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Ken Mcdonald Golf Course is an 18-hole course in Tempe, Arizona.

It plays 6,743 yards from the Blue tees, rated 70.4/121 (checked 2026-08-21).

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18
holes
72
par
6,743
yards (tips)
121
slope (blue)
The shape of the round · Blue teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — BLUE TEES364570397513184364356195389515170402216359529443341436142534455364748394105113124133144155164174184PAROUT 3,332 YDSIN 3,411 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
Sun Circle Trail / Maricopa Trail, Tempe, AZ, 85252
phone
480-878-3332
elevation
1,188 ft derived
opened
1974

33.35710, -111.93237 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. Hole 15 is mapped without a green. 15 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one. The map below draws everything that has been traced.

167 traced features across 8 layers for Ken Mcdonald Golf Course, drawn over NAIP 2023 aerial imagery.

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

18
Holes
21
Fairways
54
Bunkers
8
Water
17
Greens
23
Tee pads
24.9ft
Elevation range
5,699yds
Blue tees
570yds
Longest hole
170yds
Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2023-09-15 – 2023-09-17

Height1172.5 ft1197.4 ft

Tees & ratings

Yardagesfrom the clubread from the scorecard imagechecked 2026-08-21

All 5 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 5 rows.

BlueM72674370.4from the club12133323411
WhiteM72631668.7reported, not from the club11531023214
WhiteF73631674.5reported, not from the club12931023214
RedF73574471.6reported, not from the club12228542890
RedM72574466.7reported, not from the club10728542890

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 clubread from the scorecard imagechecked 2026-08-21

Hole 123456789101112131415161718 Total
Par 454534434534345444 72
Blue 364570397513184364356195389515170402216359529443341436 6,743
Red 325447355473142337312115348461127321157320476415308305 5,744
White 346514374490161351332171363489145387183341507424324414 6,316
Handicap 131113151797581612614104182

The Studio

The Studio can't plan Ken Mcdonald Golf Course hole by hole yet.

We hold its scorecard and 167 traced features, but not a model of every green, which a plan aims at.

It plans 4,579 courses hole by hole today, and it charts your bag anywhere.

  • 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

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

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

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Also bookable nearby: Arizona Grand Resort (2.4 mi) · Shalimar Golf Club (3.2 mi) · Ahwatukee Country Club (3.3 mi) · The Lakes at Ahwatukee (3.8 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
Longest6,743 yds181st of 361=3,985th of 12,025=3,959th of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 121=219th of 294=6,370th of 8,710=5,989th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 70.4=211th of 267=5,771st of 7,615=5,675th of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread999 yds between tees280th of 348=8,327th of 11,523=8,038th of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 1974=74th of 303=4,995th of 9,368=3,544th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level1,188 ft derived 300th of 366=2,542nd of 12,437=1,729th 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 progress5 of 7 built

5 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 5 sets of tees.
  • Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 5 sets of tees.
  • Course map, partly built.17 of the 18 greens are drawn — the rest of the course isn't mapped yet.
  • 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 17 measured greens, from public LiDAR.
  • Green slope and pin positions, built.Fall lines and the pinnable area on 17 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 2026-08-21. Where each figure came from is stated beside it, above.

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