Elgin Country Club
Elgin, Illinois · 18 holes · par 72 · Private. Designed by Larry Packard, Bob Lohmann, Tom Bendelow, Dick Nugent, David Esler, opened 1901.
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 880 ft the ball carries about 1% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 148. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
- Biggest climb: hole 17, where the green sits 50 ft above the tee and plays about 17 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 10, where the green sits 55 ft below the tee and plays about 18 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.
- 16 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 | Blue | White | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 12 | 480 | 472 | 393 |
| 2 | 4 | 14 | 358 | 350 | 261 |
| 3 | 4 | 10 | 384 | 372 | 300 |
| 4 | 3 | 8 | 203 | 180 | 130 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | 417 | 401 | 306 |
| 6 | 3 | 16 | 193 | 173 | 162 |
| 7 | 4 | 4 | 404 | 387 | 304 |
| 8 | 5 | 6 | 518 | 479 | 379 |
| 9 | 3 | 18 | 142 | 132 | 122 |
| 10 | 5 | 11 | 486 | 463 | 414 |
| 11 | 4 | 17 | 270 | 262 | 210 |
| 12 | 4 | 9 | 384 | 346 | 287 |
| 13 | 4 | 1 | 431 | 413 | 368 |
| 14 | 5 | 5 | 514 | 475 | 403 |
| 15 | 4 | 3 | 405 | 388 | 338 |
| 16 | 3 | 13 | 163 | 136 | 111 |
| 17 | 4 | 15 | 294 | 267 | 215 |
| 18 | 4 | 7 | 404 | 369 | 298 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | Male | 6450 | 72.2 | 133 |
| White | Female | 5965 | 75.3 | 142 |
| White | Male | 5965 | 70 | 128 |
| Hybrid | Male | 5369 | 67.3 | 122 |
| Hybrid | Female | 5369 | 72 | 135 |
| Red | Female | 5001 | 70 | 131 |
| Red | Male | 5001 | 65.6 | 118 |
Hole 1 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 463-52 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 467 · 480 · 494front · middle · back
- Green size
- 27 × 24yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 35 ydswide at 235
- Green slope
- 3.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker left: 178 to reach, 209 to carry
- Bunker left: 386 to reach, 415 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker right of the green
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 17 yards shorter: the green sits 52 ft below the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 178 to reach, 209 to carry. Drives that finish short of 178 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 35 yards wide at 235 and narrows to 21 at 255.
- Best lay-up: 110 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 26 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 3.5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 354-13 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 347 · 358 · 371front · middle · back
- Green size
- 24 × 23yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 27 ydswide at 220
- Green slope
- 1%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 4 yards shorter: the green sits 13 ft below the tee.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 27 yards wide at 220 and narrows to 22 at 204.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back to front, about 1%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 391+22 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 370 · 384 · 397front · middle · back
- Green size
- 27 × 17yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 26 ydswide at 235
- Green slope
- 5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker left: 257 to reach, 268 to carry
- Bunker left of the green
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 7 yards longer: the green sits 22 ft above the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 257 to reach, 268 to carry. Drives that finish short of 257 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 26 yards wide at 235.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 35 · Par 46 · Par 37 · Par 48 · Par 59 · Par 310 · Par 511 · Par 412 · Par 413 · Par 414 · Par 515 · Par 416 · Par 317 · Par 418 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 53 hazards with reach and carry
- 15 green slope reads
- 3 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].