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Slippery Elm Golf Course is a 9-hole public course in Klemme, Iowa.

It plays 2,645 yards from the Men tees.

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9
holes
35
par
2,645
yards (tips)
The shape of the round · Men teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — MEN TEES242309448455145202292193359142435455363748394PAROUT 1,454 YDSIN 1,191 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
public
address
South 1st Street, Klemme, IA, 50449
elevation
1,190 ft derived
opened
1963

42.99849, -93.60263 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 9 holes. 11 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

79 traced features across 7 layers for Slippery Elm Golf Course, drawn over NAIP 2023 aerial imagery.

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79 traced features across 7 layers for Slippery Elm Golf Course, drawn over NAIP 2023 aerial imagery. The map itself needs JavaScript; the geometry is a plain GeoJSON file either way.

9
Holes
13
Fairways
4
Bunkers
9
Greens
18
Tee pads
48.7ft
Elevation range
2,645yds
Men tees
455yds
Longest hole
145yds
Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2023-10-10

Height1183 ft1231.7 ft

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-15

All 2 tee sets par, yardage — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 2 rows.

MenM352645
LadiesM352233

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

Scorecard — every published tee

Scorecardopen datachecked 2026-08-15

Hole 123456789 Total
Par 445533434 35
Men 242309448455145202292193359 2,645
Ladies 242252391386136135256129306 2,233
Handicap 1357911131517

Plan it in the Studio

Plan Slippery Elm 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. The greens on 7 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
Longest2,645 yds=282nd of 302=11,174th of 12,025=3,671st of 4,105 public courses · =6,422nd of 7,004 courses you can book · =1,625th of 1,791 9-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread412 yds between tees198th of 286=10,502nd of 11,523=3,374th of 3,841 public courses · =5,933rd of 6,653 courses you can book · =1,083rd of 1,640 9-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 1963=94th of 229=3,357th of 9,368=874th of 3,277 public courses · =1,616th of 5,526 courses you can book · =683rd of 1,347 9-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level1,190 ft derived =83rd of 319=2,533rd of 12,437=910th of 4,289 public courses · =1,635th of 7,274 courses you can book · =526th 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 progress4 of 7 built

4 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, partly built.Contours on 9 greens, 2 of them surveyed too thinly to trust.
  • 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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