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Sibley Golf and Country Club

Sibley, Iowa · 9 holes · par 36 · Semi-Private. Opened 1920.

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

Altitude1,510 ftCarries about 2% farther
Bunkers12
Holes with water3 of 9
Average fairway width31 yds
Typical green6,300 sq ft
Sloped greens4 of 9Tilt 2% or more
  • At about 1,510 ft the ball carries about 2% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 147. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
  • Biggest climb: hole 2, where the green sits 8 ft above the tee and plays about 3 yards longer.
  • Biggest drop: hole 3, where the green sits 7 ft below the tee and plays about 2 yards shorter.
  • Driving-zone hazards sit on the right on 3 holes and on the left on 1: a tee shot missed right costs more here.
  • 4 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

HoleParHcpBlueWhiteRed
1412413351328
238204185150
354505488452
4418360340323
556590520450
6410415380330
742385363307
8314152138127
9416405363334

Tees

TeeYardsRatingSlope
BlueMale3345122
WhiteMale3078120
RedMale2758

Hole 1 · Par 4

Green falls this way

413 (Blue) · 351 (White) · 328 (Red) yards · Handicap 12

Plays like
414+2 ft
Green · Blue tee
392 · 413 · 433front · middle · back
Green size
42 × 26yards deep × wide
Fairway
30 ydswide at 245
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 30 yards wide at 245.
  • 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.
  • The green is 42 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.

Hole 2 · Par 3

Green falls this way

204 (Blue) · 185 (White) · 150 (Red) yards · Handicap 8

Plays like
207+8 ft
Green · Blue tee
188 · 204 · 222front · middle · back
Green size
34 × 28yards deep × wide
Green slope
1.5%falls to the front

In play

  • No bunkers or water mapped on this hole

Playing notes

  • Plays about 3 yards longer: the green sits 8 ft above the tee.
  • No hazards mapped around the green.
  • The green falls from back to front, about 1.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 3 · Par 5

Lay-up zoneGreen falls this way

505 (Blue) · 488 (White) · 452 (Red) yards · Handicap 4

Plays like
503-7 ft
Green · Blue tee
490 · 505 · 520front · middle · back
Green size
34 × 27yards deep × wide
Fairway
34 ydswide at 239
Green slope
1.5%falls to the front-right

In play

  • Bunker right: 256 to reach, 291 to carry
  • Water right: 332 to reach, 365 to carry
  • Water right: 390 to reach, 476 to carry

Playing notes

  • Plays about 2 yards shorter: the green sits 7 ft below the tee.
  • Fairway bunkers on the right: 256 to reach, 291 to carry. Drives that finish short of 256 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
  • The fairway is about 34 yards wide at 239.
  • Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 33 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
  • No hazards mapped around the green.
  • The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 1.5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Holes 4 to 9

4 · Par 45 · Par 56 · Par 47 · Par 48 · Par 39 · Par 4

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

  • 6 plays-like yardages
  • 12 hazards with reach and carry
  • 5 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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