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Ben Hawes at Ben Hawes State Park is an 18-hole golf course in Owensboro, Kentucky.

It plays 6,632 yards from the Black tees, rated 71.6/130 (checked 2026-08-15).

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18
holes
71
par
6,632
yards (tips)
130
slope (black)
The shape of the round · Black teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — BLACK TEES383444163390503184354359385520400193399396180405435542142433445563748494105114123134144153164174185PAROUT 3,165 YDSIN 3,470 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

address
400 Booth Field Rd, Owensboro, KY 42301, USA
phone
270-687-8700
elevation
403 ft derived
opened
1964
on site
driving range · lessons

37.79524, -87.18344 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. 16 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

164 traced features across 8 layers for Ben Hawes at Ben Hawes State Park, drawn over NAIP 2022 aerial imagery.

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164 traced features across 8 layers for Ben Hawes at Ben Hawes State Park, drawn over NAIP 2022 aerial imagery. The map itself needs JavaScript; the geometry is a plain GeoJSON file either way.

18
Holes
24
Fairways
26
Bunkers
3
Water
18
Greens
34
Tee pads
6,635yds
Black tees
542yds
Longest hole
163yds
Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2022-08-03

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-15

All 3 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 3 rows.

BlackM71663271.613031653470
BlueM71637270.312730853320
GreenM76contested715371contested516669.412224522714

Every figure as published except Card par (derived) and Card yards (derived), which are 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 Green tees publish a par 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 Par column keeps the published figure, marked contested, and each tee's own par row from the card below is summed beside it, marked derived.

The Green 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 443453444543443445 71
Black 383444163390503184354359385520400193399396180405435542 6,632
Blue 374435153381491176346352377500378181386375162395424519 6,372
Green 293354129344414106211290311431315123302299144306338456 5,371
Handicap 122184616101481391515177311

The Studio

The Studio can't plan Ben Hawes at Ben Hawes State Park hole by hole yet.

We hold its scorecard and 164 traced features, but not a model of every green, which a plan aims at.

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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Rates change by day and by season, so we send you to Ben Hawes at Ben Hawes State Park'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: Hillcrest (7.4 mi) · The Pearl Club (9.9 mi) · Tee Time Golf Complex (21 mi) · McDonald Golf Course (22 mi)

Measured against comparable courses

How hard and how long this course plays against comparable courses — never how good it is.

FigureThis courseIn KentuckyNationwideAmong its peers
Longest6,632 yds32nd of 94=4,925th of 12,025=4,893rd of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 130=26th of 76=3,777th of 8,710=3,684th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 71.6=33rd of 67=4,569th of 7,615=4,512th of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread1,261 yds between tees61st of 93=6,967th of 11,523=6,840th of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 1964=38th of 86=3,542nd of 9,368=2,510th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level403 ft derived 98th of 101=7,733rd of 12,437=5,510th 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 progress4 of 6 built

4 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 3 sets of tees.
  • Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 3 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, not built yet.We haven't built the green contours for this course yet.
  • Course details, partly built.4 of 7 background details — we don't hold the architect, whether it is public or private and the grass on the greens.

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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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Owensboro Country Club

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The Pearl Club

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Henderson Country Club

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Rolling Hills Country Club

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Tee Time Golf Complex

21 mi · Evansville · public · 9 holes

John James Audubon Golf Course

21 mi · Henderson · 9 holes

McDonald Golf Course

22 mi · Evansville · 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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