Courses · Illinois

Highlands of Elgin

Elgin, Illinois · 18 holes · par 72 · Municipal. Designed by Keith Foster, Art Schaupeter, opened 2003.

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 780 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 18, where the green sits 33 ft above the tee and plays about 11 yards longer.
• Biggest drop: hole 10, where the green sits 40 ft below the tee and plays about 13 yards shorter.
• 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

Tees

Hole 1 · Par 4

414 (Black) · 372 (Gold) · 311 (Silver) · 277 (White) yards · Handicap 12

Plays like

410-11 ft

Green · Black tee

393 · 414 · 433front · middle · back

Green size

40 × 25yards deep × wide

Fairway

51 ydswide at 234

Green slope

3.5%falls to the front-right

In play

• Bunker right: 240 to reach, 259 to carry
• 2 bunkers right: 281 to reach, 317 to carry
• Bunker front-left of the green
• Water left of the green
• Bunker left of the green
• Bunker back-right of the green

Playing notes

• Plays about 4 yards shorter: the green sits 11 ft below the tee.
• Fairway bunkers on the right: 240 to reach, 307 to carry. Drives that finish short of 240 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
• The fairway is about 51 yards wide at 234 and narrows to 43 at 284.
• 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.
• The green is 40 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.

Hole 2 · Par 5

561 (Black) · 522 (Gold) · 451 (Silver) · 420 (White) yards · Handicap 2

Plays like

564+10 ft

Green · Black tee

548 · 561 · 576front · middle · back

Green size

35 × 27yards deep × wide

Fairway

42 ydswide at 244

Green slope

2.5%falls to the front-left

In play

• Water across the hole: 71 to reach, 196 to carry
• 3 bunkers left: 435 to reach, 461 to carry
• Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 532 to carry
• Bunker front-right of the green
• Bunker left of the green

Playing notes

• Plays about 3 yards longer: the green sits 10 ft above the tee.
• Water crosses the hole: 71 to reach, 196 to carry.
• Water crosses the hole: 76 to reach, 190 to carry.
• No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
• The fairway is about 42 yards wide at 244 and narrows to 30 at 274.
• Best lay-up: 130 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 32 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
• Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
• Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
• The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 2.5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
• The green is 35 yards deep: a back pin can play about 2 clubs more than a front pin.

Hole 3 · Par 4

383 (Black) · 355 (Gold) · 310 (Silver) · 268 (White) yards · Handicap 16

Plays like

374-28 ft

Green · Black tee

368 · 383 · 400front · middle · back

Green size

34 × 28yards deep × wide

Fairway

70 ydswide at 242

Green slope

3%falls to the front-right

In play

• Bunker right: 260 to reach, 268 to carry
• Bunker right: 305 to reach, 314 to carry
• Bunker front-left of the green

Playing notes

• Plays about 9 yards shorter: the green sits 28 ft below the tee.
• Dogleg right at about 280 yards.
• Fairway bunkers on the right: 260 to reach, 268 to carry. Drives that finish short of 260 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
• The fairway is about 70 yards wide at 242 and narrows to 56 at 212.
• The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
• The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 3%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Holes 4 to 18

4 · Par 35 · Par 46 · Par 57 · Par 38 · Par 49 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 513 · Par 414 · Par 515 · Par 316 · Par 417 · Par 318 · Par 4

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

• 15 plays-like yardages
• 65 hazards with reach and carry
• 13 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].

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