Prairie Green Golf Course
Sioux Falls, South Dakota · 18 holes · par 72 · municipal. Designed by Dick Nugent.
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 1,490 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 18, where the green sits 17 ft above the tee and plays about 6 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 12, where the green sits 28 ft below the tee and plays about 9 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
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Professional | Male | 7179 | 75.3 | 131 |
| Championship | Male | 6667 | 73.1 | 125 |
| Regular | Male | 6087 | 70.4 | 124 |
| Forward | Male | 5245 | 71.8 | 118 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 447-5 ft
- Green
- 432 · 449 · 465front · middle · back
- Green size
- 35 × 22yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 38 ydswide at 230
In play
- Water right: 23 to reach, 178 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 38 yards wide at 230.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green is 35 yards deep: a back pin can play about 2 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 2 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 168-6 ft
- Green
- 158 · 170 · 183front · middle · back
- Green size
- 31 × 34yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 3.5%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 153 to carry
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 2 yards shorter: the green sits 6 ft below the tee.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back to front, about 3.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 575+9 ft
- Green
- 553 · 572 · 590front · middle · back
- Green size
- 40 × 26yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 32 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the front-right
In play
- Water across the hole: 97 to reach, 125 to carry
- Bunker right: 208 to reach, 242 to carry
- Bunker right: 258 to reach, 281 to carry
- Bunker left: 479 to reach, 511 to carry
Playing notes
- Plays about 3 yards longer: the green sits 9 ft above the tee.
- Water crosses the hole: 97 to reach, 124 to carry.
- Water crosses the hole: 98 to reach, 125 to carry.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 208 to reach, 281 to carry. Drives that finish short of 208 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 32 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 23 at 210.
- Best lay-up: 100 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 35 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 3%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 40 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 46 · Par 57 · Par 48 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 413 · Par 514 · Par 415 · Par 516 · Par 317 · Par 418 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 51 hazards with reach and carry
- 13 green slope reads
- 3 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].