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Bright Grandview Golf Course is an 18-hole course in Des Moines, Iowa.

It plays 5,591 yards from the Blue tees, rated 65.7/108 (checked 2026-08-15).

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18
holes
70
par
5,591
yards (tips)
108
slope (blue)
The shape of the round · White teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — WHITE TEES315343340135308426351368100265154350379278288258517343142434435464748493104113124134144154164175184PAROUT 2,686 YDSIN 2,832 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
Guthrie Avenue, Des Moines, IA, 50317
elevation
889 ft derived
opened
1902

41.61870, -93.55633 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map draws 18 hole lines for an 18-hole course. Hole 13 is drawn in two places, so a line here may not be the hole it is numbered. OpenStreetMap has not traced hole 12. 19 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.

108 features across 8 layers for Bright Grandview Golf Course, 107 traced and 1 predicted by a model, drawn over NAIP 2023 aerial imagery.

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108 features across 8 layers for Bright Grandview Golf Course, 107 traced and 1 predicted by a model, drawn over NAIP 2023 aerial imagery. The map itself needs JavaScript; the geometry is a plain GeoJSON file either way.

Some outlines predicted from USDA NAIP imagery · Contains information from SatlasPretrain, which is made available under the ODC Attribution License

18
Holes
18
Fairways
4
Bunkers
1
Water · predicted
17
Greens
25
Tee pads
135.5ft
Elevation range
5,168yds
White tees
517yds
Longest hole
100yds
Shortest hole

107 imported from OpenStreetMap and 1 predicted by a model from aerial imagery, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2023-09-02

Height820.8 ft956.3 ft

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-15

All 3 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 3 rows.

BlueM70559165.7108
WhiteM705422contested551863.710826862832
RedF71contested705147contested498669.111024722514

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 Red 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 White and 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

Scorecardopen datachecked 2026-08-15

Hole 123456789101112131415161718 Total
Par 444344443434444454 70
White 315343340135308426351368100265154350379278288258517343 5,422
Red 29632332111928238332134780245144320359262258236372318 5,147
Handicap 159517111731316108618141224

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

The Studio

The Studio can't plan Bright Grandview Golf Course hole by hole yet.

We hold its scorecard and 108 of its features, 107 traced and 1 predicted by a model, 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

See the courses it plans Open 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
Longest5,591 yds114th of 3028,884th of 12,02522nd of 34 in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metro area · 8,790th of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 108=173rd of 201=8,067th of 8,710=22nd of 24 in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metro area · =7,018th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 65.7=102nd of 111=7,246th of 7,61520th of 20 in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metro area · =6,993rd of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread444 yds between tees188th of 286=10,354th of 11,52330th of 34 in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metro area · =8,866th of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 19028th of 229=265th of 9,3682nd of 29 in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metro area · =174th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level889 ft derived 219th of 319=4,215th of 12,43725th of 35 in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metro area · =2,931st of 9,106 18-hole regulation courses

What's on this page

In progress3 of 7 built

3 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 2 sets of tees.
  • Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 3 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, partly built.Contours on 17 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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