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Ellis Golf Course

Cedar Rapids, Iowa · 18 holes · par 72 · Public/Municipal. Opened 1919.

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

Altitude790 ftCarries about 1% farther
Bunkers25
Holes with water3 of 18
Average fairway width29 yds
Typical green5,100 sq ft
Sloped greens14 of 18Tilt 2% or more
  • At about 790 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 7, where the green sits 34 ft above the tee and plays about 11 yards longer.
  • Biggest drop: hole 14, where the green sits 46 ft below the tee and plays about 15 yards shorter.
  • 14 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

HoleParHcpBlueWhiteGoldRed
1412395383336324
2414365348319309
356481472462394
4316202189156128
5410385366353254
648420390360340
742463434306296
8318150144126116
954534502469390
1049321303281264
113171551439685
1253519497484400
1347350338316301
1431515513212298
15413306283263246
16411314303266216
1751569536519325
1845418386349315

Tees

TeeYardsRatingSlope
BlueMale650271.4125
WhiteMale614969.9121
GoldFemale558371.9126
GoldMale558366.3114
RedFemale480168.1114

Hole 1 · Par 4

Green falls this way

395 (Blue) · 383 (White) · 336 (Gold) · 324 (Red) yards · Handicap 12

Plays like
396+4 ft
Green · Blue tee
384 · 395 · 408front · middle · back
Green size
26 × 29yards deep × wide
Fairway
24 ydswide at 220
Green slope
1.5%falls to the front-left

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 24 yards wide at 220.
  • No hazards mapped around the green.
  • The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 1.5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 2 · Par 4

365 (Blue) · 348 (White) · 319 (Gold) · 309 (Red) yards · Handicap 14

Plays like
361-11 ft
Green · Blue tee
352 · 365 · 377front · middle · back
Green size
31 × 32yards deep × wide
Fairway
24 ydswide at 224

In play

  • 2 bunkers right: 208 to reach, 258 to carry
  • Bunker front-right of the green

Playing notes

  • Plays about 4 yards shorter: the green sits 11 ft below the tee.
  • Dogleg right at about 239 yards.
  • Fairway bunkers on the right: 208 to reach, 258 to carry. Drives that finish short of 208 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
  • The fairway is about 24 yards wide at 224.
  • The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.

Hole 3 · Par 5

Lay-up zoneGreen falls this way

481 (Blue) · 472 (White) · 462 (Gold) · 394 (Red) yards · Handicap 6

Plays like
491+30 ft
Green · Blue tee
468 · 481 · 493front · middle · back
Green size
27 × 26yards deep × wide
Fairway
33 ydswide at 235
Green slope
1.5%falls to the front-left

In play

  • Bunker left: 417 to reach, 429 to carry
  • Bunker front-right of the green

Playing notes

  • Plays about 10 yards longer: the green sits 30 ft above the tee.
  • No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
  • The fairway is about 33 yards wide at 235 and narrows to 26 at 285.
  • Best lay-up: 90 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 29 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-right to front-left, about 1.5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Holes 4 to 18

4 · Par 35 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 48 · Par 39 · Par 510 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 513 · Par 414 · Par 315 · Par 416 · Par 417 · Par 518 · Par 4

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

  • 15 plays-like yardages
  • 21 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].

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