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Palmer Hills Golf Course is an 18-hole public course in Bettendorf, Iowa.

Designed by William J. Spear. It plays 6,315 yards from the Black tees, rated 71.3/130 (checked 2026-08-15).

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18
holes
71
par
6,315
yards (tips)
130
slope (black)
The shape of the round · Black teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — BLACK TEES365505418189349528369163375380480420156398373330165352142534435465748394104115124133144154164173184PAROUT 3,261 YDSIN 3,054 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
William J. Spear reported
access
public
address
2999 Middle Road, Bettendorf, IA, 52722
phone
563-332-8296
elevation
648 ft derived
opened
1974

41.54454, -90.49216 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. 27 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

179 traced features across 8 layers for Palmer Hills Golf Course, drawn over NAIP 2023 aerial imagery.

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179 traced features across 8 layers for Palmer Hills 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
32
Bunkers
3
Water
18
Greens
45
Tee pads
93ft
Elevation range
6,315yds
Black tees
528yds
Longest hole
156yds
Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2023-08-24

Height581.2 ft674.2 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.

BlackM71631571.313032613054
YellowM71591169.712830872824
WhiteM71524968.812126582548
GrayM714503contested443463.511322382196
GrayF714503contested443467.711922382196

Every figure as published except Card yards (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 Gray tees publish a yardage total 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 Yards column keeps the published figure, marked contested, and each tee's own yardage row from the card below is summed beside it, marked derived.

Scorecard — every published tee

Scorecardopen datachecked 2026-08-15

Hole 123456789101112131415161718 Total
Par 454345434454344434 71
Black 365505418189349528369163375380480420156398373330165352 6,315
Yellow 325490410170340515355150332361456370135336355317154340 5,911
White 265474329155286425300139285300434340116310332305146265 5,249
Gray 205424258125249375250127225256394292104235308265140202 4,503
Handicap 111517935171341882101461216

Plan it in the Studio

Plan Palmer Hills 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

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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Book a tee time

Rates change by day and by season, so we send you to Palmer Hills 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: Sunrise Golf Course (2.5 mi) · Hidden Hills Golf Course (4.1 mi) · Saukie Golf Course (5.5 mi) · Pebble Creek Golf Course (5.7 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
Longest6,315 yds=85th of 302=7,282nd of 12,02514th of 22 in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL metro area · =2,013th of 4,105 public courses · =3,717th of 7,004 courses you can book · =7,217th of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 130=31st of 201=3,777th of 8,710=5th of 16 in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL metro area · =790th of 2,882 public courses · =1,625th of 4,936 courses you can book · =3,684th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 71.3=54th of 111=4,910th of 7,6159th of 14 in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL metro area · =1,252nd of 2,412 public courses · =2,355th of 4,145 courses you can book · =4,845th of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread1,812 yds between tees30th of 286=3,374th of 11,5238th of 21 in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL metro area · =894th of 3,841 public courses · =1,702nd of 6,653 courses you can book · =3,320th of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 1974=162nd of 229=4,995th of 9,36811th of 16 in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL metro area · =1,533rd of 3,277 public courses · =2,693rd of 5,526 courses you can book · =3,544th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level648 ft derived 310th of 319=6,157th of 12,43720th of 23 in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL metro area · =2,460th of 4,289 public courses · =3,999th of 7,274 courses you can book · =4,382nd 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 progress6 of 7 built

6 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, built.Fall lines and the pinnable area on 18 greens — the figures the Caddie plans against.
  • Course details, partly built.6 of 7 background details — we don't hold 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.

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Nearby courses

Duck Creek Golf Course

1.8 mi · Davenport · 18 holes

Sunrise Golf Course

2.5 mi · Bettendorf · public · 9 holes

Crow Valley Golf Club

2.9 mi · Davenport · private · 18 holes

Short Hills Country Club

3.9 mi · East Moline · private · 18 holes

Hidden Hills Golf Course

4.1 mi · Bettendorf · public · 18 holes

Davenport Country Club

5.0 mi · Pleasant Valley · private · 18 holes

Saukie Golf Course

5.5 mi · Rock Island · public · 18 holes

Pebble Creek Golf Course

5.7 mi · Le Claire · public · 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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