- 18Holes
- 72Par
- 8Rated tees
- 1Greens mapped
- 6Contours
- 3.9%Steepest slope
About Sinking Valley
Sinking Valley Country Club is an 18-hole golf course playing to par 72 in Altoona, Pennsylvania. Ed Ault designed it, and it opened in 1963. GolfCore has mapped 1 green here with contour lines and fall-line arrows. The card below lists 8 rated tees with yardages for all 18 holes. GPS yardages and scoring are free in the GolfCore app.
Plan your visit
R.D. #3, Box 430, Altoona, PA
(814) 684-0662
How the greens break
GolfCore traced 1 greens at Sinking Valley from USGS 3DEP 1-meter lidar, with 6 elevation contours at a 3-inch interval. The steepest measured slope is 3.9 percent, and the largest rise across a single green is 1.3 ft.
In the app the same map sits under your ball on every green, with the fall line drawn to the hole and the wind modeled at your position. At clubs that run GolfCore, the pins the shop sets each morning show up there too.
Elevation: USGS 3D Elevation Program, U.S. Geological Survey, National Geospatial Program (public domain), processed by GolfCore.
The card
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Par | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 36 |
| Yards | 450 | 175 | 403 | 380 | 326 | 387 | 568 | 180 | 412 | 3,281 |
| Hcp | 13 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 1 |
| Hole | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Par | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 36 |
| Yards | 147 | 444 | 370 | 330 | 340 | 375 | 170 | 617 | 380 | 3,173 |
| Hcp | 14 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 6 |
Total72 Yards6,454
| Hole | Par | Yards | Hcp |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 450 | 13 |
| 2 | 3 | 175 | 15 |
| 3 | 4 | 403 | 9 |
| 4 | 4 | 380 | 5 |
| 5 | 4 | 326 | 11 |
| 6 | 4 | 387 | 3 |
| 7 | 5 | 568 | 7 |
| 8 | 3 | 180 | 17 |
| 9 | 4 | 412 | 1 |
| Out | 36 | 3,281 | |
| 10 | 3 | 147 | 14 |
| 11 | 5 | 444 | 18 |
| 12 | 4 | 370 | 8 |
| 13 | 4 | 330 | 12 |
| 14 | 4 | 340 | 16 |
| 15 | 4 | 375 | 2 |
| 16 | 3 | 170 | 10 |
| 17 | 5 | 617 | 4 |
| 18 | 4 | 380 | 6 |
| In | 36 | 3,173 | |
| Total | 72 | 6,454 |
Course rating and slope
| Tee | Yards | Par | Rating / Slope |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | 7,032 | 72 | 75.0 / 135 |
| Blue | 6,997 | 77 | 80.6 / 144 (W) |
| White | 6,454 | 72 | 71.8 / 133 77.7 / 138 (W) |
| Gold | 5,467 | 72 | 66.8 / 126 72.2 / 127 (W) |
| Red | 5,353 | 72 | 66.4 / 122 71.5 / 124 (W) |
Hole data is what GolfCore holds for the course's layout. Picking a tee shows that tee's own yardages, pars and stroke indexes where the club has rated them. Spot a wrong par, yardage or stroke index? Report it from Map Settings in the app, or send us a correction.
Course details
- Location
- Altoona, Pennsylvania, United States
- Address
- R.D. #3, Box 430, Altoona, PA
- Phone
- (814) 684-0662
- Website
- sinkingvalley.com
- Architect
- Ed Ault
- Opened
- 1963
- Holes
- 18
- Par
- 72
- Tees on the card
- 8, 8 USGA-rated
- Greens mapped
- 1
- Elevation contours
- 6
- Contour interval
- 3-inch
- Largest green elevation span
- 1.3 ft
- Steepest measured slope
- 3.9%
- Course map
- Traced hole by hole
- Wind modeling
- Live wind grid, 16 directions
- Tree canopy
- 1-meter canopy height model
- Course data updated
- 2026-09-28
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