North Shore Country Club
Glenview, Illinois · 18 holes · par 72 · Private. Designed by H. S. Colt, C. H. Alison, Rick Jacobson, Dick Nugent, Alister MacKenzie, 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 640 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 9, where the green sits 12 ft above the tee and plays about 4 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 1, where the green sits 10 ft below the tee and plays about 3 yards shorter.
- Driving-zone hazards sit on the left on 10 holes and on the right on 4: a tee shot missed left costs more here.
- 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 | Black | Blue | White | Green |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 5 | 376 | 356 | 356 | |
| 2 | 5 | 13 | 458 | 425 | 418 | |
| 3 | 3 | 17 | 133 | 110 | 104 | |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | 411 | 401 | 331 | |
| 5 | 4 | 15 | 343 | 291 | 283 | |
| 6 | 4 | 7 | 365 | 343 | 337 | |
| 7 | 5 | 3 | 494 | 453 | 444 | |
| 8 | 3 | 11 | 162 | 126 | 120 | |
| 9 | 4 | 9 | 381 | 323 | 314 | |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | 375 | 370 | 346 | |
| 11 | 4 | 16 | 339 | 330 | 271 | |
| 12 | 5 | 4 | 494 | 449 | 437 | |
| 13 | 3 | 14 | 162 | 153 | 124 | |
| 14 | 4 | 12 | 343 | 316 | 308 | |
| 15 | 5 | 10 | 481 | 422 | 422 | |
| 16 | 3 | 18 | 156 | 131 | 121 | |
| 17 | 4 | 8 | 395 | 346 | 336 | |
| 18 | 4 | 6 | 371 | 326 | 319 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 7103 | 74.9 | 137 |
| Black | Female | 7103 | 151 | |
| Orange | Female | 6785 | 79.5 | 147 |
| Orange | Male | 6785 | 73.5 | 134 |
| Blue | Female | 6348 | 77.1 | 142 |
| Blue | Male | 6348 | 71.2 | 128 |
| White | Male | 5781 | 68.7 | 121 |
| White | Female | 5781 | 74 | 135 |
| Green | Male | 5418 | 66.8 | 117 |
| Green | Female | 5418 | 72 | 131 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 373-10 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 365 · 376 · 388front · middle · back
- Green size
- 23 × 25yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 30 ydswide at 188
- Green slope
- 1%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker right: 118 to reach, 154 to carry
- Bunker left: 129 to reach, 145 to carry
- Bunker left: 183 to reach, 206 to carry
- Bunker left: 311 to reach, 340 to carry
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 3 yards shorter: the green sits 10 ft below the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 183 to reach, 206 to carry. Drives that finish short of 183 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 30 yards wide at 188.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 1%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 459+2 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 448 · 458 · 469front · middle · back
- Green size
- 22 × 23yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 35 ydswide at 174
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- 2 bunkers right: 198 to reach, 236 to carry
- Bunker left: 217 to reach, 244 to carry
- Water right: 381 to reach, 440 to carry
- Water front-right of the green
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 198 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 198 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 35 yards wide at 174 and narrows to 27 at 224.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 23 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-right to front-left, about 2.5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 133level
- Green · Black tee
- 117 · 133 · 148front · middle · back
- Green size
- 31 × 21yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the front
In play
- Water left: 2 to reach, 53 to carry
- Water across the hole in front of the green: 106 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
- 2 bunkers left of the green
- Bunker back of the green
Playing notes
- Water crosses the hole: 36 to reach, 106 to carry.
- Water crosses the hole: 36 to reach, 106 to carry.
- Water crosses the hole: 36 to reach, 105 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 3%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 58 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 513 · Par 314 · Par 415 · Par 516 · Par 317 · Par 418 · 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
- 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].