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Balboa Golf Course is an 18-hole semi-private course in Hot Springs Village, Arkansas.

It plays 6,640 yards from the Black tees, rated 73.2/139 (checked 2026-08-15).

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18
holes
72
par
6,640
yards (tips)
139
slope (black)
The shape of the round · Black teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — BLACK TEES481437383205511457166340391548339411494196424332170440152434435564738494105114124135143154164173184PAROUT 3,371 YDSIN 3,354 YDSFIRST NINESECOND NINE
The published card in playing order, 18 holes with the two nines split — hole number under each bar, its par below that.

The course

access
semi-private
address
20 Balboa Way, Hot Springs Village, AR, 71909
elevation
586 ft derived
opened
1987

34.63355, -92.93901 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. 13 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

205 traced features across 8 layers for Balboa Golf Course, drawn over NAIP 2023 aerial imagery.

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205 traced features across 8 layers for Balboa Golf Course, drawn over NAIP 2023 aerial imagery. The map itself needs JavaScript; the geometry is a plain GeoJSON file either way.

18
Holes
23
Fairways
50
Bunkers
12
Water
18
Greens
55
Tee pads
6,725yds
Black tees
548yds
Longest hole
166yds
Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2023-08-03

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-15

All 9 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 9 rows, showing the start of the table.

BlackM726640contested672573.213933713354
BlueM726383contested630771.813731663141
WhiteM726054contested587869.913129762902
WhiteF73contested726054contested587876.013429762902
SilverF73contested725649contested554173.913127322809
SilverM725649contested554168.012627322809
GoldM72534466.911826512711
GoldF73contested72534471.612726512711
OrangeM723714

Every figure as published except Card par (derived) and Card yards (derived), which are summed from the card below and shown only where a published figure is contested; a blank cell elsewhere is one nobody publishes. Front 9 and Back 9 are summed from the per-hole yardages on the scorecard.

The White, Silver and Gold tees publish a par the scorecard below does not add up to. Both figures are published and nothing we hold settles which one a round plays to, so the Par column keeps the published figure, marked contested, and each tee's own par row from the card below is summed beside it, marked derived.

The Black, Blue, White and Silver tees publish a yardage total the scorecard below does not add up to. Both figures are published and nothing we hold settles which one a round plays to, so the Yards column keeps the published figure, marked contested, and each tee's own yardage row from the card below is summed beside it, marked derived.

Scorecard

Scorecardopen datachecked 2026-08-15

Hole 123456789101112131415161718 Total
Par 544354344544534434 72
Black 481437383205511457166340391548339411494196424332170440 6,640
Blue 462418367162487428149321372521327376473180382317162403 6,383
White 436394351145473410137280350490308332449157342298146380 6,054
Silver 345384319122446389136274317478301325440137335290140363 5,649
Gold 340359312120441379119268313466294319419133329281135335 5,344
Handicap 731115511713921268161014184

No per-hole yardages are published for Orange, so it is not on the card above.

Plan it in the Studio

Plan Balboa Golf Course hole by hole, for your game.

Ask in plain words. The Studio draws each hole on the aerial photo, picks a club for each shot from your carries and the way you miss, and shows where a miss costs you strokes. Where a green was surveyed, it reads the slope too.

  • The approach, planned A Studio approach map on the aerial photo: a lob wedge aimed at the island green, its spread drawn as a dashed ring over the water, and the side it most often misses. Example from another course: hole 15, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
  • The green, from LiDAR A Studio green view on the aerial photo: arrows for the slope a LiDAR survey measured, the area a cup could be cut, and the safer side to miss. Example from another course: hole 15, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
  • Every shot, tee to green A Studio plan on the aerial photo of a desert par 4: the driver off the tee and a 7-iron into the green between the bunkers, each shot with its landing spread drawn as a dashed ring. Example from another course: hole 2, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale

Plan this course in the Studio

Pictures: Studio output for a sample golfer, drawn 2026-10-15. The Studio needs a free account. AI can make mistakes.

