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Honey Creek Golf Club is an 18-hole public course in Iowa.

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18
holes
71
par

The course

access
public
address
Noble Lynx Lane Northeast, IA, 50036
elevation
1,063 ft derived
opened
2003
turf
USGA greens greens · bent grass fairways

42.02060, -93.90295 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. 25 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

228 traced features across 8 layers for Honey Creek Golf Club, drawn over NAIP 2023 aerial imagery.

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

18
Holes
24
Fairways
31
Bunkers
3
Water
18
Greens
89
Tee pads
191ft
Elevation range

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

Height893.4 ft1084.5 ft

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
Oldestopened 2003=223rd of 229=8,576th of 9,368=37th of 40 in the Des Moines-West Des Moines-Ames, IA combined area · =3,022nd of 3,277 public courses · =5,070th of 5,526 courses you can book · =6,366th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level1,063 ft derived 143rd of 319=3,100th of 12,4375th of 48 in the Des Moines-West Des Moines-Ames, IA combined area · =1,138th of 4,289 public courses · =2,001st of 7,274 courses you can book · =2,114th 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 progress2 of 7 built

2 of 7 parts of this course page are built, and we're filling in the rest.

  • Scorecard, not built yet.We know it plays 18 holes, but we don't have the scorecard yet — no par or yardage per hole.
  • Course rating and slope, not built yet.We don't have a course rating or slope for this course yet.
  • 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, partly built.Contours on 16 greens, 4 of them surveyed too thinly to trust and 2 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.4 of 7 background details — we don't hold the architect, a website and a phone number.

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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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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