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The Royal Burgess Golfing Society of Edinburgh is a golf course in the United Kingdom. 18 holes are surveyed here from OpenStreetMap, 6,272 yd5,734 m of playing length in total. A par is on record for 1 of the 18 holes, which is not enough for a total. The longest hole is number 16 at 499 yd456 m, the shortest number 8 at 172 yd157 m. Worked out in advance: the distance to the front and the back edge of the green for 18 holes as well as the carry distance over 76 bunkers and 1 water hazards for 18 holes. For 18 holes the elevation change between tee and green is on record as well.
Every hazard carries two numbers: the first reaches its near edge, the second carries past it. Drawn from OpenStreetMap, exactly as the app draws it.
Yardage book for The Royal Burgess Golfing Society of Edinburgh. In OpenYardage every hole is a drawing, with distance rings, your own notes hole by hole and your club choice. Books by other players can be read, copied and printed as an A6 booklet.
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| TAG | MISSING ON | WHAT FOR |
|---|---|---|
| par | 17 of 18 holes | Club choice and expectation |
| handicap | 18 of 18 holes | Stroke index, net scoring |
In OpenStreetMap this belongs on the individual hole, not on the course; anyone who plays here can add it there for everyone: edit in FairwayMapper · look at the course in OpenStreetMap · open the editor right away.
All figures in yards, converted from the metre values in OpenStreetMap.All figures in metres. The length follows the line of play from the back tee to the middle of the green and takes a dogleg with it. Carry distances count from the tee to the near edge and to the far edge of the hazard.
| HOLE | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | OUT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAR | 4 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 4 |
| LENGTH | 305 yd279 m | 350 yd320 m | 456 yd417 m | 412 yd377 m | 173 yd158 m | 480 yd439 m | 440 yd402 m | 172 yd157 m | 417 yd381 m | 3,205 yd2,930 m |
| GREEN DEPTH | 38 yd35 m | 35 yd32 m | 35 yd32 m | 44 yd40 m | 36 yd33 m | 35 yd32 m | 34 yd31 m | 31 yd28 m | 37 yd34 m | · |
| ELEVATION | +4 yd+4 m | -5 yd-4 m | +4 yd+4 m | +9 yd+8 m | -6 yd-6 m | -4 yd-4 m | +4 yd+4 m | +3 yd+3 m | -10 yd-9 m | · |
| HOLE | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | IN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAR | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| LENGTH | 351 yd321 m | 348 yd318 m | 312 yd285 m | 200 yd183 m | 374 yd342 m | 355 yd325 m | 499 yd456 m | 428 yd391 m | 200 yd183 m | 3,067 yd2,804 m |
| GREEN DEPTH | 39 yd36 m | 36 yd33 m | 30 yd27 m | 33 yd30 m | 33 yd30 m | 35 yd32 m | 43 yd39 m | 37 yd34 m | 38 yd35 m | · |
| ELEVATION | +11 yd+10 m | -14 yd-13 m | +1 yd+1 m | -1 yd-1 m | 0 yd0 m | +4 yd+4 m | 0 yd0 m | 0 yd0 m | 0 yd0 m | · |
For 18 of the 18 holes the elevation profile is calculated. Hole 11 has the most cumulative elevation change along the played line: 20 yd (3 yd up, 17 yd down; -14 yd net tee to green).Hole 11 has the most cumulative elevation change along the played line: 17 m (2 m up, 15 m down; -13 m net tee to green). The basis are official elevation models (GB-SCO).
Two numbers to every hazard: the first reaches its near edge, the second carries past it. Land between the two and you are in it.
Bunker Red penalty area Water · yards from the teemetres from the tee · L left · R right
The basis is the map of this course in OpenStreetMap. Lengths, distances to the green edge and carry distances are calculated from it, not copied: every hole is projected onto its line of play and the arc length from the tee is counted. This replaces neither an official course measurement nor the club's scorecard. If you spot a mistake you can report it through the course page in the app, map it in FairwayMapper or correct it in OpenStreetMap straight away. Data as of 2026-09-14.
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The club material is still waiting on OpenStreetMap: the gap is listed above, under par. You know your course better than any stranger: in OpenStreetMap that is an hour of work.
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As soon as it is there, the club material appears here: QR code, badge and the booklet to leave out.