River Forest Country Club
Elmhurst, Illinois · 18 holes · par 72 · Private. Designed by Charles Maddox, Frank P. MacDonald, Greg Martin, Larry Packard.
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 670 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 13, where the green sits 18 ft above the tee and plays about 6 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 14, where the green sits 12 ft below the tee and plays about 4 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
| Hole | Par | Hcp | Blue | Gold | White | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 13 | 325 | 308 | 286 | 275 |
| 2 | 4 | 7 | 422 | 397 | 376 | 335 |
| 3 | 3 | 17 | 190 | 166 | 142 | 111 |
| 4 | 5 | 3 | 570 | 553 | 509 | 499 |
| 5 | 4 | 5 | 408 | 386 | 356 | 330 |
| 6 | 4 | 9 | 402 | 369 | 342 | 325 |
| 7 | 3 | 15 | 206 | 189 | 170 | 141 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | 571 | 556 | 536 | 485 |
| 9 | 4 | 11 | 329 | 314 | 304 | 287 |
| 10 | 4 | 10 | 390 | 375 | 361 | 343 |
| 11 | 3 | 18 | 163 | 145 | 129 | 119 |
| 12 | 4 | 4 | 391 | 380 | 346 | 332 |
| 13 | 5 | 2 | 520 | 509 | 497 | 440 |
| 14 | 4 | 6 | 453 | 422 | 380 | 411 |
| 15 | 4 | 12 | 405 | 379 | 354 | 340 |
| 16 | 3 | 16 | 210 | 195 | 180 | 156 |
| 17 | 5 | 8 | 531 | 498 | 475 | 445 |
| 18 | 4 | 14 | 330 | 314 | 295 | 273 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | Male | 6831 | 73.2 | 136 |
| Member | Male | 6650 | 72.5 | 134 |
| Gold | Male | 6481 | 72 | 133 |
| White | Male | 6082 | 70.1 | 129 |
| Red | Female | 5692 | 73.3 | 130 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 323-5 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 309 · 325 · 341front · middle · back
- Green size
- 33 × 27yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 39 ydswide at 206
- Green slope
- 3.5%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker right: 222 to reach, 238 to carry
- Bunker left: 254 to reach, 267 to carry
- Bunker front of the green
Playing notes
- Dogleg right at about 211 yards.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 222 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 222 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 39 yards wide at 206 and narrows to 22 at 239.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back to front, about 3.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 419-9 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 408 · 422 · 437front · middle · back
- Green size
- 29 × 22yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 34 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- 2 bunkers right: 218 to reach, 254 to carry
- Bunker right: 332 to reach, 350 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 3 yards shorter: the green sits 9 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 326 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 218 to reach, 254 to carry. Drives that finish short of 218 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 34 yards wide at 230.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- 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
- 190level
- Green · Blue tee
- 176 · 190 · 203front · middle · back
- Green size
- 28 × 21yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 4.5%falls to the front
In play
- Water across the hole in front of the green: 148 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Water crosses the hole: 99 to reach, 148 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 4.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 55 · Par 46 · Par 47 · Par 38 · Par 59 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 413 · Par 514 · Par 415 · Par 416 · Par 317 · Par 518 · 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
- 14 green slope reads
- 4 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].