Southern Hills Golf Course vs Valleywood Golf Course

6.6 mi apart · numbers from each course's map geometry

Empire, Minnesota

Apple Valley, Minnesota

Measure	Southern Hills Golf Course	Valleywood Golf Course
Holes	18	18
Par	71	72
Par 3 · 4 · 5	5 · 9 · 4	4 · 10 · 4
Measured length	6,234 yd	5,984 yd
Longest hole	No. 12, 533 yd	No. 15, 473 yd
Bunkers	39	10
Sand	1.1 acres	0.3 acres
Holes with water	10	11
Water on the property	2 acres	20.2 acres
Total climb	209 ft	294 ft
Elevation	943–998 ft	964–1,042 ft
Biggest drop to a green	-50 ft	-35 ft
Average green	5,047 sq ft	6,077 sq ft
Average fairway width	43 yd	31 yd
Green to next tee, total	1,214 yd	1,192 yd
Property	115 acres	163 acres
Cart path	1.8 mi	–
Driving range	yes	not mapped
Access	–	Municipal

Hole by hole

Par and measured yards for each hole; rise is tee to green.

Hole	Southern Hills Golf Course			Valleywood Golf Course
	Par	Yd	Rise	Par	Yd	Rise
1	5	486	+6	4	324	+27
2	3	192	-4	3	137	-7
3	4	310	-6	4	387	-35
4	3	172	-17	5	453	-20
5	4	366	-3	4	284	+13
6	4	432	-16	4	305	-11
7	4	371	-17	3	148	-15
8	3	205	+24	4	415	+25
9	5	480	-50	4	443	-15
10	4	413	+44	4	373	-13
11	3	155	-20	3	148	+8
12	5	533	+8	5	470	-1
13	4	343	+1	3	166	-6
14	4	400	-10	4	336	+26
15	3	131	-12	5	473	+5
16	4	400	-27	4	375	-7
17	4	348	+13	4	389	-31
18	5	497	-23	5	358	-3

Both courses are drawn by OpenStreetMap contributors; a difference in detail (bunker counts especially) can be a difference in how carefully each was mapped. How each number is measured.