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Otter Creek Golf Course is an 18-hole course in Ankeny, Iowa.

Designed by Donald Ripple/(R) Paul Miller. It plays 6,895 yards from the Black tees, rated 72.9/125 (checked 2026-08-15).

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18
holes
71
par
6,895
yards (tips)
125
slope (black)
The shape of the round · Black teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — BLACK TEES374389552203542181467397417408553431154431196391409400142435435563748494104115124133144153164174184PAROUT 3,522 YDSIN 3,373 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
Donald Ripple/(R) Paul Miller reported
address
1302 Northeast 45th Street, Ankeny, IA, 50021
elevation
967 ft derived
opened
1982

41.76839, -93.57691 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. 13 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

207 traced features across 8 layers for Otter Creek Golf Course, drawn over NAIP 2023 aerial imagery.

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

18
Holes
25
Fairways
46
Bunkers
19
Water
18
Greens
65
Tee pads
72.8ft
Elevation range
6,895yds
Black tees
553yds
Longest hole
154yds
Shortest hole

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

Height916.4 ft989.1 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.

BlackM71689572.912535223373
TanM71652171.212133213200
YellowF71614173.512431223019
YellowM71614168.411731223019
GreenM71536070.211727342626

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 445353444454343444 71
Black 374389552203542181467397417408553431154431196391409400 6,895
Tan 347369520183523158444379398397531414138409171374389377 6,521
Yellow 330349460169502149424364375381515387121386152351369357 6,141
Green 287307430144437132367316314334440308102357131316329309 5,360
Handicap 115139151717361441821612810

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Plan Otter Creek 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. This course's greens were surveyed, so it reads their 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

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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
Longest6,895 yds26th of 302=2,717th of 12,02510th of 34 in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metro area · =2,701st of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 125=53rd of 201=5,317th of 8,71012th of 24 in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metro area · =5,092nd of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 72.931st of 111=2,810th of 7,6159th of 20 in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metro area · =2,785th of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread1,535 yds between tees49th of 286=5,168th of 11,52313th of 34 in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metro area · =5,096th of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 1982=176th of 229=5,547th of 9,36820th of 29 in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metro area · =3,950th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level967 ft derived =174th of 319=3,624th of 12,4375th of 35 in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metro area · =2,495th 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, partly built.Contours on 18 greens, 5 of them surveyed too thinly to trust.
  • Green slope and pin positions, built.Fall lines and the pinnable area on 18 greens — the figures the Caddie plans against.
  • Course details, partly built.3 of 7 background details — we don't hold whether it is public or private, a website and a phone number, and 1 more.

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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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