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Dows Golf Course is a 9-hole semi-private course in Iowa.

It plays 2,804 yards from the White tees, slope 109 (checked 2026-08-15).

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9
holes
35
par
2,804
yards (tips)
109
slope (white)
The shape of the round · White teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — WHITE TEES470160454133384308183348364152335435464738494PAROUT 1,217 YDSIN 1,587 YDSFIRST NINESECOND NINE
The published card in playing order, 9 holes with the two nines split — hole number under each bar, its par below that.

The course

access
semi-private
address
Apricot Avenue, IA, 50071
elevation
1,201 ft derived
opened
1965

42.65460, -93.48113 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 9 holes. 3 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

58 traced features across 7 layers for Dows Golf Course, drawn over NAIP 2023 aerial imagery.

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58 traced features across 7 layers for Dows Golf Course, drawn over NAIP 2023 aerial imagery. The map itself needs JavaScript; the geometry is a plain GeoJSON file either way.

9
Holes
9
Fairways
6
Bunkers
9
Greens
12
Tee pads
47.6ft
Elevation range
2,804yds
White tees
470yds
Longest hole
133yds
Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2023-10-10

Height1174.5 ft1222.1 ft

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-15

All 2 tee sets par, yardage, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 2 rows.

WhiteM352804109
RedF352532106

Every figure as published; a blank cell is one nobody publishes.

Scorecard — every published tee

Scorecardopen datachecked 2026-08-15

Hole 123456789 Total
Par 535344344 35
White 470160454133384308183348364 2,804
Red 400153414121354308176298308 2,532
Handicap 1131715191375

Plan it in the Studio

Plan Dows 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.

© OpenStreetMap contributors

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
Longest2,804 yds262nd of 302=10,947th of 12,0251,907th of 2,030 semi-private courses · =6,257th of 7,004 courses you can book · =1,431st of 1,791 9-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 109=165th of 201=8,008th of 8,710=1,289th of 1,395 semi-private courses · =4,432nd of 4,936 courses you can book · =783rd of 972 9-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread272 yds between tees246th of 28611,015th of 11,5231,893rd of 1,970 semi-private courses · 6,308th of 6,653 courses you can book · 1,403rd of 1,640 9-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 1965=113th of 229=3,726th of 9,368=624th of 1,516 semi-private courses · =1,860th of 5,526 courses you can book · =764th of 1,347 9-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level1,201 ft derived =76th of 319=2,476th of 12,437=412th of 2,089 semi-private courses · =1,597th of 7,274 courses you can book · =511th of 1,830 9-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 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, not built yet.We don't have a course rating or slope for this course yet.
  • Course map, built.All 9 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 8 greens, 4 of them surveyed too thinly to trust and 1 more the survey is too coarse to measure at all.
  • 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.3 of 7 background details — we don't hold the architect, a website and a phone number, and 1 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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