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Saddleback Ridge Golf Course is an 18-hole course in Solon, Iowa.

Designed by Mark Kerr. It plays 6,615 yards from the Champions tees, rated 70.7/121 (checked 2026-08-21).

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18
holes
72
par
6,615
yards (tips)
121
slope (champions)
The shape of the round · Champions teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — CHAMPIONS TEES385185330204504361539172545325451202565182549551190375142334435564758395104114123135143155165173184PAROUT 3,225 YDSIN 3,390 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
Mark Kerr reported
address
4646 180th Street Northeast, Solon, IA, 52333
phone
319-624-1477
elevation
854 ft derived
opened
2000
on site
driving range · putting green · club rental

41.80566, -91.47863 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. 16 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

149 traced features across 8 layers for Saddleback Ridge Golf Course, drawn over NAIP 2023 aerial imagery.

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

18
Holes
20
Fairways
2
Bunkers
2
Water
18
Greens
67
Tee pads
94.2ft
Elevation range
6,615yds
Champions tees
565yds
Longest hole
172yds
Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2023-09-01

Height771.5 ft865.7 ft

Tees & ratings

Ratingsreported, not from the clubchecked 2026-08-21

All 6 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 6 rows.

ChampionsM72661570.712132253390
BackM72610868.911430123096
Middle72559266.510728102782
Gold72559267.011328102782
Middle/GoldM72559266.9111
ForwardM72474670.011323212425

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

Scorecardreported, not from the clubchecked 2026-08-21

Hole 123456789101112131415161718 Total
Par 434354535443535534 72
Champions 385185330204504361539172545325451202565182549551190375 6,615
Back 365167300178489342509148514303425174519160524464180347 6,108
Middle 337145280170455305498140480256377157485140466433156312 5,592
Forward 257126201145397254441119381225317131440111418388128267 4,746
Gold 337145280170455305498140480256377157485140466433156312 5,592

We don't hold a stroke index for this course's holes, so that row is not above. The yardages are every figure we hold hole by hole.

No per-hole yardages are published for Middle/Gold, so it is not on the card above.

Plan it in the Studio

Plan Saddleback Ridge 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.

© OpenStreetMap contributors

Book a tee time

Rates change by day and by season, so we send you to Saddleback Ridge 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: Lake MacBride Golf Course (4.0 mi) · Kernoustie Golf Club (8.4 mi) · Quail Creek Golf Course (8.5 mi) · Brown Deer Golf Club (8.6 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
Longest6,615 yds47th of 302=5,073rd of 12,0256th of 27 in the Cedar Rapids-Iowa City, IA combined area · =5,038th of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 121=85th of 201=6,370th of 8,71013th of 20 in the Cedar Rapids-Iowa City, IA combined area · =5,989th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 70.7=65th of 111=5,537th of 7,615=9th of 16 in the Cedar Rapids-Iowa City, IA combined area · =5,450th of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread1,869 yds between tees24th of 286=2,997th of 11,5235th of 27 in the Cedar Rapids-Iowa City, IA combined area · =2,950th of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 2000=211th of 229=8,024th of 9,36822nd of 23 in the Cedar Rapids-Iowa City, IA combined area · =5,930th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level854 ft derived 236th of 319=4,501st of 12,4375th of 28 in the Cedar Rapids-Iowa City, IA combined area · =3,144th 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 6 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.5 of 7 background details — we don't hold whether it is public or private 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 2026-08-21. 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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