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South Hardin Recreation Area is a 9-hole semi-private golf course in Union, Iowa.

It plays 2,700 yards from the middle tees, slope 105 (checked 2026-08-15).

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9
holes
35
par
2,700
yards (tips)
105
slope (middle)
The shape of the round · middle teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — MIDDLE TEES365320150330185430160260500142433445365738495PAROUT 1,165 YDSIN 1,535 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
5th Street, Union, IA, 50258
elevation
975 ft derived
opened
1968

42.24700, -93.06929 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

OpenStreetMap has this course's outline but has not traced any of its 9 holes. The shaded area is the property; no hole, green or tee is drawn.

The outline of South Hardin Recreation Area as OpenStreetMap holds it, drawn over NAIP 2023 aerial imagery. No hole, green or tee has been traced inside it.

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The outline of South Hardin Recreation Area as OpenStreetMap holds it, drawn over NAIP 2023 aerial imagery. No hole, green or tee has been traced inside it. The map itself needs JavaScript; the outline is a plain GeoJSON file either way.

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

The outline is the whole of the traced geometry here, so there is no hole or green to jump to and nothing to measure a yardage against.

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-15

All 2 tee sets par, yardage, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 2 rows.

middleM352700105
forwardM352400104

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

Scorecard — every published tee

Scorecardopen datachecked 2026-08-15

Hole 123456789 Total
Par 443435345 35
middle 365320150330185430160260500 2,700
forward 300300150310140380160240420 2,400
Handicap 5913711711153

The Studio

The Studio can't plan South Hardin Recreation Area hole by hole yet.

We hold its scorecard, but nobody has traced its holes: the bunkers, water and fairway edges a plan aims around.

It plans 4,579 courses hole by hole today, and it charts your bag anywhere.

  • 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
Longest2,700 yds278th of 302=11,117th of 12,0251,942nd of 2,030 semi-private courses · =6,376th of 7,004 courses you can book · =1,580th of 1,791 9-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 105=188th of 201=8,208th of 8,710=1,336th of 1,395 semi-private courses · =4,592nd of 4,936 courses you can book · =874th of 972 9-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread300 yds between tees=240th of 286=10,937th of 11,523=1,873rd of 1,970 semi-private courses · =6,256th of 6,653 courses you can book · =1,360th of 1,640 9-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 1968=124th of 229=4,141st of 9,368=694th of 1,516 semi-private courses · =2,135th of 5,526 courses you can book · =826th of 1,347 9-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level975 ft derived =168th of 319=3,581st of 12,437=619th of 2,089 semi-private courses · =2,327th of 7,274 courses you can book · =730th 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 progress1 of 6 built

1 of 6 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, partly built.The course's outline is drawn, but none of its 9 holes has been traced in OpenStreetMap yet.
  • Per-hole distances, not built yet.The holes aren't traced yet, so there are no measured carries or distances to the green.
  • Green contours, not built yet.We haven't built the green contours for this course 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.

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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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