Phillips Park Golf Course
Aurora, Illinois · 18 holes · par 71 · Public/Municipal. Designed by Greg Martin.
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 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 15, where the green sits 23 ft above the tee and plays about 8 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 16, where the green sits 26 ft below the tee and plays about 9 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
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | Male | 6200 | 69.8 | 121 |
| Regular | Male | 5701 | 66.5 | 116 |
| Forward | Female | 4760 | 67.8 | 114 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 388-16 ft
- Green
- 375 · 393 · 408front · middle · back
- Green size
- 37 × 29yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 49 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- 3 bunkers left: 242 to reach, 279 to carry
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 5 yards shorter: the green sits 16 ft below the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 242 to reach, 279 to carry. Drives that finish short of 242 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 49 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 26 at 270.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 2.5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 37 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 2 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 147-7 ft
- Green
- 139 · 149 · 162front · middle · back
- Green size
- 30 × 35yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the front
In play
- Water across the hole in front of the green: 113 to carry
- Bunker front of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 2 yards shorter: the green sits 7 ft below the tee.
- Water crosses the hole: 81 to reach, 113 to carry.
- The green is guarded on the left by water; miss right.
- Bunkers 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.
Hole 3 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 559-2 ft
- Green
- 542 · 560 · 573front · middle · back
- Green size
- 32 × 19yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 40 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- 2 bunkers left: 236 to reach, 267 to carry
- Bunker right: 295 to reach, 320 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Dogleg left at about 271 yards.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 236 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 236 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 40 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 30 at 250.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 21 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 1.5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 35 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 48 · Par 49 · Par 510 · Par 311 · Par 412 · Par 313 · Par 414 · Par 415 · Par 516 · Par 417 · Par 318 · Par 5
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 42 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].