port · 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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