Coldwater Golf Links
Ames, Iowa · 18 holes · par 71 · Public. Opened 2003.
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 890 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 drop: hole 16, where the green sits 16 ft below the tee and plays about 5 yards shorter.
- 5 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 | Green |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 15 | 323 | 307 | 279 | 238 |
| 2 | 4 | 1 | 460 | 425 | 397 | 317 |
| 3 | 5 | 7 | 534 | 510 | 457 | 402 |
| 4 | 4 | 9 | 395 | 371 | 341 | 287 |
| 5 | 3 | 5 | 186 | 185 | 161 | 131 |
| 6 | 4 | 3 | 449 | 418 | 399 | 338 |
| 7 | 5 | 13 | 528 | 505 | 482 | 432 |
| 8 | 3 | 17 | 121 | 121 | 102 | 97 |
| 9 | 4 | 11 | 390 | 371 | 341 | 316 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | 424 | 396 | 363 | 306 |
| 11 | 3 | 16 | 163 | 147 | 131 | 108 |
| 12 | 4 | 18 | 350 | 328 | 285 | 258 |
| 13 | 4 | 6 | 429 | 413 | 384 | 309 |
| 14 | 5 | 12 | 505 | 476 | 445 | 372 |
| 15 | 4 | 8 | 453 | 417 | 381 | 321 |
| 16 | 3 | 10 | 191 | 170 | 153 | 136 |
| 17 | 4 | 14 | 415 | 395 | 376 | 320 |
| 18 | 4 | 4 | 453 | 433 | 409 | 366 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 6787 | 72.4 | 130 |
| Blue | Male | 6406 | 70.6 | 121 |
| White | Male | 5952 | 68.5 | 112 |
| White | Female | 5856 | 73.8 | 124 |
| Green | Female | 5057 | 69.1 | 109 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 324+3 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 308 · 323 · 339front · middle · back
- Green size
- 33 × 28yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 41 ydswide at 202
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the left
In play
- Water across the hole: 85 to reach, 156 to carry
- Water left: 195 to reach, 241 to carry
- Bunker left: 240 to reach, 257 to carry
- Bunker right: 267 to reach, 281 to carry
- Bunker front of the green
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Water crosses the hole: 85 to reach, 156 to carry.
- Water crosses the hole: 91 to reach, 149 to carry.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 195 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 195 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 41 yards wide at 202.
- 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 right to left, about 1.5%. Finish on the left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 459-3 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 444 · 460 · 472front · middle · back
- Green size
- 30 × 27yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 40 ydswide at 236
In play
- No bunkers or water mapped on this hole
Playing notes
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 40 yards wide at 236 and narrows to 33 at 266.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
Hole 3 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 535+2 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 523 · 534 · 544front · middle · back
- Green size
- 27 × 28yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 50 ydswide at 229
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker left: 263 to reach, 288 to carry
- 2 bunkers left: 457 to reach, 482 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Dogleg left at about 295 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 263 to reach, 288 to carry. Drives that finish short of 263 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 50 yards wide at 229 and narrows to 33 at 199.
- Best lay-up: 80 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 35 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 2.5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 36 · Par 47 · Par 58 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 413 · Par 414 · 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
- 37 hazards with reach and carry
- 9 green slope reads
- 2 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].