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Spring Valley Golf Course

Irvington, Iowa · 18 holes · par 72 · Public. Designed by Bob Petrucka, opened 1979.

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

Altitude1,130 ftCarries about 1% farther
Bunkers38
Holes with water10 of 18
Average fairway width31 yds
Typical green4,600 sq ft
Sloped greens14 of 18Tilt 2% or more
  • At about 1,130 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 5, where the green sits 12 ft above the tee and plays about 4 yards longer.
  • Biggest drop: hole 13, where the green sits 11 ft below the tee and plays about 4 yards shorter.
  • Driving-zone hazards sit on the left on 5 holes and on the right on 2: a tee shot missed left costs more here.
  • 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
141441429420416
2411366344330325
3313142134116116
453551544451451
557531522403403
6417294286278273
749340331325321
845385344240236
9315145126110107
10412374362354349
1132193184160155
12516470463410407
13418302291215209
14514473464395391
1548364347340335
1646394377360356
17341601528978
18410402378375371

Tees

TeeYardsRatingSlope
BlueMale632771127
WhiteMale607869.5126
GoldMale537165.6110
RedMale529969.2108

Hole 1 · Par 4

Green falls this way

441 (Blue) · 429 (White) · 420 (Gold) · 416 (Red) yards · Handicap 1

Plays like
440-2 ft
Green · Blue tee
428 · 441 · 457front · middle · back
Green size
30 × 22yards deep × wide
Fairway
33 ydswide at 246
Green slope
2.5%falls to the front

In play

  • Bunker left of the green

Playing notes

  • Dogleg left at about 257 yards.
  • No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
  • The fairway is about 33 yards wide at 246.
  • The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
  • The green falls from back to front, about 2.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 2 · Par 4

366 (Blue) · 344 (White) · 330 (Gold) · 325 (Red) yards · Handicap 11

Plays like
363-8 ft
Green · Blue tee
348 · 366 · 385front · middle · back
Green size
37 × 23yards deep × wide
Fairway
34 ydswide at 236

In play

  • Water across the hole: 144 to reach, 149 to carry

Playing notes

  • Plays about 3 yards shorter: the green sits 8 ft below the tee.
  • Dogleg left at about 92 yards.
  • Water crosses the hole: 144 to reach, 149 to carry.
  • No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
  • The fairway is about 34 yards wide at 236 and narrows to 25 at 275.
  • No hazards mapped around the green.
  • The green is 37 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.

Hole 3 · Par 3

Green falls this way

142 (Blue) · 134 (White) · 116 (Gold) · 116 (Red) yards · Handicap 13

Plays like
142+1 ft
Green · Blue tee
134 · 142 · 150front · middle · back
Green size
20 × 31yards deep × wide
Green slope
4%falls to the front-right

In play

  • Water across the hole in front of the green: 108 to carry
  • Bunker front-right of the green
  • Bunker front-left of the green

Playing notes

  • Water crosses the hole: 101 to reach, 108 to carry.
  • Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
  • The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 4%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
  • Shallow green, 20 yards deep and 31 wide: distance control matters more than line.

Holes 4 to 18

4 · Par 55 · Par 56 · Par 47 · Par 48 · Par 49 · Par 310 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 513 · Par 414 · Par 515 · 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
  • 40 hazards with reach and carry
  • 15 green slope reads
  • 4 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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