Courses · Iowa

Humboldt Country Club

Humboldt, Iowa · 9 holes · par 36 · Semi-Private. Opened 1929.

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 1,090 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 6, where the green sits 6 ft above the tee and plays about 2 yards longer.
• Biggest drop: hole 9, where the green sits 6 ft below the tee and plays about 2 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

Tees

Hole 1 · Par 5

454 (Blue) · 440 (Red) yards · Handicap 17

Plays like

455+4 ft

Green · Blue tee

438 · 454 · 469front · middle · back

Green size

31 × 21yards deep × wide

Fairway

33 ydswide at 221

In play

• Water right: 310 to reach, 422 to carry
• Water right of the green

Playing notes

• No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
• The fairway is about 33 yards wide at 221.
• Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 32 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
• The green is guarded on the right by water; miss left.

Hole 2 · Par 4

387 (Blue) · 333 (Red) yards · Handicap 3

Plays like

389+5 ft

Green · Blue tee

377 · 387 · 398front · middle · back

Green size

22 × 20yards deep × wide

Fairway

31 ydswide at 226

Green slope

2%falls to the front-left

In play

• Bunker left: 205 to reach, 223 to carry
• Bunker front-right of the green

Playing notes

• Fairway bunkers on the left: 205 to reach, 223 to carry. Drives that finish short of 205 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
• The fairway is about 31 yards wide at 226.
• The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
• 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

353 (Blue) · 343 (Red) yards · Handicap 5

Plays like

352-2 ft

Green · Blue tee

341 · 353 · 365front · middle · back

Green size

24 × 21yards deep × wide

Fairway

29 ydswide at 220

Green slope

2.5%falls to the front

In play

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

Playing notes

• No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
• The fairway is about 29 yards wide at 220.
• 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.

Holes 4 to 9

4 · Par 35 · Par 46 · Par 37 · Par 58 · Par 49 · Par 4

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

• 6 plays-like yardages
• 9 hazards with reach and carry
• 4 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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