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Des Moines Golf & Country Club is an 18-hole private course in West Des Moines, Iowa.

Designed by Pete Dye. It plays 7,347 yards from the Black tees, rated 75.2/134 (checked 2026-08-15).

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18
holes
72
par
7,347
yards (tips)
134
slope (black)
The shape of the round · Black teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — BLACK TEES426605451475183556406213442407393386520446233555198452142534445365748394104114124135144153165173184PAROUT 3,757 YDSIN 3,590 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

designer
Pete Dye reported
access
private
address
1600 Jordan Creek Parkway, West Des Moines, IA, 50266
phone
515-440-7500
elevation
954 ft derived
opened
1968

41.59386, -93.81864 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

OpenStreetMap has this course's outline but has not traced any of its 18 holes. The shaded area is the property; no hole, green or tee is drawn.

The outline of Des Moines Golf & Country Club as OpenStreetMap holds it, drawn over NAIP 2023 aerial imagery. No hole, green or tee has been traced inside it.

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The outline of Des Moines Golf & Country Club as OpenStreetMap holds it, drawn over NAIP 2023 aerial imagery. No hole, green or tee has been traced inside it. The map itself needs JavaScript; the outline is a plain GeoJSON file either way.

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

The outline is the whole of the traced geometry here, so there is no hole or green to jump to and nothing to measure a yardage against.

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-15

All 6 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 6 rows.

BlackM72734775.213437573590
GreenM72675472.512934243330
BlueF72600974.513330352974
BlueM72600968.912530352974
BronzeF72505569.212124692586
BronzeM72505564.511124692586

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.

Scorecard — every published tee

Scorecardopen datachecked 2026-08-15

Hole 123456789101112131415161718 Total
Par 454435434444543534 72
Black 426605451475183556406213442407393386520446233555198452 7,347
Green 379557413440155528378172402395365358504425178526176403 6,754
Blue 333521363361118481354152352338334329468339153504156353 6,009
Bronze 24340332027790445238133320300290305422309128404102326 5,055
Handicap 379115115171314104612162188

The Studio

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  • 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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Book nearby

Des Moines Golf & Country Club states private access, so there is no tee time here to book. The nearest courses that state access you can book: Sugar Creek Golf Course (3.3 mi, municipal) · West Grand Golf (4.1 mi, semi-private) · The Legacy Golf Club (9.8 mi, public)

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
Longest7,347 yds=4th of 302=276th of 12,025=1st of 34 in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metro area · =109th of 2,954 private courses · =276th of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 134=14th of 201=2,523rd of 8,710=5th of 24 in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metro area · =1,092nd of 2,300 private courses · =2,467th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 75.2=4th of 111=404th of 7,615=1st of 20 in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metro area · =178th of 2,143 private courses · =401st of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread2,292 yds between tees=8th of 286=1,130th of 11,523=2nd of 34 in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metro area · =357th of 2,885 private courses · =1,100th of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 1968=124th of 229=4,141st of 9,368=12th of 29 in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metro area · =1,340th of 2,418 private courses · =2,920th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level954 ft derived 183rd of 319=3,705th of 12,4378th of 35 in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metro area · =692nd of 3,026 private courses · =2,554th of 9,106 18-hole regulation courses

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What's on this page

In progress2 of 6 built

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

  • Scorecard, built.Par and yardage for every hole, from 6 sets of tees.
  • Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 6 sets of tees.
  • Course map, partly built.The course's outline is drawn, but none of its 18 holes has been traced in OpenStreetMap yet.
  • Per-hole distances, not built yet.The holes aren't traced yet, so there are no measured carries or distances to the green.
  • Green contours, not built yet.We haven't built the green contours for this course yet.
  • Course details, partly built.6 of 7 background details — we don't hold the grass on the greens.

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Sources

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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

Sugar Creek Golf Course

3.3 mi · Waukee · municipal · 9 holes

West Grand Golf

4.1 mi · West Des Moines · semi-private · 9 holes

Urbandale Golf & Country Club

4.9 mi · Urbandale · private · 9 holes

Waveland Golf Course

6.7 mi · Des Moines · 18 holes

Hyperion Golf Course

8.9 mi · Johnston · private · 18 holes

Hyperion Field Club

9.1 mi · Johnston · private · 18 holes

Wakonda Club

9.7 mi · Des Moines · private · 18 holes

The Legacy Golf Club

9.8 mi · Norwalk · public · 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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