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Ames Golf & Country Club is an 18-hole private course in Ames, Iowa.

It plays 6,675 yards from the Black tees, rated 72.2/123 (checked 2026-08-15).

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18
holes
71
par
6,675
yards (tips)
123
slope (black)
The shape of the round · Black teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — BLACK TEES520425350225390430440400155420360195510165525370370435152434435464748493104114123135143155164174184PAROUT 3,335 YDSIN 3,350 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
private
address
5752 George Washington Carver Avenue, Ames, IA, 50010
phone
515-232-8334
elevation
967 ft derived
opened
1911
on site
pro shop · restaurant · lessons

42.07430, -93.65450 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. 14 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

165 traced features across 8 layers for Ames Golf & Country Club, drawn over NAIP 2023 aerial imagery.

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165 traced features across 8 layers for Ames Golf & Country Club, drawn over NAIP 2023 aerial imagery. The map itself needs JavaScript; the geometry is a plain GeoJSON file either way.

18
Holes
21
Fairways
40
Bunkers
7
Water
18
Greens
39
Tee pads
32.1ft
Elevation range
6,685yds
Black tees
525yds
Longest hole
155yds
Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2023-09-02

Height953.1 ft985.2 ft

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-15

All 4 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 4 rows.

BlackM71667572.212333353350
BlueM716185contested630069.911931203180
GoldM71564567.211327402855
RedF73547071.3119

Every figure as published except Card yards (derived), which is 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 Blue 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 544344443443535444 71
Black 520425350225390430440400155420360195510165525370370435 6,675
Blue 495385335185380415395390140405345180495155505355350390 6,185
Gold 470345320170295325370315130375330155440145455325260370 5,645
Handicap 371315111951761216218814104

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

Plan it in the Studio

Plan Ames Golf & Country Club 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.

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Book nearby

Ames Golf & Country Club states private access, so there is no tee time here to book. The nearest courses that state access you can book: Veenker Memorial Golf Course (2.5 mi, public) · Coldwater Golf Links (4.6 mi, public) · River Bend Municipal Golf Course (8.9 mi, public) · Cedar Pointe Golf Course (11 mi, semi-private)

Measured against comparable courses

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

FigureThis courseIn IowaNationwideAmong its peers
Longest6,675 yds=41st of 302=4,555th of 12,02515th of 46 in the Des Moines-West Des Moines-Ames, IA combined area · =1,543rd of 2,954 private courses · =4,523rd of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 123=67th of 201=5,905th of 8,710=17th of 33 in the Des Moines-West Des Moines-Ames, IA combined area · =2,029th of 2,300 private courses · =5,611th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 72.2=42nd of 111=3,733rd of 7,615=13th of 25 in the Des Moines-West Des Moines-Ames, IA combined area · =1,445th of 2,143 private courses · =3,694th of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread1,205 yds between tees82nd of 286=7,300th of 11,52322nd of 46 in the Des Moines-West Des Moines-Ames, IA combined area · =2,057th of 2,885 private courses · =7,152nd of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 1911=14th of 229=423rd of 9,3685th of 40 in the Des Moines-West Des Moines-Ames, IA combined area · =241st of 2,418 private courses · =294th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level967 ft derived =174th of 319=3,624th of 12,437=8th of 48 in the Des Moines-West Des Moines-Ames, IA combined area · =677th of 3,026 private courses · =2,495th 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 3 sets of tees.
  • Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 4 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, partly built.Contours on 18 greens, 3 of them surveyed too thinly to trust.
  • 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.5 of 7 background details — we don't hold the architect 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

Veenker Memorial Golf Course

2.5 mi · Ames · public · 18 holes

Homewood Golf Course

3.1 mi · Ames · 9 holes

Coldwater Golf Links

4.6 mi · Ames · public · 18 holes

River Bend Municipal Golf Course

8.9 mi · Story City · public · 9 holes

Cedar Pointe Golf Course

11 mi · Boone · semi-private · 18 holes

Honey Creek Golf Club

13 mi · public · 18 holes

Jewell Golf and Country Club

17 mi · Jewell Junction · semi-private · 9 holes

Don Williams Golf Course

19 mi · 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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