William J Devine Franklin Park Golf Course is an 18-hole public course in Dorchester, Massachusetts.

It plays 6,013 yards from the Blue tees, rated 69.5/126 (checked 2026-08-15).

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holes

par

6,013

yards (tips)

126

slope (blue)

The shape of the round · Blue teespublished figures only

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: public
address: 1 Circuit Dr, Dorchester, MA 02121, USA
website: course site →
elevation: 133 ft derived
opened: 1896
on site: restaurant

42.30105, -71.08853 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. 17 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

169 traced features across 7 layers for William J Devine Franklin Park Golf Course, drawn over NAIP 2023 aerial imagery. The map itself needs JavaScript; the geometry is a plain GeoJSON file either way.

Holes

Fairways

Bunkers

Greens

Tee pads

6,013yds

Blue tees

533yds

Longest hole

139yds

Shortest hole

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

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-15

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


Blue	M	70	6013	69.5	126	2976	3037
White	F	71	5688	73.5	129	2825	2863
White	M	70	5688	67.3	122	2825	2863
Gold	F	71	4924	68.5	114	2443	2499
Gold	M	70	4924	64.0	114	2443	2499
Red	F	71	4676	67.0	112	2305	2352

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	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Total
Par	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	5	4	3	4	3	4	4	5	70
Blue	386	329	421	189	355	380	389	178	349	342	533	404	139	358	164	337	287	473	6,013
White	373	306	410	181	333	355	373	160	334	300	513	384	119	341	159	330	268	449	5,688
Gold	312	293	315	166	273	334	300	128	322	285	475	335	103	258	152	315	210	366	4,924
Red	309	235	310	162	265	326	292	126	280	253	421	330	100	254	110	313	210	361	4,676
Handicap	7	13	3	15	9	5	1	17	11	8	4	2	18	10	16	12	14	6

Plan it in the Studio

Plan William J Devine Franklin Park 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 Example from another course: hole 15, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
The green, from LiDAR Example from another course: hole 15, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
Every shot, tee to green Example from another course: hole 2, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale

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Check tee times and rates

Also bookable nearby: Presidents Golf Course (3.2 mi) · Robert T Lynch Municipal Brookline Golf Course (3.7 mi) · Furnace Brook Golf Club (4.4 mi) · Granite Links Golf Club at Quarry Hills Granite Nine (4.4 mi)

Measured against comparable courses

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

Figure	This course	In Massachusetts	Nationwide	Among its peers
Longest	6,013 yds	211th of 348	=8,448th of 12,025	105th of 170 in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area · 2,459th of 4,105 public courses · 4,481st of 7,004 courses you can book · =8,371st of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest test	slope 126	=170th of 319	=5,028th of 8,710	=82nd of 156 in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area · =1,194th of 2,882 public courses · =2,360th of 4,936 courses you can book · =4,838th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tips	rating 69.5	=200th of 255	=6,428th of 7,615	=96th of 128 in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area · =1,832nd of 2,412 public courses · =3,316th of 4,145 courses you can book · =6,287th of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread	1,337 yds between tees	=134th of 335	=6,510th of 11,523	65th of 165 in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area · =1,871st of 3,841 public courses · =3,485th of 6,653 courses you can book · =6,402nd of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldest	opened 1896	=17th of 343	=88th of 9,368	=8th of 168 in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area · =11th of 3,277 public courses · =33rd of 5,526 courses you can book · =59th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level	133 ft derived	200th of 366	=9,638th of 12,437	87th of 180 in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area · =3,651st of 4,289 public courses · =5,948th of 7,274 courses you can book · =6,940th of 9,106 18-hole regulation courses

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.4 of 7 background details — we don't hold the architect, a phone number and the grass on the greens.

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Sources

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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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