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Sanborn Golf and Country Club is a 9-hole course in Sanborn, Iowa.

It plays 3,123 yards from the championship tees, rated 72.4/112 (checked 2026-08-24).

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9
holes
36
par
3,123
yards (tips)
112
slope (championship)
The shape of the round · championship teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — CHAMPIONSHIP TEES317455195406340532137316393142533445465738494PAROUT 1,373 YDSIN 1,718 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

address
Nature Trail, Sanborn, IA, 51248
elevation
1,534 ft derived
opened
1982

43.17466, -95.66870 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 9 holes. OpenStreetMap has not traced hole 10. 12 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one. The map below draws everything that has been traced.

80 traced features across 8 layers for Sanborn Golf and Country Club, drawn over NAIP 2023 aerial imagery.

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

9
Holes
9
Fairways
12
Bunkers
2
Water
9
Greens
25
Tee pads
50.3ft
Elevation range
3,091yds
championship tees
532yds
Longest hole
137yds
Shortest hole

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

Height1506.8 ft1557.1 ft

Tees & ratings

Ratingsreported, not from the clubchecked 2026-08-24

Yardagesopen datachecked 2026-08-24

All 3 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 3 rows.

championshipM36312372.4112
middleM36302569.6110
forwardM36272871.5114

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

Scorecard — every published tee

Scorecardopen datachecked 2026-08-24

Hole 123456789 Total
Par 453445344 36
championship 317455195406340532137316393 3,123
middle 310440183395328521124311384 3,025
forward 290414160356314425109295366 2,728
Handicap 1551339117117

Plan it in the Studio

Plan Sanborn Golf and 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

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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
Longest3,123 yds182nd of 302=10,142nd of 12,025=703rd of 1,791 9-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 114=130th of 201=7,510th of 8,710=580th of 972 9-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 72.4=36th of 111=3,480th of 7,615=8th of 199 9-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread395 yds between tees205th of 286=10,572nd of 11,523=1,128th of 1,640 9-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 1982=176th of 229=5,547th of 9,368=1,020th of 1,347 9-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level1,534 ft derived 1st of 3191,608th of 12,437318th 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 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 3 sets of tees.
  • Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 3 sets of tees.
  • 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.2 of 7 background details — we don't hold the architect, whether it is public or private and a website, and 2 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 2026-08-24. Where each figure came from is stated beside it, above.

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