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Occano is an 18-hole golf course in Merry Hill, North Carolina.

Designed by Arnold Palmer. It plays 7,262 yards from the Palmer tees, rated 77.1/146 (checked 2026-08-14).

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18
holes
72
par
7,262
yards (tips)
146
slope (palmer)
The shape of the round · Palmer teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — PALMER TEES411422199385610419168551448440521331403227456444203555142433445564738594104115124134143154164173185PAROUT 3,613 YDSIN 3,580 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
Arnold Palmer reported
address
Merry Hill, NC
elevation
20 ft derived
opened
2009
on site
driving range · putting green · pro shop · lessons

35.99929, -76.69161 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. The green of hole 8 is predicted by a model from USDA NAIP aerial imagery. 19 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

230 features across 8 layers for Occano, 229 traced and 1 predicted by a model, drawn over NAIP 2022 aerial imagery.

Use arrow keys to pan, plus and minus to zoom. Tab reaches the map controls.

230 features across 8 layers for Occano, 229 traced and 1 predicted by a model, drawn over NAIP 2022 aerial imagery. The map itself needs JavaScript; the geometry is a plain GeoJSON file either way.

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

18
Holes
23
Fairways
63
Bunkers
15
Water
18
Greens
71
Tee pads
7,193yds
Palmer tees
610yds
Longest hole
168yds
Shortest hole

229 imported from OpenStreetMap and 1 predicted by a model from aerial imagery, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2022-06-15

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-14

All 9 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 9 rows, showing the start of the table.

PalmerM727262contested719377.114636133580
BlackM72697475.314235233465
BlueM72644572.713532623176
WhiteM72607370.913230982977
WhiteF72607377.414530982977
YellowF725330contested543773.113027172720
YellowM725330contested543767.412427172720
RedM69contested724427contested467663.111423102366
RedF69contested724427contested467667.211823102366

Every figure as published except Card par (derived) and Card yards (derived), which are 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 Red tees publish a par 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 Par column keeps the published figure, marked contested, and each tee's own par row from the card below is summed beside it, marked derived.

The Palmer, Yellow 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 443454354454434435 72
Palmer 411422199385610419168551448440521331403227456444203555 7,262
Black 404412191379594401161541440427509324391205441428192548 6,974
Blue 376383172353582379154496367395470297361195411391172484 6,445
White 363363146329559360144477357378457290345177350367159454 6,073
Yellow 321327132290465316124435307333410268309160334343142421 5,330
Red 2182758624740729612036829332440222427010824632294376 4,427
Handicap 171397151511381218104261416

Plan it in the Studio

Plan Occano 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 Occano'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: The Links at Mulberry Hill (8.2 mi) · The Sound Golf Links at Albemarle Plantation (17 mi) · Roanoke Country Club (24 mi) · Beechwood Country Club (31 mi)

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
Longest7,262 yds14th of 541=441st of 12,025=441st of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 146=12th of 356=223rd of 8,710=218th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 77.11st of 333=58th of 7,615=58th of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread2,835 yds between tees29th of 528=422nd of 11,523416th of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 2009=384th of 395=9,101st of 9,368=6,806th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level20 ft derived =514th of 554=11,436th of 12,437=8,314th 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 9 sets of tees.
  • Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 9 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.3 of 7 background details — we don't hold whether it is public or private, a phone number and a street address, and 1 more.

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

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Nearby courses

The Links at Mulberry Hill

8.2 mi · Edenton · semi-private · 18 holes

Plymouth Country Club

11 mi · Plymouth · private · 9 holes

Cashie Golf Country Club

15 mi · Windsor · private · 9 holes

The Sound Golf Links at Albemarle Plantation

17 mi · Hertford · semi-private · 18 holes

Roanoke Country Club

24 mi · Williamston · semi-private · 18 holes

Beechwood Country Club

31 mi · Ahoskie · semi-private · 18 holes

Robersonville Country Club

32 mi · Robersonville · private · 9 holes

The Pines at Elizabeth City

34 mi · Elizabeth City · semi-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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