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Marquette Park Golf Course

Chicago, Illinois · 9 holes · par 36 · Public. Designed by Tom Bendelow, Dick Nugent, opened 1917.

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

Altitude610 ftCarries about 1% farther
Bunkers27
Holes with water8 of 9
Average fairway width28 yds
Typical green4,900 sq ft
Sloped greens6 of 9Tilt 2% or more
  • At about 610 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 7, where the green sits 8 ft above the tee and plays about 3 yards longer.
  • Biggest drop: hole 4, where the green sits 7 ft below the tee and plays about 2 yards shorter.
  • Driving-zone hazards sit on the left on 4 holes and on the right on 2: a tee shot missed left costs more here.
  • 6 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

HoleParHcpBlueRed
149391341
243439398
355458424
4415312296
5313224130
647384344
751485419
8411351287
9317202143

Tees

TeeYardsRatingSlope
BlueMale3245119
BlueFemale3245131
RedFemale2932124
RedMale2932112

Hole 1 · Par 4

Green falls this way

391 (Blue) · 341 (Red) yards · Handicap 9

Plays like
392+3 ft
Green · Blue tee
374 · 391 · 407front · middle · back
Green size
33 × 25yards deep × wide
Fairway
32 ydswide at 229
Green slope
3.5%falls to the front-right

In play

  • Water left: 68 to reach, 212 to carry
  • Water left: 408 to reach, 466 to carry
  • Water front-left of the green
  • Bunker front-left of the green

Playing notes

  • Fairway water on the left: 68 to reach, 212 to carry. Drives that finish short of 68 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
  • The fairway is about 32 yards wide at 229.
  • The green is guarded on the left by bunkers and water; miss right.
  • 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 2 · Par 4

Green falls this way

439 (Blue) · 398 (Red) yards · Handicap 3

Plays like
439level
Green · Blue tee
423 · 439 · 454front · middle · back
Green size
33 × 22yards deep × wide
Fairway
27 ydswide at 233
Green slope
1.5%falls to the front

In play

  • Bunker left: 110 to reach, 127 to carry
  • Bunker right: 145 to reach, 156 to carry
  • 2 bunkers left: 294 to reach, 330 to carry
  • Bunker right: 340 to reach, 352 to carry
  • Bunker right: 374 to reach, 398 to carry
  • Water left: 396 to reach, 434 to carry

Playing notes

  • Dogleg left at about 285 yards.
  • Fairway bunkers on the left: 294 to reach, 308 to carry. Drives that finish short of 294 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
  • The fairway is about 27 yards wide at 233.
  • No hazards mapped around the green.
  • The green falls from back to front, about 1.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 3 · Par 5

Lay-up zoneGreen falls this way

458 (Blue) · 424 (Red) yards · Handicap 5

Plays like
457-4 ft
Green · Blue tee
443 · 458 · 473front · middle · back
Green size
32 × 27yards deep × wide
Fairway
33 ydswide at 204
Green slope
2%falls to the front-right

In play

  • Water across the hole: 34 to reach, 72 to carry
  • Bunker right: 114 to reach, 140 to carry
  • Bunker right: 242 to reach, 260 to carry
  • Water right of the green
  • Water front-right of the green
  • Bunker front-right of the green

Playing notes

  • Dogleg right at about 189 yards.
  • Water crosses the hole: 34 to reach, 72 to carry.
  • Fairway bunkers on the right: 242 to reach, 260 to carry. Drives that finish short of 242 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
  • The fairway is about 33 yards wide at 204.
  • Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 25 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
  • The green is guarded on the right by bunkers and water; miss left.
  • The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 2%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Holes 4 to 9

4 · Par 45 · Par 36 · Par 47 · Par 58 · Par 49 · Par 3

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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