Veenker Memorial Golf Course
Ames, Iowa · 18 holes · par 72 · Public. Designed by Perry Maxwell, opened 1938.
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 920 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 11, where the green sits 32 ft above the tee and plays about 11 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 7, where the green sits 59 ft below the tee and plays about 20 yards shorter.
- 9 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 | Blue | Gold | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 7 | 435 | 419 | 400 |
| 2 | 4 | 9 | 334 | 260 | 240 |
| 3 | 4 | 13 | 333 | 289 | 203 |
| 4 | 4 | 11 | 349 | 340 | 330 |
| 5 | 4 | 3 | 402 | 350 | 319 |
| 6 | 3 | 15 | 210 | 152 | 132 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | 590 | 570 | 530 |
| 8 | 3 | 17 | 174 | 157 | 123 |
| 9 | 5 | 5 | 537 | 495 | 432 |
| 10 | 5 | 6 | 520 | 473 | 459 |
| 11 | 3 | 14 | 155 | 134 | 98 |
| 12 | 4 | 12 | 330 | 306 | 290 |
| 13 | 3 | 16 | 160 | 144 | 125 |
| 14 | 4 | 10 | 416 | 397 | 346 |
| 15 | 4 | 8 | 420 | 386 | 344 |
| 16 | 5 | 2 | 544 | 485 | 368 |
| 17 | 3 | 18 | 190 | 180 | 132 |
| 18 | 5 | 4 | 534 | 521 | 407 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | Male | 6680 | 71.5 | 131 |
| Gold | Female | 6086 | 75.4 | 132 |
| Gold | Male | 6086 | 69.1 | 122 |
| Red | Female | 5295 | 71.5 | 117 |
| Red | Male | 5295 | 65.8 | 112 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 430-14 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 422 · 435 · 447front · middle · back
- Green size
- 28 × 33yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 33 ydswide at 227
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the back-left
In play
- No bunkers or water mapped on this hole
Playing notes
- Plays about 5 yards shorter: the green sits 14 ft below the tee.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 33 yards wide at 227.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
- The green falls from front-right to back-left, about 1.5%. Finish on the back-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 338+12 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 324 · 334 · 344front · middle · back
- Green size
- 20 × 21yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 26 ydswide at 203
- Green slope
- 5.5%falls to the front
In play
- Water right: 344 to reach, 373 to carry
Playing notes
- Plays about 4 yards longer: the green sits 12 ft above the tee.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 26 yards wide at 203.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
- The green falls from back to front, about 5.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 331-7 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 321 · 333 · 341front · middle · back
- Green size
- 24 × 23yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 34 ydswide at 205
In play
- Water left: 34 to reach, 99 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 2 yards shorter: the green sits 7 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 18 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 34 yards wide at 205.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 46 · Par 37 · Par 58 · Par 39 · Par 510 · Par 511 · Par 312 · Par 413 · Par 314 · Par 415 · Par 416 · Par 517 · Par 318 · Par 5
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 32 hazards with reach and carry
- 15 green slope reads
- 5 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].