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Button Hole Short Course Teaching Center is a 9-hole public golf course in Providence, Rhode Island.

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9
holes

The course

access
public
address
King Philip Street, Providence, RI, 02909
phone
401-421-1664
elevation
73 ft derived
on site
lessons · pro shop · putting green

41.82502, -71.46449 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 9 holes. 3 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

60 traced features across 7 layers for Button Hole Short Course Teaching Center, drawn over NAIP 2023 aerial imagery.

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60 traced features across 7 layers for Button Hole Short Course Teaching Center, drawn over NAIP 2023 aerial imagery. The map itself needs JavaScript; the geometry is a plain GeoJSON file either way.

9
Holes
10
Fairways
9
Bunkers
2
Water
9
Greens
18
Tee pads

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2023-09-01

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Rates change by day and by season, so we send you to Button Hole Short Course Teaching Center's own booking page rather than quoting a figure that was true the week we captured it.

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Also bookable nearby: Triggs Memorial Golf Course (0.6 mi) · Met Links (4.5 mi) · Fairlawn Golf Course (6.3 mi) · Firefly Golf Course (6.6 mi)

Measured against comparable courses

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

FigureThis courseIn Rhode IslandNationwideAmong its peers
Highest above sea level73 ft derived =37th of 57=10,371st of 12,437=47th of 78 in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA metro area · =3,848th of 4,289 public courses · =6,329th of 7,274 courses you can book

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 progress2 of 6 built

2 of 6 parts of this course page are built, and we're filling in the rest.

  • Scorecard, not built yet.We know it plays 9 holes, but we don't have the scorecard yet — no par or yardage per hole.
  • Course rating and slope, not built yet.We don't have a course rating or slope for this course yet.
  • Course map, built.All 9 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, the year it opened 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

Triggs Memorial Golf Course

0.6 mi · Providence · public · 18 holes

Louisquisset Golf Club

3.4 mi · North Providence · private · 10 holes

Met Links

4.5 mi · East Providence · public · 9 holes

Alpine Country Club

5.4 mi · Cranston · private · 18 holes

Agawam Hunt

5.5 mi · Rumford · private · 18 holes

Wannamoisett Country Club

5.6 mi · Rumford · private · 18 holes

Fairlawn Golf Course

6.3 mi · Lincoln · public · 9 holes

Firefly Golf Course

6.6 mi · Seekonk · 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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