© OpenStreetMap contributors

Book a tee time

Rates change by day and by season, so we send you to Balboa Golf Course's own booking page rather than quoting a figure that was true the week we captured it.

Check tee times and rates

Also bookable nearby: Coronado Golf Course (0.8 mi) · Magellan Golf Course (2.7 mi) · Ponce De Leon Golf Course (2.8 mi) · Isabella Golf Course Nina (3.6 mi)

Measured against comparable courses

How hard and how long this course plays against comparable courses — never how good it is.

FigureThis courseIn ArkansasNationwideAmong its peers
Longest6,640 yds61st of 182=4,851st of 12,0257th of 12 in the Hot Springs-Malvern, AR combined area · =683rd of 2,030 semi-private courses · =2,354th of 7,004 courses you can book · =4,819th of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 139=20th of 110=1,166th of 8,710=117th of 1,395 semi-private courses · =445th of 4,936 courses you can book · =1,140th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 73.237th of 92=2,396th of 7,615=291st of 1,141 semi-private courses · =1,026th of 4,145 courses you can book · =2,376th of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread2,926 yds between tees4th of 173372nd of 11,52353rd of 1,970 semi-private courses · 175th of 6,653 courses you can book · 366th of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 1987=76th of 143=5,903rd of 9,368=972nd of 1,516 semi-private courses · =3,219th of 5,526 courses you can book · =4,203rd of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level586 ft derived 59th of 183=6,751st of 12,4375th of 12 in the Hot Springs-Malvern, AR combined area · 1,121st of 2,089 semi-private courses · =4,364th of 7,274 courses you can book · =4,794th of 9,106 18-hole regulation courses

A published figure is compared only against the courses that publish it too, which is why the totals differ from row to row — a state's length field is the courses with a scorecard, not the courses in the state. Height above sea level is the exception: we derive it from a coordinate, so its field is very nearly every course we render. Ties share an ordinal and are marked =. How this is computed →

What's on this page

In progress4 of 6 built

4 of 6 parts of this course page are built, and we're filling in the rest.

  • Scorecard, built.Par and yardage for every hole, from 8 sets of tees.
  • Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 8 sets of tees.
  • Course map, built.All 18 greens drawn, with the fairways, bunkers and water, over aerial imagery.
  • Per-hole distances, built.Every hole is traced, so carries and distances to the front, middle and back of each green are measured along the line you actually play.
  • Green contours, not built yet.We haven't built the green contours for this course yet.
  • Course details, partly built.4 of 7 background details — we don't hold the architect, a phone number and the grass on the greens.

The site is in beta and the database is still being built, so expect gaps. Know something we don't? Help us fill it in — a link to where it's published is worth more than anything else you could send.

Sources

Gathered from the course's own site and public records — every figure on this page is traceable to who published it and when. Spot an error or a gap? Tell us.

Location and identity seeded from OpenStreetMap — © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Last checked 2026-08-15. Where each figure came from is stated beside it, above.

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Nearby courses

Coronado Golf Course

0.8 mi · Hot Springs Village · semi-private · 18 holes

Magellan Golf Course

2.7 mi · Hot Springs Village · semi-private · 18 holes

Ponce De Leon Golf Course

2.8 mi · Hot Springs Village · semi-private · 18 holes

Isabella Golf Course Nina

3.6 mi · Hot Springs Village · semi-private · 9 holes

Diamante Country Club

4.2 mi · Hot Springs · private · 18 holes

Granada Golf Course

4.5 mi · Hot Springs Village · semi-private · 18 holes

Isabella Golf Course Santa Maria

4.6 mi · Hot Springs Village · semi-private · 9 holes

Isabella Golf Course Pinta

5.1 mi · Hot Springs Village · semi-private · 9 holes

Straight-line distance from this course's coordinates, within 60 miles — not driving distance, and it crosses state lines where the nearest courses are over one.

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