Kemper Lakes Golf Club
Hawthorn Woods, Illinois · 18 holes · par 72 · Private. Designed by Ken Killian, Dick Nugent, opened 1979.
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 770 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 12, where the green sits 17 ft above the tee and plays about 6 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 14, where the green sits 13 ft below the tee and plays about 4 yards shorter.
- 15 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 | Green | Blue | White | Black |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 14 | 421 | 378 | 346 | 300 |
| 2 | 4 | 12 | 400 | 367 | 329 | 282 |
| 3 | 3 | 18 | 173 | 141 | 112 | 106 |
| 4 | 5 | 8 | 508 | 496 | 475 | 435 |
| 5 | 4 | 4 | 454 | 442 | 406 | 349 |
| 6 | 3 | 16 | 194 | 180 | 153 | 125 |
| 7 | 5 | 6 | 557 | 530 | 500 | 450 |
| 8 | 4 | 10 | 421 | 392 | 367 | 279 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | 460 | 428 | 395 | 315 |
| 10 | 4 | 3 | 464 | 444 | 380 | 337 |
| 11 | 5 | 9 | 534 | 502 | 454 | 442 |
| 12 | 4 | 11 | 393 | 369 | 364 | 308 |
| 13 | 3 | 17 | 251 | 219 | 165 | 135 |
| 14 | 4 | 13 | 425 | 394 | 345 | 326 |
| 15 | 5 | 5 | 621 | 578 | 492 | 450 |
| 16 | 4 | 1 | 485 | 426 | 363 | 305 |
| 17 | 3 | 15 | 223 | 175 | 142 | 82 |
| 18 | 4 | 7 | 433 | 384 | 318 | 305 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Male | 7217 | 75.4 | 146 |
| Blue | Male | 6680 | 73 | 140 |
| Stewart | Male | 6427 | 71.8 | 138 |
| White | Female | 6265 | 77.2 | 144 |
| White | Male | 6265 | 71.1 | 136 |
| Black | Male | 5638 | 68.2 | 129 |
| Black | Female | 5638 | 73.7 | 137 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 418-8 ft
- Green · Green tee
- 399 · 421 · 434front · middle · back
- Green size
- 36 × 32yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 32 ydswide at 270
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker right: 288 to reach, 306 to carry
- Bunker left: 317 to reach, 336 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 3 yards shorter: the green sits 8 ft below the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 288 to reach, 306 to carry. Drives that finish short of 288 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 32 yards wide at 270 and narrows to 25 at 320.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back to front, about 1.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 36 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 398-6 ft
- Green · Green tee
- 390 · 400 · 417front · middle · back
- Green size
- 39 × 39yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 33 ydswide at 263
- Green slope
- 4%falls to the right
In play
- Bunker right: 272 to reach, 301 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Water back-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 2 yards shorter: the green sits 6 ft below the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 272 to reach, 301 to carry. Drives that finish short of 272 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 33 yards wide at 263 and narrows to 26 at 245.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from left to right, about 4%. Finish on the right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 39 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 3 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 172-2 ft
- Green · Green tee
- 164 · 173 · 191front · middle · back
- Green size
- 36 × 46yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 13%falls to the front
In play
- Water across the hole in front of the green: 155 to carry
- Bunker back-left of the green
- Bunker back-right of the green
Playing notes
- Water crosses the hole: 84 to reach, 155 to carry.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- Water short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back to front, about 13%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 36 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 55 · Par 46 · Par 37 · Par 58 · Par 49 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 512 · Par 413 · Par 314 · Par 415 · Par 516 · 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
- 14 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].