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West Des Moines sits in the heart of central Iowa, where the land flattens into broad, open terrain shaped by glacial history and the steady sweep of prairie wind. Golf here tends to play firm and fast, with conditions shifting quickly as weather systems roll across the plains — a layout that looks straightforward on paper can play very differently once the wind picks up.
With a name as plain as "North," this is almost certainly one course within a larger golf complex or municipal system, the kind of everyday public facility that forms the backbone of a community's golf life. These workhorse layouts rarely make national headlines, but they're where most of a city's real golf gets played — weekend rounds, junior programs, league nights, the occasional first-timer finding their footing.
A par-72 design in this part of Iowa will typically offer a mix of open, wind-exposed holes and perhaps some tree-lined corridors buffering the flatter stretches. If you're visiting Des Moines for the first time, courses like this give you an honest, unpretentious read on what Midwestern golf actually is.
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | Par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black · men | 7,285 | 75.9 | 136 | 72 |
| Green-Black · men | 7,045 | 74.1 | 133 | 72 |
| Green · men | 6,665 | 72.4 | 131 | 72 |
| Green · women | 6,665 | 78.6 | 135 | 72 |
| Blue-Green · men | 6,434 | 71 | 128 | 72 |
| Blue · men | 6,043 | 69.1 | 125 | 72 |
| Blue · women | 6,043 | 74.8 | 127 | 72 |
| Blue-Bronze · men | 5,521 | 66.8 | 115 | 72 |
| Blue-Bronze · women | 5,521 | 71.8 | 120 | 72 |
| Bronze · men | 5,115 | 65.2 | 109 | 72 |
| Bronze · women | 5,115 | 69.5 | 118 | 72 |
| Scoring · men | 3,747 | 60.5 | 100 | 72 |
| Scoring · women | 3,747 | 61.7 | 101 | 72 |
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