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Sheldon Golf and Country Club is a 9-hole semi-private course in Ritter, Iowa.

It plays 3,189 yards from the Championship tees.

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9
holes
36
par
3,189
yards (tips)
115
slope
The shape of the round · Championship teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — CHAMPIONSHIP TEES156406149207563468400511365132433435565748594PAROUT 918 YDSIN 2,307 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
Nest Avenue, Ritter, IA
elevation
1,397 ft derived
opened
1921

43.20895, -95.82009 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 9 holes. 10 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

79 traced features across 7 layers for Sheldon Golf and Country Club, drawn over NAIP 2023 aerial imagery.

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79 traced features across 7 layers for Sheldon 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
12
Fairways
4
Bunkers
9
Greens
18
Tee pads
40ft
Elevation range
3,225yds
Championship tees
563yds
Longest hole
149yds
Shortest hole

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

Height1388.4 ft1428.4 ft

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-15

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

Sorted by Yards, descending. 3 rows.

ChampionshipM363189
MiddleM363088115
ForwardM362667

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

Scorecard — every published tee

Scorecardopen datachecked 2026-08-15

Hole 123456789 Total
Par 343355454 36
Championship 156406149207563468400511365 3,189
Middle 137375142164553455371503354 3,088
Forward 126294127148489444300444295 2,667
Handicap 1551371179311

Plan it in the Studio

Plan Sheldon 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. The greens on 8 of its 9 holes were surveyed, so it reads their slope there 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
Longest3,189 yds165th of 302=9,942nd of 12,025=1,646th of 2,030 semi-private courses · =5,535th of 7,004 courses you can book · =524th 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 spread522 yds between tees166th of 286=10,067th of 11,523=1,667th of 1,970 semi-private courses · =5,628th of 6,653 courses you can book · =819th of 1,640 9-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 1921=27th of 229=816th of 9,368=105th of 1,516 semi-private courses · =245th of 5,526 courses you can book · =156th of 1,347 9-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level1,397 ft derived 19th of 319=1,845th of 12,437294th of 2,089 semi-private courses · =1,140th of 7,274 courses you can book · 390th 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 progress3 of 7 built

3 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, 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, partly built.Contours on 8 greens, 1 more the survey is too coarse to measure at all.
  • Green slope and pin positions, not built yet.We haven't worked out the fall lines and pin positions on these greens yet.
  • 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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