Skip to content
Zomma Golf
Menu

Bittersweet Golf Club is an 18-hole public course in Gurnee, Illinois.

Designed by Harry Vignocchi, Jack Porter, Bob Lohmann. It plays 6,751 yards from the Black tees, rated 73.3/135 (checked 2026-08-21).

Create a free account to save Bittersweet Golf Club to My Game, where every course you save is measured against the rest of its state on the figures it publishes.
18
holes
72
par
6,751
yards (tips)
135
slope (black)
The shape of the round · Black teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — BLACK TEES338565196344371148346422516369546403200506420421203437142533445463748495104115124133145154164173184PAROUT 3,246 YDSIN 3,505 YDSFIRST NINESECOND NINE
The published card in playing order, 18 holes with the two nines split — hole number under each bar, its par below that.

The course

designer
Harry Vignocchi, Jack Porter, Bob Lohmann reported
access
public
address
875 Almond Road, Gurnee, IL, 60031
phone
847-855-9031
elevation
768 ft derived
on site
driving range · pro shop · restaurant · lessons

42.37486, -87.98290 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. 14 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

223 traced features across 8 layers for Bittersweet Golf Club, drawn over NAIP 2019 aerial imagery.

Use arrow keys to pan, plus and minus to zoom. Tab reaches the map controls.

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

18
Holes
21
Fairways
43
Bunkers
20
Water
18
Greens
62
Tee pads
6,751yds
Black tees
565yds
Longest hole
148yds
Shortest hole

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

Tees & ratings

Ratingsreported, not from the clubchecked 2026-08-21

Yardagesfrom the clubchecked 2026-08-21

All 5 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 5 rows.

BlackM72675173.313532463505
GREENM72634571.413130553290
WhiteM72555967.812226252934
WhiteF72555972.812826252934
RedF72495270.012124472505

Every figure as published; a blank cell is one nobody publishes. Front 9 and Back 9 are summed from the per-hole yardages on the scorecard.

Scorecard — every published tee

Scorecardfrom the clubchecked 2026-08-21

Hole 123456789101112131415161718 Total
Par 453443445454354434 72
GREEN 319531169334361126326404485340530363183496376409190403 6,345
Black 338565196344371148346422516369546403200506420421203437 6,751
White 298490127323234106309328410329507319145445341360133355 5,559
Red 2834699327923476288323402241424289115371290327126322 4,952
Handicap 171911713153512218161068144

Plan it in the Studio

Plan Bittersweet Golf Club hole by hole, for your game.

Ask in plain words. The Studio draws each hole on the aerial photo, picks a club for each shot from your carries and the way you miss, and shows where a miss costs you strokes. Where a green was surveyed, it reads the slope too.

  • The approach, planned A Studio approach map on the aerial photo: a lob wedge aimed at the island green, its spread drawn as a dashed ring over the water, and the side it most often misses. Example from another course: hole 15, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
  • The green, from LiDAR A Studio green view on the aerial photo: arrows for the slope a LiDAR survey measured, the area a cup could be cut, and the safer side to miss. Example from another course: hole 15, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
  • Every shot, tee to green A Studio plan on the aerial photo of a desert par 4: the driver off the tee and a 7-iron into the green between the bunkers, each shot with its landing spread drawn as a dashed ring. Example from another course: hole 2, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale

Plan this course in the Studio

Pictures: Studio output for a sample golfer, drawn 2026-10-15. The Studio needs a free account. AI can make mistakes.

© OpenStreetMap contributors

Book a tee time

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

Check tee times and rates

Also bookable nearby: Brae Loch Golf Course (2.2 mi) · Renwood Golf Course (4.2 mi) · Village Green Country Club (5.6 mi) · Pine Meadow Golf Club (5.9 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
Longest6,751 yds144th of 452=3,917th of 12,025106th of 279 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · =995th of 4,105 public courses · =1,854th of 7,004 courses you can book · =3,892nd of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 135=94th of 368=2,233rd of 8,710=77th of 245 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · =435th of 2,882 public courses · =906th of 4,936 courses you can book · =2,185th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 73.3=91st of 318=2,254th of 7,615=78th of 215 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · =485th of 2,412 public courses · =959th of 4,145 courses you can book · =2,235th of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread1,799 yds between tees88th of 427=3,465th of 11,52360th of 267 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · =928th of 3,841 public courses · =1,753rd of 6,653 courses you can book · =3,410th of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level768 ft derived 99th of 479=5,238th of 12,43764th of 291 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · =2,055th of 4,289 public courses · =3,411th of 7,274 courses you can book · =3,695th 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 progress4 of 6 built

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

  • Scorecard, built.Par and yardage for every hole, from 5 sets of tees.
  • Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 5 sets of tees.
  • 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.5 of 7 background details — we don't hold the year it opened and 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 2026-08-21. Where each figure came from is stated beside it, above.

Compare this course →

Or go straight to a comparison: vs Brae Loch Golf Course · vs Merit Club · vs Merit Club

Nearby courses

Brae Loch Golf Course

2.2 mi · Wildwood · public · 18 holes

Merit Club

2.9 mi · Libertyville · private · 18 holes

Merit Club

3.1 mi · Libertyville · private · 18 holes

Midlane Golf Resort

4.0 mi · Wadsworth · 18 holes

Renwood Golf Course

4.2 mi · Round Lake Beach · public · 18 holes

Village Green Country Club

5.6 mi · Mundelein · public · 18 holes

Pine Meadow Golf Club

5.9 mi · Libertyville · public · 18 holes

Bunker Hills Golf Course

6.1 mi · Coon Rapids · public · 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.

Know something about this course? 6 fields we don't hold — or tell us something here is wrong