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North Greens Golf Course

Atlanta, Illinois · 9 holes · par 36 · Public. Designed by William J. Spear.

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

Altitude700 ftCarries about 1% farther
Bunkers27
Holes with water7 of 9
Average fairway width31 yds
Typical green4,900 sq ft
Sloped greens8 of 9Tilt 2% or more
  • At about 700 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 5, where the green sits 8 ft above the tee and plays about 3 yards longer.
  • Biggest drop: hole 3, where the green sits 8 ft below the tee and plays about 3 yards shorter.
  • 8 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

HoleParHcpBlueWhiteRed
1413369357340
257497485467
3417371358330
435191172146
5415410396341
6511565548468
741428414386
833182167147
949377359329

Tees

TeeYardsRatingSlope
BlueMale3388126
WhiteMale3256124
RedFemale2954125

Hole 1 · Par 4

Green falls this way

369 (Blue) · 357 (White) · 340 (Red) yards · Handicap 13

Plays like
369level
Green · Blue tee
355 · 369 · 385front · middle · back
Green size
31 × 20yards deep × wide
Fairway
34 ydswide at 232
Green slope
4%falls to the front-right

In play

  • Bunker right of the green
  • Bunker left of the green

Playing notes

  • Dogleg right at about 251 yards.
  • No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
  • The fairway is about 34 yards wide at 232 and narrows to 27 at 278.
  • Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
  • The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 4%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 2 · Par 5

Lay-up zoneGreen falls this way

497 (Blue) · 485 (White) · 467 (Red) yards · Handicap 7

Plays like
497-1 ft
Green · Blue tee
485 · 497 · 509front · middle · back
Green size
24 × 21yards deep × wide
Fairway
26 ydswide at 229
Green slope
3.5%falls to the front

In play

  • Water right: 183 to reach, 320 to carry
  • Bunker left: 218 to reach, 259 to carry
  • Bunker right: 233 to reach, 271 to carry
  • Water right: 398 to reach, 501 to carry
  • Bunker front-left of the green
  • Bunker front-right of the green
  • Bunker back-right of the green

Playing notes

  • Dogleg left at about 270 yards.
  • Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 183 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 183 keeps them out of play.
  • The fairway is about 26 yards wide at 229 and narrows to 20 at 259.
  • Best lay-up: 100 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 33 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 to front, about 3.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 3 · Par 4

Green falls this way

371 (Blue) · 358 (White) · 330 (Red) yards · Handicap 17

Plays like
368-8 ft
Green · Blue tee
355 · 371 · 386front · middle · back
Green size
33 × 21yards deep × wide
Fairway
21 ydswide at 239
Green slope
3%falls to the back-right

In play

  • Water right: 75 to reach, 138 to carry
  • 2 bunkers left: 221 to reach, 282 to carry
  • Bunker front-left of the green
  • Bunker back-right of the green

Playing notes

  • Plays about 3 yards shorter: the green sits 8 ft below the tee.
  • Dogleg left at about 57 yards.
  • Fairway bunkers on the left: 221 to reach, 282 to carry. Drives that finish short of 221 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
  • The fairway is about 21 yards wide at 239 and narrows to 14 at 281.
  • Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
  • The green falls from front-left to back-right, about 3%. Finish on the back-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Holes 4 to 9

4 · Par 35 · Par 46 · Par 57 · Par 48 · Par 39 · Par 4

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

  • 6 plays-like yardages
  • 22 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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