Whispering Creek Golf Club
Sioux City, Iowa · 18 holes · par 72 · Public. Opened 2000.
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 1,180 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 10, where the green sits 47 ft above the tee and plays about 16 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 12, where the green sits 88 ft below the tee and plays about 29 yards shorter.
- 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
| Hole | Par | Hcp | Black | Gold |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 13 | 416 | 381 |
| 2 | 3 | 7 | 188 | 171 |
| 3 | 4 | 3 | 450 | 416 |
| 4 | 4 | 5 | 395 | 364 |
| 5 | 4 | 17 | 391 | 348 |
| 6 | 3 | 15 | 192 | 159 |
| 7 | 5 | 11 | 556 | 539 |
| 8 | 5 | 9 | 571 | 546 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | 432 | 392 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | 434 | 411 |
| 11 | 3 | 14 | 183 | 168 |
| 12 | 5 | 12 | 565 | 542 |
| 13 | 3 | 6 | 201 | 161 |
| 14 | 4 | 16 | 403 | 385 |
| 15 | 4 | 10 | 394 | 378 |
| 16 | 5 | 8 | 623 | 522 |
| 17 | 3 | 18 | 176 | 166 |
| 18 | 5 | 4 | 605 | 551 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 7113 | 74.9 | 133 |
| Gold | Male | 6535 | 72.1 | 129 |
| Silver | Male | 6039 | 69.3 | 124 |
| Copper | Female | 5116 | 68.6 | 119 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 408-24 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 399 · 416 · 431front · middle · back
- Green size
- 46 × 28yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 40 ydswide at 241
- Green slope
- 1%falls to the right
In play
- Water across the hole: 90 to reach, 130 to carry
- Water left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 8 yards shorter: the green sits 24 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 278 yards.
- Water crosses the hole: 90 to reach, 130 to carry.
- Water crosses the hole: 92 to reach, 126 to carry.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 40 yards wide at 241 and narrows to 34 at 211.
- The green is guarded on the left by water; miss right.
- The green falls from left to right, about 1%. Finish on the right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 46 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 2 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 191+9 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 165 · 188 · 210front · middle · back
- Green size
- 46 × 33yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 4%falls to the left
In play
- No bunkers or water mapped on this hole
Playing notes
- Plays about 3 yards longer: the green sits 9 ft above the tee.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
- The green falls from right to left, about 4%. Finish on the left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 46 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 447-8 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 435 · 450 · 465front · middle · back
- Green size
- 30 × 32yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 36 ydswide at 284
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker right: 279 to reach, 308 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Water left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 3 yards shorter: the green sits 8 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 67 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 279 to reach, 308 to carry. Drives that finish short of 279 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 36 yards wide at 284.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers and water; miss right.
- 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 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 46 · Par 37 · Par 58 · Par 59 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 513 · 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
- 40 hazards with reach and carry
- 14 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].