Prairie Woods Golf Course is an 18-hole semi-private course in Avalon, Wisconsin.

Designed by Mattingly Kuehn Golf Design, Gilmore & Graves. It plays 6,010 yards from the Blue tees, rated 69/118 (checked 2026-08-21).

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holes

par

6,010

yards (tips)

118

slope (blue)

The shape of the round · Blue teespublished figures only

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: Mattingly Kuehn Golf Design, Gilmore & Graves reported
access: semi-private
address: 12601 County Highway A, Avalon, WI
phone: 608-883-6500
website: course site →
elevation: 1,012 ft derived
opened: 1964
on site: driving range · restaurant

42.71487, -88.79753 — 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.

179 traced features across 8 layers for Prairie Woods Golf Course, 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

6,010yds

Blue tees

538yds

Longest hole

154yds

Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2022-06-24

Tees & ratings

Yardagesfrom the clubread from the scorecard imagechecked 2026-08-20

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


Blue	M	71	6010	69.0from the club	118	3166	2844
White	F	71	5520	71.6reported, not from the club	120	2880	2640
White	M	71	5520	66.7reported, not from the club	113	2880	2640
Red	M	71	4649	62.7reported, not from the club	105	2379	2270
Red	F	71	4649	66.7reported, not from the club	111	2379	2270

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.

These ratings do not all come from the same place, so each row says which: from the club where the course's own card prints that figure, reported where it does not.

Scorecard — every published tee

Scorecardfrom the clubread from the scorecard imagechecked 2026-08-20

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Total
Par	4	5	3	4	4	3	4	5	4	4	3	4	4	5	3	4	4	4	71
Blue	373	430	156	390	307	180	395	538	397	322	182	370	315	483	154	320	341	357	6,010
White	345	417	120	364	283	121	378	488	364	302	164	347	290	458	133	299	314	333	5,520
Red	305	376	87	259	249	95	297	427	284	282	143	261	247	387	95	271	277	307	4,649
Handicap	11	5	17	9	13	15	7	1	3	12	16	6	14	2	18	10	8	4

Plan it in the Studio

Plan Prairie Woods 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. 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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Book a tee time

Rates change by day and by season, so we send you to Prairie Woods 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: CeCelia's Golf Course (6.2 mi) · Willow Brook Golf Course (7.4 mi) · Oak Ridge Golf Course (8.6 mi) · Majestic Oaks at Lake Lawn Resort (12 mi)

Measured against comparable courses

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

Figure	This course	In Wisconsin	Nationwide	Among its peers
Longest	6,010 yds	221st of 337	=8,459th of 12,025	8th of 14 in the Janesville-Beloit, WI metro area · =1,366th of 2,030 semi-private courses · =4,488th of 7,004 courses you can book · =8,382nd of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest test	slope 118	=174th of 225	=6,934th of 8,710	10th of 13 in the Janesville-Beloit, WI metro area · =1,074th of 1,395 semi-private courses · =3,634th of 4,936 courses you can book · =6,439th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tips	rating 69.0	164th of 210	=6,682nd of 7,615	10th of 13 in the Janesville-Beloit, WI metro area · =1,007th of 1,141 semi-private courses · =3,483rd of 4,145 courses you can book · =6,523rd of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread	1,361 yds between tees	141st of 316	=6,358th of 11,523	5th of 14 in the Janesville-Beloit, WI metro area · =1,029th of 1,970 semi-private courses · =3,399th of 6,653 courses you can book · =6,256th of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldest	opened 1964	=106th of 258	=3,542nd of 9,368	=6th of 12 in the Janesville-Beloit, WI metro area · =586th of 1,516 semi-private courses · =1,727th of 5,526 courses you can book · =2,510th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level	1,012 ft derived	92nd of 355	=3,356th of 12,437	1st of 14 in the Janesville-Beloit, WI metro area · 586th of 2,089 semi-private courses · =2,171st of 7,274 courses you can book · =2,302nd of 9,106 18-hole regulation courses

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 5 sets of tees.
Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 5 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.6 of 7 background details — we don't hold 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 2026-08-21. Where each figure came from is stated beside it, above.

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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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