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MacGregor Downs Country Club is an 18-hole private golf course in Cary, North Carolina.

Designed by Willard Byrd. It plays 7,003 yards from the Gold tees, rated 73.4/134 (checked 2026-08-14).

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18
holes
72
par
7,003
yards (tips)
134
slope (gold)
The shape of the round · Gold teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — GOLD TEES425383409151504401417160558511451238398358355196487441142434435564748395105114123134144154163175184PAROUT 3,408 YDSIN 3,435 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
Willard Byrd reported
access
private
address
430 Saint Andrews Lane, Cary, NC, 27511
phone
919-467-0146
elevation
362 ft derived
opened
1967

35.74599, -78.79359 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes, their lines predicted by a model from USDA NAIP aerial imagery and numbered against the scorecard. Its greens, fairways, bunkers and water are predicted the same way.

113 features across 6 layers for MacGregor Downs Country Club, 1 traced and 112 predicted by a model, drawn over NAIP 2022 aerial imagery.

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113 features across 6 layers for MacGregor Downs Country Club, 1 traced and 112 predicted by a model, drawn over NAIP 2022 aerial imagery. The map itself needs JavaScript; the geometry is a plain GeoJSON file either way.

© OpenStreetMap contributors · Holes and outlines predicted by a model trained on OpenStreetMap data · GeoJSON

Holes and outlines predicted from USDA NAIP imagery · Contains information from SatlasPretrain, which is made available under the ODC Attribution License

18
Holes · predicted
16
Fairways · predicted
56
Bunkers · predicted
4
Water · predicted
18
Greens · predicted
6,843yds
Gold tees
558yds
Longest hole
151yds
Shortest hole

1 imported from OpenStreetMap and 112 predicted by a model from aerial imagery, hole lines and edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2022-09-02 – 2022-09-14

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-14

All 10 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 10 rows, showing the start of the table.

GoldM727003contested684373.413434083435
TartanM726661contested649771.813132423255
BlueM726459contested631370.912831653148
ByrdM726206contested597069.812629722998
WhiteM725978contested570668.912328202886
WhiteF725978contested570674.413528202886
PooleM725657contested533167.811727182613
PooleF725657contested533172.713027182613
RedM725121contested485565.310725022353
RedF725121contested485569.512325022353

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 Gold, Tartan, Blue, Byrd, White, Poole 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 2026-08-14

Hole 123456789101112131415161718 Total
Par 444354435543444354 72
Gold 425383409151504401417160558511451238398358355196487441 7,003
Tartan 392383394151504348376160534511416201371311355196487407 6,661
Blue 392366394140467348376148534482416201371311336161463407 6,459
Byrd 335366371140467308376148461482372179362272336161463371 6,206
White 335325371110443308335132461418372179362272326135451371 5,978
Poole 298325306110443308335132461418327140281272326135451263 5,657
Red 29828630610341327329211941238032714028123629973354263 5,121
Handicap 391171357151114268181210164

The Studio

The Studio can't plan MacGregor Downs Country Club hole by hole yet.

We hold its scorecard and 113 of its features, 1 traced and 112 predicted by a model, but not a model of every green, which a plan aims at.

It plans 4,579 courses hole by hole today, and it charts your bag anywhere.

  • 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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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

MacGregor Downs Country Club states private access, so there is no tee time here to book. The nearest courses that state access you can book: Lochmere Golf Course (2.1 mi, semi-private) · Knight's Play Golf Center (2.7 mi, public) · Devils Ridge Golf Club (6.4 mi, semi-private) · Lonnie Poole Golf Course (6.5 mi, public)

Measured against comparable courses

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

FigureThis courseIn North CarolinaNationwideAmong its peers
Longest7,003 yds=110th of 541=1,948th of 12,02511th of 36 in the Raleigh-Cary, NC metro area · =700th of 2,954 private courses · =1,939th of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 134=170th of 356=2,523rd of 8,71013th of 31 in the Raleigh-Cary, NC metro area · =1,092nd of 2,300 private courses · =2,467th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 73.4=120th of 333=2,119th of 7,6159th of 26 in the Raleigh-Cary, NC metro area · =858th of 2,143 private courses · =2,101st of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread1,882 yds between tees=210th of 528=2,929th of 11,52319th of 34 in the Raleigh-Cary, NC metro area · =897th of 2,885 private courses · =2,882nd of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 1967=123rd of 395=4,013th of 9,3687th of 33 in the Raleigh-Cary, NC metro area · =1,314th of 2,418 private courses · =2,825th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level362 ft derived 337th of 554=7,976th of 12,4378th of 37 in the Raleigh-Cary, NC metro area · =1,703rd of 3,026 private courses · =5,698th 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 10 sets of tees.
  • Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 10 sets of tees.
  • Course map, built.All 18 holes and their greens are drawn, predicted by a model from aerial imagery and shown over it.
  • Per-hole distances, built.Every hole's line of play is predicted from aerial imagery, so carries and distances to the front, middle and back of each green are measured along that predicted line.
  • Green contours, not built yet.We haven't built the green contours for this course yet.
  • Course details, partly built.6 of 7 background details — we don't hold the grass on the greens.

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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 2026-08-14. Where each figure came from is stated beside it, above.

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Nearby courses

MacGregor Downs Chipping Green

0.3 mi · 18 holes

Lochmere Golf Course

2.1 mi · Cary · semi-private · 18 holes

Knight's Play Golf Center

2.7 mi · Apex · public · 9 holes

The Highlands at Prestonwood Country Club

3.7 mi · Cary · private · 18 holes

The Fairways at Prestonwood Country Club

5.0 mi · Cary · private · 18 holes

The Meadows at Prestonwood Country Club

5.2 mi · Cary · private · 18 holes

Devils Ridge Golf Club

6.4 mi · Holly Springs · semi-private · 18 holes

Lonnie Poole Golf Course

6.5 mi · Raleigh · public · 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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