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Blue Shamrock Golf Club
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About Blue Shamrock Golf Club
Blue Shamrock Golf Club in Palmerton, Pennsylvania, offers a layout that mixes challenge with a measure of forgiveness.
The course is set up with four sets of tees stretching from roughly 5,200 to 6,600 yards, allowing shorter players to move up while the championship tees provide a sterner test for low handicappers.
At a glance
- Access
- Public
- Holes
- 18
- Par
- 71
- Length
- 6,365 yards
- Tees
- 4 tee boxes
- Course rating
- 71.2 / 132 slope
- Opened
- 2014
- Difficulty
- Average
Scorecard
| Tee | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Out | In | Total | Par | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Par | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 35 | 71 | ||
| Handicap | 13 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 16 | |||||
| Green | 389 | 427 | 193 | 388 | 537 | 381 | 494 | 161 | 334 | 185 | 459 | 422 | 414 | 426 | 143 | 335 | 515 | 142 | 3304 | 3041 | 6,345 | 71 | 71.2/132 |
| Green/Gold | 389 | 345 | 193 | 315 | 537 | 314 | 451 | 161 | 334 | 185 | 459 | 314 | 328 | 365 | 143 | 335 | 515 | 142 | 3039 | 2786 | 5,825 | 71 | 69.0/128 |
| Gold | 347 | 345 | 165 | 315 | 479 | 314 | 451 | 127 | 278 | 165 | 411 | 314 | 328 | 365 | 124 | 251 | 457 | 125 | 2821 | 2540 | 5,361 | 71 | 66.8/115 |
| Red | 289 | 295 | 132 | 261 | 417 | 236 | 434 | 123 | 240 | 155 | 348 | 262 | 273 | 316 | 122 | 244 | 428 | 120 | 2427 | 2268 | 4,695 | 71 | 63.6/112 |
Tee and scorecard data retrieved from the USGA GHIN course database
Course handicap at Blue Shamrock Golf Club
How many strokes you get from each tee, by handicap index.
| Tee | Rating | Slope | 0 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 25 | 30 | 36 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | 71.2 | 132 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 24 | 29 | 35 | 42 |
| Green/Gold | 69.0 | 128 | -2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 26 | 32 | 39 |
| Gold | 66.8 | 115 | -4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 21 | 26 | 32 |
| Red | 63.6 | 112 | -7 | -2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 22 | 28 |
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