Acorns Golf Links
Warterloo, Illinois · 18 holes · par 72 · Public. Designed by William Ebeler, opened 1997.
A caddie's yardage book for every hole: plays-like distance from USGS lidar elevation, reach and carry numbers for every bunker and water hazard, green front, middle and back, which way each green falls, and the lay-up zone on par 5s. Distances are from the back tees along the mapped hole; for a shorter tee, take off the scorecard difference.
Course profile
- At about 650 ft the ball carries about 1% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 149. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
- Biggest climb: hole 7, where the green sits 10 ft above the tee and plays about 3 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 6, where the green sits 30 ft below the tee and plays about 10 yards shorter.
- Driving-zone hazards sit on the left on 8 holes and on the right on 2: a tee shot missed left costs more here.
- 14 greens tilt 2% or more. Each hole below says which side of the hole leaves an uphill putt.
Maps: tee at the bottom, green at the top. The dashed line is the mapped hole; the gold band is the lay-up zone; the arrow on the green points downhill.
Scorecard
| Hole | Par | Hcp | Black | Blue | White | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 5 | 403 | 385 | 358 | 300 |
| 2 | 4 | 7 | 350 | 343 | 300 | 230 |
| 3 | 4 | 17 | 347 | 320 | 303 | 230 |
| 4 | 4 | 13 | 374 | 335 | 325 | 225 |
| 5 | 5 | 9 | 576 | 560 | 558 | 443 |
| 6 | 3 | 11 | 195 | 130 | 120 | 78 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | 503 | 466 | 435 | 394 |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | 363 | 344 | 310 | 260 |
| 9 | 3 | 15 | 160 | 149 | 125 | 87 |
| 10 | 4 | 6 | 392 | 360 | 342 | 300 |
| 11 | 4 | 12 | 355 | 336 | 331 | 288 |
| 12 | 3 | 18 | 185 | 170 | 150 | 86 |
| 13 | 5 | 16 | 559 | 520 | 465 | 400 |
| 14 | 4 | 4 | 425 | 399 | 380 | 310 |
| 15 | 3 | 8 | 201 | 180 | 160 | 94 |
| 16 | 4 | 14 | 412 | 380 | 350 | 246 |
| 17 | 5 | 10 | 528 | 525 | 510 | 426 |
| 18 | 4 | 2 | 399 | 375 | 350 | 226 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 6701 | 72.3 | 125 |
| Blue | Male | 6256 | 70.2 | 121 |
| White | Male | 5839 | 68 | 115 |
| Yellow | Male | 5497 | 66.8 | 110 |
| Red | Female | 4623 | 67 | 105 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 397-19 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 392 · 403 · 412front · middle · back
- Green size
- 25 × 32yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 28 ydswide at 239
- Green slope
- 6.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Water left: 71 to reach, 120 to carry
- Water right: 94 to reach, 117 to carry
- 3 bunkers left: 292 to reach, 355 to carry
Playing notes
- Plays about 6 yards shorter: the green sits 19 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 259 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 292 to reach, 306 to carry. Drives that finish short of 292 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 28 yards wide at 239 and narrows to 19 at 279.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 6.5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 345-15 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 341 · 350 · 363front · middle · back
- Green size
- 27 × 22yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 41 ydswide at 220
- Green slope
- 4%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker left: 247 to reach, 247 to carry
Playing notes
- Plays about 5 yards shorter: the green sits 15 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 247 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 247 to reach, 247 to carry. Drives that finish short of 247 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 41 yards wide at 220 and narrows to 33 at 204.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 4%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 348+2 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 333 · 347 · 360front · middle · back
- Green size
- 27 × 25yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 29 ydswide at 237
In play
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 29 yards wide at 237.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 56 · Par 37 · Par 58 · Par 49 · Par 310 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 313 · Par 514 · Par 415 · Par 316 · Par 417 · Par 518 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 40 hazards with reach and carry
- 15 green slope reads
- 4 par-5 lay-up zones
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Hole maps, hazards and playing notes come from mapped course data and USGS 3DEP elevation (public domain), not a visit. Plays-like numbers use the Skitty caddie's rule of one yard per 3 ft of rise, from the longest tee; altitude uses 1.16% of carry per 1,000 ft. Tees, hazards and conditions change; check with the course before you play. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0) via OpenGolfAPI. Scorecard yardages and ratings as published. See a mistake? Email [email protected].