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Ellis Golf Course is an 18-hole course in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

It plays 6,502 yards from the Blue tees, rated 71.4/125 (checked 2026-08-15).

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18
holes
72
par
6,502
yards (tips)
125
slope (blue)
The shape of the round · Blue teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — BLUE TEES395365481202385420463150534321155519350155306314569418142435435464748395104113125134143154164175184PAROUT 3,395 YDSIN 3,107 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
1401 Zika Avenue NW, Cedar Rapids, IA, 52405
elevation
791 ft derived
opened
1919

41.99813, -91.69574 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. 11 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

156 traced features across 8 layers for Ellis Golf Course, drawn over NAIP 2023 aerial imagery.

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

18
Holes
21
Fairways
25
Bunkers
3
Water
18
Greens
53
Tee pads
134.1ft
Elevation range
6,502yds
Blue tees
569yds
Longest hole
150yds
Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2023-09-01

Height735.3 ft869.4 ft

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-15

All 5 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 5 rows.

BlueM72650271.412533953107
WhiteM72614969.912132282921
GoldF71contested72558371.912628872696
GoldM72558366.311428872696
RedF71contested72480168.111425512250

Every figure as published except Card par (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 Gold and 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.

Scorecard — every published tee

Scorecardopen datachecked 2026-08-15

Hole 123456789101112131415161718 Total
Par 445344435435434454 72
Blue 395365481202385420463150534321155519350155306314569418 6,502
White 383348472189366390434144502303143497338132283303536386 6,149
Gold 33631946215635336030612646928196484316122263266519349 5,583
Red 3243093941282543402961163902648540030198246216325315 4,801
Handicap 121461610821849173715131115

Plan it in the Studio

Plan Ellis 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
Longest6,502 yds=61st of 302=6,076th of 12,0254th of 16 in the Cedar Rapids, IA metro area · =6,024th of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 125=53rd of 201=5,317th of 8,7108th of 20 in the Cedar Rapids-Iowa City, IA combined area · =5,092nd of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 71.4=51st of 111=4,805th of 7,615=6th of 16 in the Cedar Rapids-Iowa City, IA combined area · =4,743rd of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread1,701 yds between tees39th of 286=4,104th of 11,5233rd of 16 in the Cedar Rapids, IA metro area · =4,045th of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 191922nd of 229=687th of 9,3682nd of 12 in the Cedar Rapids, IA metro area · =502nd of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level791 ft derived =265th of 319=5,044th of 12,437=11th of 17 in the Cedar Rapids, IA metro area · =3,551st 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 5 sets of tees.
  • Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 5 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, built.Half-foot contours on all 18 measured greens, from public LiDAR.
  • 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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