Thirteen holes. Not nine, not eighteen. Hillview runs its own math and has since 1967. North Reading keeps this oddball layout alive because it works. You get a full round's worth of golf without the full round's worth of time. The extra four holes beyond a standard nine add just enough variety to keep things interesting. Walking is the default here. No cart culture, no pressure to ride. Just show up, pay a reasonable green fee, and play golf the way it was meant to be played. The kind of Massachusetts public course that rewards locals who know it exists and confuses everyone else who wonders why thirteen.
