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Bala Golf Club is an 18-hole private course in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Designed by William Flynn. It plays 5,306 yards from the Blue tees, rated 66.8/130 (checked 2026-08-14).

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18
holes
68
par
5,306
yards (tips)
130
slope (blue)
The shape of the round · Blue teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — BLUE TEES33630331619539013138033116448738530617433332397293362142434435463748493105114124133144154163174184PAROUT 2,546 YDSIN 2,760 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
William Flynn reported
access
private
address
Parkside Avenue North, Philadelphia, PA, 19131
phone
215-473-8504
elevation
233 ft derived
opened
1893
on site
pro shop · restaurant · lessons

39.99729, -75.22490 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

OpenStreetMap has this course's outline but has not traced any of its 18 holes. The shaded area is the property; no hole, green or tee is drawn.

The outline of Bala Golf Club as OpenStreetMap holds it, drawn over NAIP 2022 aerial imagery. No hole, green or tee has been traced inside it.

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The outline of Bala Golf Club as OpenStreetMap holds it, drawn over NAIP 2022 aerial imagery. No hole, green or tee has been traced inside it. The map itself needs JavaScript; the outline is a plain GeoJSON file either way.

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2022-05-10

The outline is the whole of the traced geometry here, so there is no hole or green to jump to and nothing to measure a yardage against.

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-14

All 4 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 4 rows.

BlueM68530666.813025462760
WhiteM68511565.912924362679
RedM68483468.212022982536
YellowM68421363.011119902223

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 2026-08-14

Hole 123456789101112131415161718 Total
Par 444343443544344344 68
Blue 33630331619539013138033116448738530617433332397293362 5,306
White 32129331217438112137030915546937130315932431594287357 5,115
Red 30528331014737410335627114941635926215431730590281352 4,834
Yellow 30522423514728410327227114941629926415427323890216273 4,213
Handicap 131559317171162101681218144

The Studio

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We hold its scorecard, but nobody has traced its holes: the bunkers, water and fairway edges a plan aims around.

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  • 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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Measured against comparable courses

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

FigureThis courseIn PennsylvaniaNationwideAmong its peers
Longest5,306 yds505th of 639=8,996th of 12,025140th of 160 in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area · 2,523rd of 2,954 private courses · 31st of 702 short courses nationwide — executive and short regulation
Toughest testslope 130=201st of 447=3,777th of 8,710=70th of 117 in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area · =1,565th of 2,300 private courses · =4th of 410 short courses nationwide — executive and short regulation
Hardest from the tipsrating 68.2=370th of 408=6,932nd of 7,615106th of 114 in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area · =2,081st of 2,143 private courses · 14th of 262 short courses nationwide — executive and short regulation
Widest tee spread1,093 yds between tees410th of 607=7,883rd of 11,523115th of 159 in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area · 2,225th of 2,885 private courses · 83rd of 615 short courses nationwide — executive and short regulation
Oldestopened 18935th of 493=41st of 9,3683rd of 124 in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area · =21st of 2,418 private courses · 7th of 531 short courses nationwide — executive and short regulation
Highest above sea level233 ft derived =620th of 653=8,849th of 12,437=87th of 165 in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area · =1,999th of 3,026 private courses · 453rd of 714 short courses nationwide — executive and short regulation

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What's on this page

In progress2 of 6 built

2 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 4 sets of tees.
  • Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 4 sets of tees.
  • Course map, partly built.The course's outline is drawn, but none of its 18 holes has been traced in OpenStreetMap yet.
  • Per-hole distances, not built yet.The holes aren't traced yet, so there are no measured carries or distances to the green.
  • 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

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