Echo Valley Country Club — Vale-Vale

Des Moines, IA

Holes

Par

Longest tees

6,894

Shortest tees

4,754

Slope range

101–133

The course, hole by hole

Drawn from the scorecard — every bar is a hole, height is yardage, color is par.

USGA ratings per set. Slope is how much harder it gets when you're not scratch — 113 is neutral.

Tee	Yards	Par	Rating	Slope
Black	6,894	70	73.4	133
Black-White Combo	6,592	70	71.8	129
White	6,290	70	70.4	124
White-Blue Combo	5,878	70	68	117
Blue	5,682	70	67.6	113
Gold	4,754	70	63.8	101

Three honest reads, computed from this course's tee data — the same math the quiz uses. Fame is not fit.

The new golfer

still learning · ~190 off the tee

Play the Golds — 4,754 yds (63.8/101)
Expect 92–98

You can break 100 here. Pick the right tees and stay patient.

The weekend mid

mid-80s to 90s · ~245 off the tee

Play the Whites — 6,290 yds (70.4/124)
Expect 86–92

You can break 90 here on a decent day.

The stick

single digits · ~280 off the tee

Play the Blacks — 6,894 yds (73.4/133)
Expect 82–88

You can break 90 here on a decent day.

Sixty seconds. No account. Your own answer — which tees, what you'll shoot, whether this course wants you — not the average golfer's.