Courses · Illinois

Lincoln Elks Country Club

Lincoln, Illinois · 18 holes · par 71 · Semi-Private. Designed by Tom Bendelow, opened 1904.

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 600 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 14, where the green sits 47 ft above the tee and plays about 16 yards longer.
• Biggest drop: hole 11, where the green sits 48 ft below the tee and plays about 16 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

387 (Blue) · 373 (White) · 312 (Red) yards · Handicap 7

Plays like

390+8 ft

Green · Blue tee

374 · 387 · 400front · middle · back

Green size

26 × 29yards deep × wide

Fairway

31 ydswide at 239

Green slope

2%falls to the front-left

In play

• Bunker front-right of the green

Playing notes

• Plays about 3 yards longer: the green sits 8 ft above the tee.
• No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
• The fairway is about 31 yards wide at 239.
• The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
• The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 2%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 2 · Par 3

163 (Blue) · 139 (White) · 115 (Red) yards · Handicap 11

Plays like

163level

Green · Blue tee

151 · 163 · 174front · middle · back

Green size

23 × 24yards deep × wide

Green slope

2.5%falls to the front

In play

• Water across the hole: 82 to reach, 123 to carry
• Bunker right of the green

Playing notes

• Water crosses the hole: 82 to reach, 123 to carry.
• Water crosses the hole: 84 to reach, 122 to carry.
• The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
• The green falls from back to front, about 2.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 3 · Par 4

310 (Blue) · 292 (White) · 292 (Red) yards · Handicap 17

Plays like

311+3 ft

Green · Blue tee

299 · 310 · 320front · middle · back

Green size

22 × 21yards deep × wide

Fairway

27 ydswide at 196

Green slope

2%falls to the front

In play

• Bunker front-right of the green

Playing notes

• No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
• The fairway is about 27 yards wide at 196.
• The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
• The green falls from back to front, about 2%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Holes 4 to 18

4 · Par 45 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 48 · Par 39 · Par 510 · Par 511 · Par 412 · Par 413 · Par 314 · Par 415 · Par 316 · Par 417 · Par 418 · Par 5

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

• 15 plays-like yardages
• 29 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].

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