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Blank Park Golf Course is an 18-hole course in Des Moines, Iowa.

It plays 6,745 yards from the Blue tees, rated 72.3/127 (checked 2026-08-15).

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18
holes
72
par
6,745
yards (tips)
127
slope (blue)
The shape of the round · Blue teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — BLUE TEES435405160415200355565435550390345550395130375510165365142433445364758495104114125134143154165173184PAROUT 3,520 YDSIN 3,225 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
Southeast 1st Street, Des Moines, IA, 50315
elevation
949 ft derived
opened
1971

41.51737, -93.61722 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. 20 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

147 traced features across 8 layers for Blank Park Golf Course, drawn over NAIP 2023 aerial imagery.

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

18
Holes
22
Fairways
26
Bunkers
6
Water
18
Greens
32
Tee pads
75ft
Elevation range
6,745yds
Blue tees
565yds
Longest hole
130yds
Shortest hole

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

Height881.2 ft956.2 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.

BlueM72674572.312735203225
WhiteM72646571.112233803085
YellowM72587268.111830702767
RedF725647contested451370.211623022211

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 Red 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 — every published tee

Scorecardopen datachecked 2026-08-15

Hole 123456789101112131415161718 Total
Par 443434545445434534 72
Blue 435405160415200355565435550390345550395130375510165365 6,745
White 420390140400185340550420535370330530380125360490150350 6,465
Yellow 385350135360145300510385500340295457345120320440140310 5,872
Red 270275125250140220384298340270275337258110256330110265 5,647
Handicap 911177513151310128218166144

Plan it in the Studio

Plan Blank Park 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.

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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
Longest6,745 yds36th of 302=3,965th of 12,02511th of 34 in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metro area · =3,939th of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 127=43rd of 201=4,741st of 8,71011th of 24 in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metro area · =4,585th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 72.3=40th of 111=3,601st of 7,61510th of 20 in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metro area · =3,562nd of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread1,098 yds between tees91st of 286=7,864th of 11,52318th of 34 in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metro area · =7,654th of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 1971=147th of 229=4,617th of 9,368=15th of 29 in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metro area · =3,267th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level949 ft derived 186th of 319=3,739th of 12,4379th of 35 in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metro area · =2,579th 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 7 built

4 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 4 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, not built yet.We haven't worked out the fall lines and pin positions on these greens yet.
  • Course details, partly built.2 of 7 background details — we don't hold the architect, whether it is public or private and a website, and 2 more.

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 published information 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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