Bos Landen Golf Club
Pella, Iowa · 18 holes · par 72 · Public. Opened 1994.
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
- At about 830 ft the ball carries about 1% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 149. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
- Biggest climb: hole 8, where the green sits 60 ft above the tee and plays about 20 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 2, where the green sits 54 ft below the tee and plays about 18 yards shorter.
- 17 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
| Hole | Par | Hcp | Black | Blue | White | Gold | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 4 | 423 | 394 | 367 | 263 | |
| 2 | 5 | 16 | 510 | 477 | 440 | 302 | |
| 3 | 3 | 18 | 137 | 125 | 117 | 104 | |
| 4 | 4 | 6 | 382 | 326 | 303 | 230 | |
| 5 | 5 | 10 | 540 | 431 | 338 | 295 | |
| 6 | 3 | 8 | 177 | 156 | 125 | 70 | |
| 7 | 4 | 14 | 392 | 373 | 306 | 158 | |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | 386 | 354 | 322 | 227 | |
| 9 | 4 | 12 | 369 | 335 | 302 | 223 | |
| 10 | 4 | 7 | 332 | 274 | 265 | 217 | |
| 11 | 5 | 17 | 497 | 483 | 397 | 220 | |
| 12 | 4 | 15 | 364 | 318 | 285 | 220 | |
| 13 | 3 | 13 | 192 | 169 | 139 | 119 | |
| 14 | 5 | 1 | 517 | 476 | 430 | 235 | |
| 15 | 4 | 11 | 387 | 365 | 283 | 238 | |
| 16 | 3 | 5 | 192 | 151 | 117 | 82 | |
| 17 | 4 | 9 | 400 | 353 | 326 | 202 | |
| 18 | 4 | 3 | 387 | 355 | 303 | 138 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 6932 | 73.5 | 131 |
| Blue | Male | 6480 | 71.5 | 130 |
| White | Male | 5900 | 70.2 | 126 |
| Gold | Female | 5790 | 76 | 140 |
| Gold | Male | 5790 | 69 | 121 |
| Red | Female | 5155 | 71 | 125 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 431+24 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 405 · 423 · 438front · middle · back
- Green size
- 34 × 29yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 33 ydswide at 253
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the front
In play
- Water right: 282 to reach, 328 to carry
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 401 to carry
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 8 yards longer: the green sits 24 ft above the tee.
- Fairway water on the right: 282 to reach, 328 to carry. Drives that finish short of 282 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 33 yards wide at 253 and narrows to 24 at 303.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back to front, about 1.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 492-54 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 494 · 510 · 527front · middle · back
- Green size
- 33 × 25yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 41 ydswide at 222
- Green slope
- 3.5%falls to the back-left
In play
- 2 bunkers right: 179 to reach, 211 to carry
- 2 bunkers left: 194 to reach, 236 to carry
- Water right: 440 to reach, 468 to carry
Playing notes
- Plays about 18 yards shorter: the green sits 54 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 313 yards.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 179 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 179 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 41 yards wide at 222 and narrows to 33 at 202.
- Best lay-up: 80 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 27 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
- The green falls from front-right to back-left, about 3.5%. Finish on the back-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 120-51 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 116 · 137 · 150front · middle · back
- Green size
- 39 × 36yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 4%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker back-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 17 yards shorter: the green sits 51 ft below the tee.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- The green falls from back to front, about 4%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 39 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 56 · Par 37 · Par 48 · Par 49 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 512 · Par 413 · Par 314 · Par 515 · Par 416 · Par 317 · Par 418 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 32 hazards with reach and carry
- 15 green slope reads
- 3 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].