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Dubuque sits where Iowa, Wisconsin, and Illinois converge along the Mississippi River bluffs, and the topography here is anything but the flat prairie most people picture when they think of Iowa. The Driftless Area — so called because ancient glaciers bypassed it — left behind a landscape of steep ridges, wooded hollows, and creek valleys that makes for genuinely interesting golf terrain. The Meadows Golf Club is the city's public course, giving Dubuque residents an accessible, community-anchored place to play across all ability levels.
Municipal courses in this part of the upper Midwest tend to reflect the working character of their cities — straightforward, unpretentious, and built to handle steady local traffic across a short seasonal window. Summers along the Mississippi are warm and humid, fall brings some of the most colorful foliage in the region, and the season wraps up before the river-valley winters set in.
As the city-owned option in a metro area that punches above its weight for river culture and outdoor recreation, The Meadows fills a genuine civic role — the kind of course where junior golfers learn the game and weekend regulars keep multi-decade scorecards in their heads.
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | Par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black · men | 6,675 | 72.1 | 126 | 72 |
| Black/Blue Combo · men | 6,457 | 71 | 121 | 72 |
| Blue · men | 6,256 | 70 | 119 | 72 |
| Blue · women | 6,256 | 76.5 | 131 | 72 |
| Blue/White Combo · men | 5,878 | 68.6 | 114 | 72 |
| Blue/White Combo · women | 5,878 | 74.4 | 127 | 72 |
| White · men | 5,540 | 67.1 | 111 | 72 |
| White · women | 5,540 | 72.6 | 122 | 72 |
| White/Gold Combo · men | 5,193 | 65.5 | 108 | 72 |
| White/Gold Combo · women | 5,193 | 70.6 | 121 | 72 |
| Gold · men | 4,853 | 63.8 | 103 | 72 |
| Gold · women | 4,853 | 68.6 | 115 | 72 |
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