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Wakonda Club is an 18-hole private golf course in Des Moines, Iowa.

Designed by William Langford. It plays 6,959 yards from the Black tees, rated 74.1/135 (checked 2026-08-15).

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18
holes
72
par
6,959
yards (tips)
135
slope (black)
The shape of the round · White teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — WHITE TEES415138373410483389330497134381387342523165465412158303142334445564748593104114124135143155164173184PAROUT 3,169 YDSIN 3,136 YDSFIRST NINESECOND NINE
The published card in playing order, 18 holes with the two nines split — hole number under each bar, its par below that.

The course

designer
William Langford reported
access
private
address
3915 Fleur Drive, Des Moines, IA, 50321
phone
515-285-4962
elevation
915 ft derived
opened
1923

41.55183, -93.64010 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. 39 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

209 traced features across 8 layers for Wakonda Club, drawn over NAIP 2023 aerial imagery.

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

18
Holes
25
Fairways
48
Bunkers
3
Water
18
Greens
56
Tee pads
100.5ft
Elevation range
6,305yds
White tees
523yds
Longest hole
134yds
Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2023-09-02

Height864.6 ft965.1 ft

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-15

All 8 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 8 rows.

BlackM72695974.1135
BlueM72650872.0129
Blue/WhiteM72637271.4126
WhiteM72631370.812531693136
GoldM72527566.1113
GoldF73527570.6119
RedF73526671.3121
RedM72526666.8112

Every figure as published; a blank cell is one nobody publishes. Front 9 and Back 9 are summed from the per-hole yardages on the scorecard.

Scorecard

Scorecardopen datachecked 2026-08-15

Hole 123456789101112131415161718 Total
Par 434454453444535434 72
White 415138373410483389330497134381387342523165465412158303 6,313
Handicap 315911175131748106121821416

No per-hole yardages are published for 5 tee sets, so they are not on the card above.

Plan it in the Studio

Plan Wakonda 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

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.

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Book nearby

Wakonda Club states private access, so there is no tee time here to book. The nearest courses that state access you can book: The Legacy Golf Club (5.0 mi, public) · Warrior Run Golf Course (5.1 mi, public) · Sleepy Hollow Sports Park (6.1 mi, public) · Copper Creek Golf Course (7.5 mi, public)

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
Longest6,959 yds21st of 302=2,196th of 12,0257th of 34 in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metro area · =779th of 2,954 private courses · =2,182nd of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 135=12th of 201=2,233rd of 8,7104th of 24 in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metro area · =978th of 2,300 private courses · =2,185th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 74.116th of 111=1,282nd of 7,6156th of 20 in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metro area · =551st of 2,143 private courses · =1,273rd of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread1,693 yds between tees40th of 286=4,157th of 11,52311th of 34 in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metro area · =1,222nd of 2,885 private courses · =4,096th of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 1923=32nd of 229=1,001st of 9,3685th of 29 in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metro area · =558th of 2,418 private courses · =746th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level915 ft derived =200th of 319=4,009th of 12,43717th of 35 in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metro area · 769th of 3,026 private courses · =2,778th of 9,106 18-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 1 set of tees.
  • Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 8 sets of tees.
  • Course map, built.All 18 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 18 greens, 7 of them surveyed too thinly to trust.
  • Green slope and pin positions, built.Fall lines and the pinnable area on 18 greens — the figures the Caddie plans against.
  • Course details, partly built.6 of 7 background details — we don't hold 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 2026-08-15. Where each figure came from is stated beside it, above.

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Nearby courses

Blank Park Golf Course

2.7 mi · Des Moines · 18 holes

Echo Valley Country Club

3.5 mi · Norwalk · private · 9 holes

Waveland Golf Course

4.0 mi · Des Moines · 18 holes

The Legacy Golf Club

5.0 mi · Norwalk · public · 18 holes

Warrior Run Golf Course

5.1 mi · Norwalk · public · 9 holes

Sleepy Hollow Sports Park

6.1 mi · Des Moines · public · 9 holes

Bright Grandview Golf Course

6.3 mi · Des Moines · 18 holes

Copper Creek Golf Course

7.5 mi · Pleasant Hill · public · 18 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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