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Downers Grove Golf Club

Downers Grove, Illinois · 9 holes · par 36 · Public. Designed by C.B. Macdonald.

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

Altitude740 ftCarries about 1% farther
Bunkers27
Holes with water7 of 9
Average fairway width33 yds
Typical green4,300 sq ft
Sloped greens9 of 9Tilt 2% or more
  • At about 740 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 3, where the green sits 41 ft above the tee and plays about 14 yards longer.
  • Biggest drop: hole 2, where the green sits 31 ft below the tee and plays about 10 yards shorter.
  • 9 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

HoleParHcpBlueWhiteGoldRed
141414398387336
243416394373331
357467425397346
4413375344309252
5415331312274262
6317183165133113
749420370339307
8311192184171150
955482449399350

Tees

TeeYardsRatingSlope
BlueMale3280133
WhiteMale3041128
GoldMale2782121
RedFemale2417118

Hole 1 · Par 4

Green falls this way

414 (Blue) · 398 (White) · 387 (Gold) · 336 (Red) yards · Handicap 1

Plays like
416+6 ft
Green · Blue tee
401 · 414 · 425front · middle · back
Green size
29 × 28yards deep × wide
Fairway
29 ydswide at 243
Green slope
5.5%falls to the front-right

In play

  • Water left: 104 to reach, 202 to carry
  • Bunker right of the green

Playing notes

  • Plays about 2 yards longer: the green sits 6 ft above the tee.
  • Fairway water on the left: 104 to reach, 202 to carry. Drives that finish short of 104 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
  • The fairway is about 29 yards wide at 243.
  • The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
  • The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 5.5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 2 · Par 4

Green falls this way

416 (Blue) · 394 (White) · 373 (Gold) · 331 (Red) yards · Handicap 3

Plays like
406-31 ft
Green · Blue tee
403 · 416 · 428front · middle · back
Green size
25 × 22yards deep × wide
Fairway
27 ydswide at 224
Green slope
3.5%falls to the front-right

In play

  • Water right: 196 to reach, 293 to carry
  • Water across the hole: 289 to reach, 300 to carry
  • Bunker front-left of the green
  • Bunker back-right of the green

Playing notes

  • Plays about 10 yards shorter: the green sits 31 ft below the tee.
  • Water crosses the hole: 289 to reach, 300 to carry.
  • Fairway water on the right: 196 to reach, 293 to carry. Drives that finish short of 196 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
  • The fairway is about 27 yards wide at 224 and narrows to 17 at 274.
  • Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
  • The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 3.5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 3 · Par 5

Lay-up zoneGreen falls this way

467 (Blue) · 425 (White) · 397 (Gold) · 346 (Red) yards · Handicap 7

Plays like
481+41 ft
Green · Blue tee
453 · 467 · 481front · middle · back
Green size
29 × 24yards deep × wide
Fairway
44 ydswide at 237
Green slope
3.5%falls to the front

In play

  • Water right: 131 to reach, 141 to carry
  • Water across the hole: 209 to reach, 227 to carry
  • Bunker left: 258 to reach, 269 to carry

Playing notes

  • Plays about 14 yards longer: the green sits 41 ft above the tee.
  • Water crosses the hole: 209 to reach, 227 to carry.
  • Fairway bunkers on the left: 258 to reach, 269 to carry. Drives that finish short of 258 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
  • The fairway is about 44 yards wide at 237 and narrows to 19 at 257.
  • Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 23 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
  • No hazards mapped around the green.
  • The green falls from back to front, about 3.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Holes 4 to 9

4 · Par 45 · Par 46 · Par 37 · Par 48 · Par 39 · Par 5

The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:

  • 6 plays-like yardages
  • 21 hazards with reach and carry
  • 6 green slope reads
  • 1 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].

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