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Confidence votes 150. The average golf course in the United States is approximately 7,200 yards, give or take a 100 depending on the handicap. ---------------. You forgot to take into account the distance between holes which can add as much as 2000-3000 yards depending on the course. As someone who has played golf for 30 years (most of it walking) I would say the average distance to walk a course from the 1st tee to the 18th green is 6-7 miles. The size of 18-hole golf courses can vary, sometimes drastically, but most courses are between 5,000 and 7,000 yards. But that's just the distance from hole to hole. It takes a large area when you factor in the rough, fairways, tee areas, clubhouse, driving range and practice greens. Rough Area. The rough areas on most golf courses take up about 60 percent of the total space of a course. This includes all out-of-play areas and hazards. The average area needed for the rough areas is 66.8 acres. Report Abuse. The average size of a golf course (area) is measured in acres. This includes the area through which the course is routed as well as all the ponds, rivers, hills and hummocks on the property. Most older courses were strictly designed for the sport. These distances are added up to give the size of the course. There are courses out there that only have 9 holes and courses that have 27 holes. These kind of throw a monkey wrench into the whole average size equation. Major Championships. Typical PGA Tour fairways are 30 to 32 yards wide on average, according to golf course architect Jeffrey Brauer. But fairways usually are narrower for major championships, averaging as little as 24 yards wide. Non-PGA Tour Course. A typical American golf course’s fairways are 35 to 45 yards wide, according to Brauer. The course architect notes that scratch golfers will hit a 32-yard-wide fairway about two-thirds of the time, while 20-handicap golfers require a 40-yard-wide fairway to achieve a 66 percent success rate. Based on a report from the Golf Course Superintendent Association of America, an 18-hole golf facility, which includes bodies of water, hard structures and out-of-play areas, averages about 150 to 200 acres. Typical urban golf courses are about 110 to 120 acres, while courses in resort areas may be 170 to 190 acres. Rough Area. The rough areas on most golf courses take up about 60 percent of the total space of a course. This includes all out-of-play areas and hazards. The average area needed for the rough areas is 66.8 acres. Answer   Each hole and every course has its own predetermined par. Par is the standard number of strokes set for each hole or for the entire course.   there are 4 par … 3's, 10 par 4's and 4 par 5's     There are always 18 pars on an 18 hole golf course. On a golf course, there are 3 types of hole   * Par 3, usually a hole up to 230-240 yards, regulation is on the green in one and 2 putts  * Par 4, usually 240- 450 … yards, can even be over 500 yards on tour, on the green in 2 and 2 putts is a regulation par 4  * Par 5, longer than 450 yards. The average length of a PGA Senior Tour golf course varies...though most are 7,100 to 7,300 yards. The length of this year's course for the Senior U.S. Open at Inverness (Tole … do, Ohio) was 7,255 yards. On a golf course, there are 3 types of hole   * Par 3, usually a hole up to 230-240 yards, regulation is on the green in one and 2 putts  * Par 4, usually 240- 450 … yards, can even be over 500 yards on tour, on the green in 2 and 2 putts is a regulation par 4  * Par 5, longer than 450 yards. The tougher the course (narrow fairways, small slick greens, lots of hazards), the shorter the course will tend to be. For comparison purposes, the average length of a regular PGA Tour golf course is 7,300 to 7,700 yards. The length of this year's course for the U.S. Open at Congressional Country Club (Blue Course) was 7,547 yards. On a golf course, there are 3 types of hole   * Par 3, usually a hole up to 230-240 yards, regulation is on the green in one and 2 putts  * Par 4, usually 240- 450 … yards, can even be over 500 yards on tour, on the green in 2 and 2 putts is a regulation par 4  * Par 5, longer than 450 yards.
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