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Clear Lake is best known nationally as the Iowa town where Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper played their final concert in February 1959 — but it's also home to one of north-central Iowa's most community-rooted golf experiences. The town sits on the shores of Clear Lake itself, one of the state's most popular natural lakes, and the surrounding landscape is classic Iowa: open, agricultural, and subject to the kind of weather that makes spring and fall rounds feel genuinely earned.
Veterans Memorial Golf Course carries its name with purpose, honoring the servicemen and women connected to this tight-knit community. That kind of dedication tends to define the atmosphere at a course like this — unhurried, welcoming, and grounded in local pride rather than resort-style pretension. It's the sort of place where regulars know each other by name and visitors are folded into the rhythm quickly.
As a full 18-hole, par-72 layout in a region where golf is a warm-weather ritual taken seriously, the course serves as a genuine gathering place for the Clear Lake community from the moment the Iowa thaw arrives through the long, golden evenings of late summer.
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | Par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue · men | 6,022 | 68.4 | 110 | 72 |
| White · men | 5,790 | 67.2 | 109 | 72 |
| Gold · men | 5,406 | 65.4 | 100 | 72 |
| Gold · women | 5,406 | 70.2 | 109 | 72 |
| Red · women | 5,046 | 68 | 107 | 72 |
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