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Whaling City Golf Course at New Bedford is an 18-hole course in New Bedford, Massachusetts.

Designed by Donald Ross. It plays 6,780 yards from the Blue tees, rated 73/134 (checked 2026-08-15).

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18
holes
72
par
6,780
yards (tips)
134
slope (blue)
The shape of the round · Blue teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — BLUE TEES461398423365207397552146473561394451174526346371191344142434445364758395105114124133145154164173184PAROUT 3,422 YDSIN 3,358 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
address
581 Hathaway Rd, New Bedford, MA 02740, USA
phone
508-996-9393
elevation
173 ft derived
opened
1920

41.65544, -70.96204 — 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.

179 traced features across 8 layers for Whaling City Golf Course at New Bedford, drawn over NAIP 2023 aerial imagery.

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179 traced features across 8 layers for Whaling City Golf Course at New Bedford, drawn over NAIP 2023 aerial imagery. The map itself needs JavaScript; the geometry is a plain GeoJSON file either way.

18
Holes
25
Fairways
30
Bunkers
4
Water
18
Greens
41
Tee pads
6,780yds
Blue tees
561yds
Longest hole
146yds
Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2023-08-22

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.

BlueF72678078.813934223358
BlueM72678073.013434223358
WhiteM72648771.713132763211
WhiteF72648777.213632763211
GreenM72563466.911828172817
GreenF72563477.213628172817
RedM72523365.111426332600
RedF72523370.312126332600

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 444434535544354434 72
Blue 461398423365207397552146473561394451174526346371191344 6,780
White 448382409343190381530140453535379436163499333356179331 6,487
Green 432332376340180341285134397437331402149442303326147280 5,634
Red 428222363337175306278134390437299347141409265293139270 5,233
Handicap 351111597171361021841481612

Plan it in the Studio

Plan Whaling City Golf Course at New Bedford 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 a tee time

Rates change by day and by season, so we send you to Whaling City Golf Course at New Bedford'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: Allendale Country Club (2.4 mi) · Acushnet River Valley Golf Course (5.3 mi) · Rochester Golf Club (8.6 mi) · Marion Golf Club (12 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
Longest6,780 yds66th of 348=3,687th of 12,02514th of 74 in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA metro area · =3,662nd of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 134=69th of 319=2,523rd of 8,710=7th of 65 in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA metro area · =2,467th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 73.0=85th of 255=2,665th of 7,61512th of 52 in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA metro area · =2,642nd of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread1,547 yds between tees96th of 335=5,103rd of 11,52318th of 68 in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA metro area · =5,031st of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 1920=75th of 343=725th of 9,36814th of 71 in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA metro area · =535th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level173 ft derived =160th of 366=9,290th of 12,43716th of 78 in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA metro area · =6,676th 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.5 of 7 background details — we don't hold whether it is public or private 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

Country Club of New Bedford

1.1 mi · North Dartmouth · private · 18 holes

Allendale Country Club

2.4 mi · North Dartmouth · semi-private · 18 holes

Acushnet River Valley Golf Course

5.3 mi · Acushnet · public · 18 holes

Round Hill Community Golf Club

7.6 mi · Dartmouth · 9 holes

The Bay Club at Mattapoisett

8.0 mi · Mattapoisett · 18 holes

Rochester Golf Club

8.6 mi · Rochester · public · 18 holes

Fall River Country Club

11 mi · Fall River · private · 18 holes

Marion Golf Club

12 mi · Marion · public · 9 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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