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Waveland Golf Course is an 18-hole course in Des Moines, Iowa.

Designed by Warren Dickenson. It plays 6,544 yards from the Blue tees, rated 71.2/124 (checked 2026-08-15).

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18
holes
72
par
6,544
yards (tips)
124
slope (blue)
The shape of the round · Blue teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — BLUE TEES355165585371325355495182393243370565152328475460365360142335445464758394103114125133144155164174184PAROUT 3,226 YDSIN 3,318 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
Warren Dickenson reported
address
University Avenue Sidepath, Des Moines, IA, 50312
elevation
920 ft derived
opened
1901

41.59641, -93.68884 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. 7 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

145 traced features across 8 layers for Waveland Golf Course, drawn over NAIP 2023 aerial imagery.

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

18
Holes
21
Fairways
23
Bunkers
1
Water
18
Greens
44
Tee pads
119.1ft
Elevation range
6,544yds
Blue tees
585yds
Longest hole
152yds
Shortest hole

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

Height844.8 ft963.9 ft

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-15

All 4 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 4 rows.

BlueM72654471.212432263318
WhiteM72628270.612130823200
GoldM725651contested524468.211627462498
RedF725323contested512369.410926072516

Every figure as published except Card yards (derived), which is summed from the card below and shown only where a published figure is contested; a blank cell elsewhere is one nobody publishes. Front 9 and Back 9 are summed from the per-hole yardages on the scorecard.

The Gold and Red tees publish a yardage total the scorecard below does not add up to. Both figures are published and nothing we hold settles which one a round plays to, so the Yards column keeps the published figure, marked contested, and each tee's own yardage row from the card below is summed beside it, marked derived.

Scorecard — every published tee

Scorecardopen datachecked 2026-08-15

Hole 123456789101112131415161718 Total
Par 435444534345345444 72
Blue 355165585371325355495182393243370565152328475460365360 6,544
White 308147558361318345486175384225361560121303466453357354 6,282
Gold 306142407301285314477138376137301427111180406350276310 5,651
Red 301137402296280309378133371200296450106152401340271300 5,323
Handicap 917171315115361041814122816

Plan it in the Studio

Plan Waveland 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 17 of its 18 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
Longest6,544 yds56th of 302=5,691st of 12,02513th of 34 in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metro area · =5,647th of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 124=59th of 201=5,603rd of 8,710=13th of 24 in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metro area · =5,346th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 71.2=56th of 111=4,997th of 7,61514th of 20 in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metro area · =4,927th of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread1,221 yds between tees=79th of 286=7,216th of 11,523=16th of 34 in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metro area · =7,075th of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 19017th of 229=242nd of 9,3681st of 29 in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metro area · =158th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level920 ft derived 196th of 319=3,970th of 12,43714th of 35 in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metro area · =2,749th 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 4 sets of tees.
  • Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 4 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, 4 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.3 of 7 background details — we don't hold whether it is public or private, 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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