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Otter Valley Country Club is a 9-hole semi-private golf course in Iowa.

It plays 3,186 yards from the White tees, slope 115 (checked 2026-08-15).

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9
holes
36
par
3,186
yards (tips)
115
slope (white)
The shape of the round · White teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — WHITE TEES375516343365374205533365110142534445463758493PAROUT 1,599 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
270th Street, IA, 51237
elevation
1,381 ft derived
opened
1973

43.26057, -96.00305 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 9 holes. 5 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

50 traced features across 6 layers for Otter Valley Country Club, drawn over NAIP 2023 aerial imagery.

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50 traced features across 6 layers for Otter Valley Country Club, drawn over NAIP 2023 aerial imagery. The map itself needs JavaScript; the geometry is a plain GeoJSON file either way.

9
Holes
11
Fairways
9
Greens
10
Tee pads
60.8ft
Elevation range
3,186yds
White tees
533yds
Longest hole
110yds
Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2023-08-12

Height1342 ft1402.8 ft

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-15

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

Sorted by Yards, descending. 2 rows.

WhiteM363186115
RedM362858

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

Scorecard — every published tee

Scorecardopen datachecked 2026-08-15

Hole 123456789 Total
Par 454443543 36
White 375516343365374205533365110 3,186
Red 36048231332734217343333395 2,858
Handicap 178534629

Plan it in the Studio

Plan Otter Valley Country Club 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

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
Longest3,186 yds171st of 3029,954th of 12,0251,652nd of 2,030 semi-private courses · 5,545th of 7,004 courses you can book · 534th of 1,791 9-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 115=124th of 201=7,374th of 8,710=1,173rd of 1,395 semi-private courses · =3,959th of 4,936 courses you can book · =530th of 972 9-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread328 yds between tees231st of 286=10,842nd of 11,523=1,849th of 1,970 semi-private courses · =6,179th of 6,653 courses you can book · =1,303rd of 1,640 9-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 1973=158th of 229=4,884th of 9,368=830th of 1,516 semi-private courses · =2,620th of 5,526 courses you can book · =947th of 1,347 9-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level1,381 ft derived 22nd of 319=1,879th of 12,437299th of 2,089 semi-private courses · =1,163rd of 7,274 courses you can book · 397th 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 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 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, built.Fall lines and the pinnable area on 9 greens — the figures the Caddie plans against.
  • 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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