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Ankeny Golf and Country Club

Ankeny, Iowa · 9 holes · par 35 · Private. Designed by Leo Johnson, opened 1962.

A caddie's yardage book for every hole: plays-like distance from USGS lidar elevation, reach and carry numbers for every bunker and water hazard, green front, middle and back, which way each green falls, and the lay-up zone on par 5s. Distances are from the back tees along the mapped hole; for a shorter tee, take off the scorecard difference.

Course profile

Altitude950 ftCarries about 1% farther
Bunkers13
Holes with water3 of 9
Average fairway width32 yds
Typical green4,300 sq ft
Sloped greens7 of 9Tilt 2% or more
  • At about 950 ft the ball carries about 1% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 148. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
  • Biggest climb: hole 7, where the green sits 15 ft above the tee and plays about 5 yards longer.
  • Biggest drop: hole 6, where the green sits 37 ft below the tee and plays about 12 yards shorter.
  • 7 greens tilt 2% or more. Each hole below says which side of the hole leaves an uphill putt.

Maps: tee at the bottom, green at the top. The dashed line is the mapped hole; the gold band is the lay-up zone; the arrow on the green points downhill.

Scorecard

HoleParHcpWhiteRed
142406370
2410343274
348347311
454464413
5412337258
6318148100
746328290
8414306244
9316159100

Tees

TeeYardsRatingSlope
WhiteMale2838109
RedFemale2360120

Hole 1 · Par 4

Green falls this way

406 (White) · 370 (Red) yards · Handicap 2

Plays like
409+9 ft
Green · White tee
393 · 406 · 419front · middle · back
Green size
26 × 24yards deep × wide
Fairway
32 ydswide at 233
Green slope
4%falls to the front

In play

  • Water right: 249 to reach, 255 to carry

Playing notes

  • Plays about 3 yards longer: the green sits 9 ft above the tee.
  • Dogleg right at about 235 yards.
  • Fairway water on the right: 249 to reach, 255 to carry. Drives that finish short of 249 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
  • The fairway is about 32 yards wide at 233 and narrows to 27 at 263.
  • No hazards mapped around the green.
  • The green falls from back to front, about 4%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 2 · Par 4

Green falls this way

343 (White) · 274 (Red) yards · Handicap 10

Plays like
347+11 ft
Green · White tee
330 · 343 · 356front · middle · back
Green size
27 × 26yards deep × wide
Fairway
27 ydswide at 213
Green slope
2%falls to the front-left

In play

  • Water left: 70 to reach, 90 to carry
  • Bunker front-right of the green
  • Bunker left of the green

Playing notes

  • Plays about 4 yards longer: the green sits 11 ft above the tee.
  • Dogleg right at about 168 yards.
  • No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
  • The fairway is about 27 yards wide at 213.
  • Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
  • The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 2%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 3 · Par 4

Green falls this way

347 (White) · 311 (Red) yards · Handicap 8

Plays like
345-7 ft
Green · White tee
332 · 347 · 361front · middle · back
Green size
30 × 24yards deep × wide
Fairway
30 ydswide at 215
Green slope
2%falls to the front-right

In play

  • Bunker front-left of the green
  • Bunker right of the green

Playing notes

  • Plays about 2 yards shorter: the green sits 7 ft below the tee.
  • Dogleg left at about 10 yards.
  • No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
  • The fairway is about 30 yards wide at 215.
  • Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
  • The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 2%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Holes 4 to 9

4 · Par 55 · Par 46 · Par 37 · Par 48 · Par 49 · Par 3

The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:

  • 6 plays-like yardages
  • 9 hazards with reach and carry
  • 6 green slope reads
  • 1 par-5 lay-up zones

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Hole maps, hazards and playing notes come from mapped course data and USGS 3DEP elevation (public domain), not a visit. Plays-like numbers use the Skitty caddie's rule of one yard per 3 ft of rise, from the longest tee; altitude uses 1.16% of carry per 1,000 ft. Tees, hazards and conditions change; check with the course before you play. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0) via OpenGolfAPI. Scorecard yardages and ratings as published. See a mistake? Email [email protected].

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