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Sydney R. Marovitz Golf Course

Chicago, Illinois · 9 holes · par 36 · Municipal. Designed by Edward B. Dearie, opened 1898.

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

Altitude590 ftCarries about 1% farther
Bunkers40
Holes with water2 of 9
Average fairway width27 yds
Typical green6,100 sq ft
Sloped greens4 of 9Tilt 2% or more
  • At about 590 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 4, where the green sits 7 ft above the tee and plays about 2 yards longer.
  • Biggest drop: hole 9, where the green sits 6 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 1: a tee shot missed left costs more here.
  • 4 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
149387358284
253469461418
3315178172132
445439403329
551524470425
631713712980
747421377316
8413323311240
9411372353269

Tees

TeeYardsRatingSlope
BlueFemale3265138
BlueMale3265127
WhiteMale3034125
WhiteFemale3034136
RedMale2493118
RedFemale2493128

Hole 1 · Par 4

Green falls this way

387 (Blue) · 358 (White) · 284 (Red) yards · Handicap 9

Plays like
388+3 ft
Green · Blue tee
367 · 387 · 403front · middle · back
Green size
36 × 26yards deep × wide
Fairway
32 ydswide at 216
Green slope
1.5%falls to the front-left

In play

  • Bunker left: 151 to reach, 182 to carry
  • Bunker front-right of the green
  • Bunker left of the green
  • Bunker back-right of the green
  • Bunker back-left of the green

Playing notes

  • Dogleg left at about 200 yards.
  • Fairway bunkers on the left: 151 to reach, 182 to carry. Drives that finish short of 151 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
  • The fairway is about 32 yards wide at 216.
  • Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
  • The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 1.5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
  • The green is 36 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.

Hole 2 · Par 5

Lay-up zone

469 (Blue) · 461 (White) · 418 (Red) yards · Handicap 3

Plays like
470+2 ft
Green · Blue tee
450 · 469 · 487front · middle · back
Green size
37 × 23yards deep × wide
Fairway
32 ydswide at 235

In play

  • Bunker left: 150 to reach, 177 to carry
  • Bunker left: 328 to reach, 359 to carry
  • Bunker right: 403 to reach, 429 to carry
  • Bunker left of the green
  • Bunker right of the green

Playing notes

  • Dogleg right at about 150 yards.
  • No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
  • The fairway is about 32 yards wide at 235.
  • Best lay-up: 130 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 22 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
  • Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
  • The green is 37 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.

Hole 3 · Par 3

178 (Blue) · 172 (White) · 132 (Red) yards · Handicap 15

Plays like
176-5 ft
Green · Blue tee
161 · 178 · 197front · middle · back
Green size
37 × 28yards deep × wide

In play

  • Bunker front-left of the green
  • Bunker right of the green
  • Bunker back-left of the green

Playing notes

  • Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
  • The green is 37 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.

Holes 4 to 9

4 · Par 45 · Par 56 · Par 37 · Par 48 · Par 49 · Par 4

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

  • 6 plays-like yardages
  • 26 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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