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Atwood Homestead is an 18-hole public golf course in Machesney Park, Illinois.

Designed by Charles Maddox.

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18
holes
72
par

The course

designer
Charles Maddox
access
public
address
Old River Road, Machesney Park, IL, 61072
phone
815-623-2411
elevation
733 ft derived
opened
1998
on site
pro shop

“The course was designed by Charles Maddox to present a variety of golf alternatives so that golfers may select the tees most appropriate for their ability.” — the course's own page

42.39046, -89.05425 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. 19 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

209 traced features across 8 layers for Atwood Homestead, drawn over NAIP 2019 aerial imagery.

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209 traced features across 8 layers for Atwood Homestead, drawn over NAIP 2019 aerial imagery. The map itself needs JavaScript; the geometry is a plain GeoJSON file either way.

18
Holes
20
Fairways
47
Bunkers
2
Water
18
Greens
59
Tee pads

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2019-08-09 – 2019-08-15

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Rates change by day and by season, so we send you to Atwood Homestead's own booking page rather than quoting a figure that was true the week we captured it.

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Also bookable nearby: The Ledges (5.4 mi) · Sinnissippi Golf Course (7.5 mi)

Measured against comparable courses

How hard and how long this course plays against comparable courses — never how good it is.

FigureThis courseIn IllinoisNationwideAmong its peers
Oldestopened 1998=228th of 272=7,592nd of 9,368=12th of 13 in the Rockford-Freeport-Rochelle, IL combined area · =2,562nd of 3,277 public courses · =4,386th of 5,526 courses you can book · =5,574th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level733 ft derived 151st of 479=5,492nd of 12,43711th of 12 in the Rockford, IL metro area · =2,175th of 4,289 public courses · =3,585th of 7,274 courses you can book · =3,883rd of 9,106 18-hole regulation courses

A published figure is compared only against the courses that publish it too, which is why the totals differ from row to row — a state's length field is the courses with a scorecard, not the courses in the state. Height above sea level is the exception: we derive it from a coordinate, so its field is very nearly every course we render. Ties share an ordinal and are marked =. How this is computed →

What's on this page

In progress2 of 6 built

2 of 6 parts of this course page are built, and we're filling in the rest.

  • Scorecard, not built yet.We know it plays 18 holes, but we don't have the scorecard yet — no par or yardage per hole.
  • Course rating and slope, not built yet.We don't have a course rating or slope for this course yet.
  • Course map, built.All 18 greens drawn, with the fairways, bunkers and water, over aerial imagery.
  • Per-hole distances, built.Every hole is traced, so carries and distances to the front, middle and back of each green are measured along the line you actually play.
  • Green contours, not built yet.We haven't built the green contours for this course yet.
  • Course details, partly built.6 of 7 background details — we don't hold the grass on the greens.

The site is in beta and the database is still being built, so expect gaps. Know something we don't? Help us fill it in — a link to where it's published is worth more than anything else you could send.

Sources

Gathered from the course's own site and public records — every figure on this page is traceable to who published it and when. Spot an error or a gap? Tell us.

Location and identity seeded from OpenStreetMap — © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Last checked 2026-08-14. Where each figure came from is stated beside it, above.

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Nearby courses

Red Barn Golf Course

3.5 mi · Rockton · 9 holes

Macktown Golf Course

4.2 mi · Rockton · 18 holes

The Ledges

5.4 mi · Roscoe · public · 19 holes

Rockford Country Club

6.0 mi · Loves Park · 18 holes

Sinnissippi Golf Course

7.5 mi · Rockford · public · 9 holes

Aldeen Golf Club

7.6 mi · Rockford · 18 holes

Mauh-Nah-Tee-See Country Club

8.0 mi · Rockford · 18 holes

Krueger-Haskell Golf Course

9.0 mi · Beloit · 18 holes

Straight-line distance from this course's coordinates, within 60 miles — not driving distance, and it crosses state lines where the nearest courses are over one.

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