The Grove Country Club
Long Grove, Illinois · 18 holes · par 72 · Private. Designed by Robert B. Harris, Dick Nugent, opened 1964.
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 750 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 14, where the green sits 19 ft above the tee and plays about 6 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 12, where the green sits 13 ft below the tee and plays about 4 yards shorter.
- Driving-zone hazards sit on the right on 10 holes and on the left on 3: a tee shot missed right 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 | White | Silver | Gold |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 5 | 409 | 415 | |
| 2 | 5 | 3 | 456 | 513 | |
| 3 | 4 | 9 | 362 | 374 | |
| 4 | 3 | 15 | 122 | 130 | |
| 5 | 4 | 13 | 347 | 355 | |
| 6 | 5 | 7 | 453 | 502 | |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | 386 | 394 | |
| 8 | 3 | 17 | 159 | 177 | |
| 9 | 4 | 11 | 388 | 394 | |
| 10 | 4 | 10 | 379 | 392 | |
| 11 | 3 | 18 | 118 | 148 | |
| 12 | 4 | 14 | 359 | 368 | |
| 13 | 5 | 2 | 453 | 488 | |
| 14 | 4 | 12 | 335 | 341 | |
| 15 | 5 | 8 | 444 | 488 | |
| 16 | 4 | 4 | 374 | 387 | |
| 17 | 3 | 16 | 145 | 142 | |
| 18 | 4 | 6 | 416 | 423 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Purple | Male | 7032 | 74.5 | 138 |
| White | Male | 6735 | 73.1 | 135 |
| Silver | Male | 6429 | 71.7 | 132 |
| Gold | Female | 5639 | 73 | 132 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 413-5 ft
- Green · Silver tee
- 398 · 415 · 429front · middle · back
- Green size
- 31 × 33yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 30 ydswide at 196
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker left: 78 to reach, 92 to carry
- Bunker right: 208 to reach, 248 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 208 to reach, 248 to carry. Drives that finish short of 208 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 30 yards wide at 196 and narrows to 22 at 246.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- The green falls from back to front, about 2.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 516+8 ft
- Green · Silver tee
- 503 · 513 · 524front · middle · back
- Green size
- 23 × 25yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 24 ydswide at 210
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker across the hole: 214 to reach, 230 to carry
- Water right: 270 to reach, 385 to carry
- Bunker right: 416 to reach, 443 to carry
- Bunker front of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 3 yards longer: the green sits 8 ft above the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 270 yards.
- Fairway water on the right: 270 to reach, 385 to carry. Drives that finish short of 270 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 24 yards wide at 210.
- Best lay-up: 110 to 160 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 24 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- 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.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 372-5 ft
- Green · Silver tee
- 360 · 374 · 388front · middle · back
- Green size
- 29 × 26yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 33 ydswide at 193
- Green slope
- 3.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker right: 211 to reach, 246 to carry
- Bunker front of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 211 to reach, 246 to carry. Drives that finish short of 211 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 33 yards wide at 193 and narrows to 19 at 233.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 3.5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 35 · Par 46 · Par 57 · Par 48 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 413 · Par 514 · Par 415 · Par 516 · Par 417 · Par 318 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 53 hazards with reach and carry
- 14 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].