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Three Elms Golf Course is a 9-hole public course in Independence, Iowa.

It plays 2,980 yards from the Blue tees, slope 119 (checked 2026-08-24).

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9
holes
35
par
2,980
yards (tips)
119
slope (blue)
The shape of the round · Blue teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — BLUE TEES424370190297330501310179379142433445465748394PAROUT 1,281 YDSIN 1,699 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
2074 Three Elms County Park, Independence, IA, 50644
phone
319-334-4235
elevation
909 ft derived
opened
1997
on site
putting green

42.45252, -91.87259 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 9 holes. 2 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

69 traced features across 7 layers for Three Elms Golf Course, drawn over NAIP 2023 aerial imagery.

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

9
Holes
14
Fairways
19
Bunkers
1
Water
9
Greens
16
Tee pads
30.9ft
Elevation range
2,980yds
Blue tees
501yds
Longest hole
179yds
Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2023-08-31

Height901.3 ft932.2 ft

Tees & ratings

Ratingsreported, not from the club

Yardagesfrom the clubchecked 2026-08-20

All 5 tee sets par, yardage, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 5 rows.

BlueM352980119
WhiteM352739118
RedM352505112
RedF352505119
Red35115

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

Scorecard — every published tee

Scorecardfrom the clubchecked 2026-08-20

Hole 123456789 Total
Par 443445434 35
Blue 424370190297330501310179379 2,980
White 386345175270305472291156339 2,739
Red 369320150249270425271140311 2,505
Handicap 134965872

Plan it in the Studio

Plan Three Elms 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 Three Elms 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: River Ridge Golf Club (3.5 mi) · Jesup Golf & Country Club (11 mi) · Edgewater Golf Course (14 mi) · Rolling Acres Golf Course (17 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
Longest2,980 yds=229th of 302=10,583rd of 12,0253,406th of 4,105 public courses · =5,988th of 7,004 courses you can book · =1,095th of 1,791 9-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 119=98th of 201=6,765th of 8,710=1,901st of 2,882 public courses · =3,506th of 4,936 courses you can book · =363rd of 972 9-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread475 yds between tees=181st of 286=10,238th of 11,523=3,259th of 3,841 public courses · =5,744th of 6,653 courses you can book · =924th of 1,640 9-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 1997=204th of 229=7,397th of 9,368=2,460th of 3,277 public courses · =4,233rd of 5,526 courses you can book · =1,179th of 1,347 9-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level909 ft derived 207th of 319=4,050th of 12,437=1,544th of 4,289 public courses · =2,633rd of 7,274 courses you can book · =807th 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 progress5 of 7 built

5 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, 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, 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.5 of 7 background details — we don't hold the architect 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 2026-10-12. Where each figure came from is stated beside it, above.

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Nearby courses

River Ridge Golf Club

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Jesup Golf & Country Club

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Edgewater Golf Course

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Rolling Acres Golf Course

17 mi · semi-private · 9 holes

La Porte City Golf Club

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Wapsie Ridge Golf Course

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Vinton Country Club

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Backbone Golf and Country Club

21 mi · public · 9 holes

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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