Honey Creek Golf Club
Boone, 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 1,060 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 13, where the green sits 34 ft above the tee and plays about 11 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 11, where the green sits 111 ft below the tee and plays about 37 yards shorter.
- 18 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 | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 17 | 530 | 500 | 480 | 405 |
| 2 | 4 | 6 | 432 | 404 | 382 | 333 |
| 3 | 3 | 11 | 180 | 155 | 141 | 101 |
| 4 | 4 | 5 | 381 | 350 | 330 | 291 |
| 5 | 5 | 4 | 544 | 515 | 493 | 423 |
| 6 | 3 | 9 | 190 | 165 | 141 | 110 |
| 7 | 4 | 13 | 395 | 365 | 345 | 285 |
| 8 | 4 | 14 | 366 | 324 | 306 | 259 |
| 9 | 4 | 16 | 382 | 355 | 334 | 298 |
| 10 | 4 | 15 | 365 | 340 | 320 | 265 |
| 11 | 3 | 12 | 196 | 180 | 153 | 128 |
| 12 | 5 | 7 | 565 | 535 | 505 | 460 |
| 13 | 4 | 2 | 410 | 385 | 365 | 306 |
| 14 | 4 | 8 | 390 | 340 | 310 | 250 |
| 15 | 4 | 1 | 435 | 415 | 360 | 330 |
| 16 | 4 | 10 | 350 | 322 | 310 | 272 |
| 17 | 3 | 18 | 195 | 166 | 137 | 104 |
| 18 | 4 | 3 | 430 | 415 | 390 | 310 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 6805 | 73.1 | 131 |
| Blue | Male | 6294 | 70.9 | 129 |
| White | Male | 5882 | 69.6 | 118 |
| Silver | Male | 5517 | 67.8 | 116 |
| Red | Male | 4957 | 65.5 | 112 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 532+5 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 517 · 530 · 547front · middle · back
- Green size
- 38 × 32yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 60 ydswide at 227
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front
In play
- 2 bunkers left: 230 to reach, 276 to carry
- 2 bunkers left: 445 to reach, 467 to carry
- Water front-right of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker back-left of the green
Playing notes
- Dogleg right at about 236 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 230 to reach, 276 to carry. Drives that finish short of 230 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 60 yards wide at 227 and narrows to 42 at 267.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 51 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back to front, about 2.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 38 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 431-4 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 417 · 432 · 447front · middle · back
- Green size
- 31 × 28yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 48 ydswide at 252
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the front-left
In play
- Water across the hole: 94 to reach, 138 to carry
- Bunker left: 219 to reach, 310 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Dogleg left at about 119 yards.
- Water crosses the hole: 94 to reach, 127 to carry.
- Water crosses the hole: 119 to reach, 138 to carry.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 219 to reach, 310 to carry. Drives that finish short of 219 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 48 yards wide at 252 and narrows to 34 at 292.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 3%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 180+1 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 167 · 180 · 195front · middle · back
- Green size
- 33 × 32yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 158 to carry
Playing notes
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back to front, about 2%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 56 · Par 37 · Par 48 · Par 49 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 513 · Par 414 · Par 415 · Par 416 · Par 417 · Par 318 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 26 hazards with reach and carry
- 15 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].