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El Rio Golf Course is an 18-hole course in Tucson, Arizona.

It plays 6,436 yards from the BLUE tees, rated 69.4/124 (checked 2026-08-21).

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18
holes
70
par
6,436
yards (tips)
124
slope (blue)
The shape of the round · BLUE teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — BLUE TEES353446344203322366417219561394406427117442189376343511142434435464748395104114124133144153164174185PAROUT 3,231 YDSIN 3,205 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

address
West Speedway Boulevard, Tucson, AZ, 85703
phone
520-791-4653
elevation
2,332 ft derived
opened
1934

32.23594, -110.99704 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. 21 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

227 traced features across 8 layers for El Rio Golf Course, drawn over NAIP 2023 aerial imagery.

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

18
Holes
20
Fairways
51
Bunkers
2
Water
18
Greens
55
Tee pads
22.2ft
Elevation range
6,436yds
BLUE tees
561yds
Longest hole
117yds
Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2023-09-03 – 2023-10-18

Height2313.1 ft2335.3 ft

Tees & ratings

Yardagesfrom the clubchecked 2026-08-21

All 12 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 12 rows, showing the start of the table.

BLUEM70643669.4from the club12432313205
WHITE70601130232988
WHITEM70601167.4reported, not from the club11930232988
WhiteF70601173.1reported, not from the club12329883023
ComboF70571872.4reported, not from the club12228642854
ComboM70571866.1reported, not from the club11528642854
RED70534326372706
REDF70534369.1reported, not from the club11326372706
RedM70534364.1reported, not from the club11127062637
SILVER70468623492337
SILVERF70468665.3from the club10723492337
SilverM70468674.6reported, not from the club12723372349

Every figure as published; a blank cell is one nobody publishes. Front 9 and Back 9 are summed from the per-hole yardages on the scorecard.

These ratings do not all come from the same place, so each row says which: from the club where the course's own card prints that figure, reported where it does not.

Scorecard — every published tee

Scorecardfrom the clubchecked 2026-08-21

Parreported, not from the clubchecked 2026-08-21

Hole 123456789101112131415161718 Total
Par 444343445444344435 70
BLUE 353446344203322366417219561394406427117442189376343511 6,436
WHITE 323425322176306356388193534368373400103418158356320492 6,011
RED 28038730215425427633817647031834136785361139334303458 5,343
SILVER 25830228412722426232015741531431632872214118264274437 4,686
White 368373400103418158356320492323425322176306356388193534 6,011
Combo 368373367103361158356320458323387322176306356338176470 5,718
Red 31834136785361139334303458280387302154254276338176470 5,343
Silver 31431632872214118264274437258302284127224262320157415 4,686
Handicap 131177111553912641821681410

For the White, Combo, Red and Silver tee boxes, we hold per-hole pars on only some of the same-name rows. Published figures are kept; blank cells carry no figure.

Plan it in the Studio

Plan El Rio 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. This course's greens were surveyed, so it reads their 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 El Rio 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: The Club at Starr Pass Palmer Gambler (2.7 mi) · The Club at Starr Pass Pioneer Palmer (3.3 mi) · The Club at Starr Pass Gambler Pioneer (3.5 mi) · Hill Ridge at La Paloma Country Club (6.9 mi)

Measured against comparable courses

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

FigureThis courseIn ArizonaNationwideAmong its peers
Longest6,436 yds245th of 361=6,498th of 12,025=6,441st of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 127=164th of 294=4,741st of 8,710=4,585th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 74.6=21st of 267=821st of 7,615=817th of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread1,750 yds between tees176th of 348=3,780th of 11,523=3,723rd of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 19346th of 303=1,966th of 9,368=1,440th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level2,332 ft derived 123rd of 3661,124th of 12,437816th 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 progress6 of 7 built

6 of 7 parts of this course page are built, and we're filling in the rest.

  • Scorecard, built.Par and yardage for every hole, from 12 sets of tees.
  • Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 9 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, built.Half-foot contours on all 18 measured greens, from public LiDAR.
  • Green slope and pin positions, built.Fall lines and the pinnable area on 18 greens — the figures the Caddie plans against.
  • Course details, partly built.4 of 7 background details — we don't hold the architect, whether it is public or private 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 2026-08-30. Where each figure came from is stated beside it, above.

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Nearby courses

The Club at Starr Pass Palmer Gambler

2.7 mi · Tucson · resort · 18 holes

Silverbell Municipal Golf Course

3.1 mi · Tucson · 18 holes

The Club at Starr Pass Pioneer Palmer

3.3 mi · Tucson · resort · 18 holes

The Club at Starr Pass Gambler Pioneer

3.5 mi · Tucson · resort · 18 holes

North at Randolph Golf Course

5.1 mi · Tucson · 18 holes

Dell Urich at Randolph Golf Course

5.1 mi · Tucson · 18 holes

Tucson Estates Country Club Golf Course

6.1 mi · Tucson · private · 18 holes

Hill Ridge at La Paloma Country Club

6.9 mi · Tucson · resort · 18 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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