Clear Lake Golf Club is a 9-hole public course in Clear Lake, South Dakota.

It plays 2,781 yards from the Men tees, slope 101 (checked 2026-08-15).

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holes

par

2,781

yards (tips)

101

slope (men)

The shape of the round · Men teespublished figures only

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: 12th Street West, Clear Lake, SD, 57226
elevation: 1,830 ft derived
opened: 1965

44.74854, -96.68917 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 9 holes. 4 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

51 traced features across 8 layers for Clear Lake Golf Club, drawn over NAIP 2022 aerial imagery. The map itself needs JavaScript; the geometry is a plain GeoJSON file either way.

Holes

Fairways

Bunkers

Water

Greens

Tee pads

2,781yds

Men tees

408yds

Longest hole

142yds

Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2022-08-01

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-15

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


Men	M	35	2781	101
Ladies	M	38	2562	94

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

Scorecard

Scorecardopen datachecked 2026-08-15

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Total
Par	4	4	3	3	5	3	5	4	4	35
Men	405	376	196	161	408	142	381	341	371	2,781
Handicap	3	5	1	13	17	11	15	9	7

No per-hole yardages are published for Ladies, so it is not on the card above.

Plan it in the Studio

Plan Clear Lake Golf 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. Where a green was surveyed, it reads the slope too.

The approach, planned Example from another course: hole 15, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
The green, from LiDAR Example from another course: hole 15, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
Every shot, tee to green 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.

Measured against comparable courses

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

Figure	This course	In South Dakota	Nationwide	Among its peers
Longest	2,781 yds	29th of 33	=11,002nd of 12,025	=3,584th of 4,105 public courses · =6,296th of 7,004 courses you can book · =1,483rd of 1,791 9-hole regulation courses
Toughest test	slope 101	28th of 30	=8,343rd of 8,710	=2,701st of 2,882 public courses · =4,692nd of 4,936 courses you can book · =924th of 972 9-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread	219 yds between tees	=26th of 29	=11,170th of 11,523	3,684th of 3,841 public courses · =6,419th of 6,653 courses you can book · =1,479th of 1,640 9-hole regulation courses
Oldest	opened 1965	=17th of 34	=3,726th of 9,368	=1,027th of 3,277 public courses · =1,860th of 5,526 courses you can book · =764th of 1,347 9-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level	1,830 ft derived	5th of 36	=1,357th of 12,437	413th of 4,289 public courses · 795th of 7,274 courses you can book · 251st of 1,830 9-hole regulation courses

What's on this page

In progress3 of 6 built

3 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 1 set 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, 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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