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Five Island Golf Course is a 9-hole semi-private course in Emmetsburg, Iowa.

It plays 2,695 yards from the White tees, slope 108 (checked 2026-08-15).

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9
holes
35
par
2,695
yards (tips)
108
slope (white)
The shape of the round · White teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — WHITE TEES340148363415405140428154302142334455463758394PAROUT 1,266 YDSIN 1,429 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
14 North Lawler Street, Emmetsburg, IA, 50536
phone
712-852-3422
elevation
1,223 ft derived
opened
1951

43.12403, -94.67882 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 9 holes. 1 mapped feature sits close to more than one hole and is drawn with the nearer one.

46 traced features across 8 layers for Five Island Golf Course, drawn over NAIP 2023 aerial imagery.

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46 traced features across 8 layers for Five Island 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
4
Bunkers
1
Water
9
Greens
10
Tee pads
20.1ft
Elevation range
2,695yds
White tees
428yds
Longest hole
140yds
Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2023-08-29

Height1222.6 ft1242.7 ft

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-15

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

Sorted by Yards, descending. 2 rows.

WhiteM352695108
RedF36contested352524113

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.

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.

Scorecard — every published tee

Scorecardopen datachecked 2026-08-15

Hole 123456789 Total
Par 434543534 35
White 340148363415405140428154302 2,695
Red 303132350405395130395140274 2,524
Handicap 5173111157139

Plan it in the Studio

Plan Five Island 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

Book a tee time

Rates change by day and by season, so we send you to Five Island Golf Course's own booking page rather than quoting a figure that was true the week we captured it.

Check tee times and rates

Also bookable nearby: Spring Hills Country Club (13 mi) · The Hideaway at Country Greens (21 mi) · Estherville Golf Course (21 mi) · Algona Country Club (22 mi)

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
Longest2,695 yds279th of 302=11,125th of 12,0251,944th of 2,030 semi-private courses · =6,383rd of 7,004 courses you can book · =1,585th of 1,791 9-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 108=173rd of 201=8,067th of 8,710=1,307th of 1,395 semi-private courses · =4,479th of 4,936 courses you can book · =814th of 972 9-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread171 yds between tees=274th of 286=11,290th of 11,523=1,940th of 1,970 semi-private courses · =6,501st of 6,653 courses you can book · =1,535th of 1,640 9-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 195172nd of 229=2,366th of 9,368=380th of 1,516 semi-private courses · =1,041st of 5,526 courses you can book · =498th of 1,347 9-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level1,223 ft derived =59th of 319=2,351st of 12,437=383rd of 2,089 semi-private courses · =1,504th of 7,274 courses you can book · =481st 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 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 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, built.Half-foot contours on all 9 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.5 of 7 background details — we don't hold the architect and the grass on the greens.

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 site 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.

Compare this course →

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Nearby courses

Hillcrest Golf and Country Club

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Spring Hills Country Club

13 mi · Mallard · public · 9 holes

River View Golf Course

17 mi · private · 9 holes

The Hideaway at Country Greens

21 mi · Armstrong · public · 9 holes

Laurens Golf and Country Club

21 mi · private · 9 holes

Estherville Golf Course

21 mi · Estherville · semi-private · 9 holes

Algona Country Club

22 mi · Algona · semi-private · 9 holes

River Road Golf Club

23 mi · semi-private · 9 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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