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Cardinal Golf Course is an 18-hole public course in Effingham, Illinois.

It plays 5,899 yards from the middle tees.

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18
holes
72
par
5,899
yards (tips)
104
slope
The shape of the round · forward teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — FORWARD TEES343188117301270162410370331390349134192306292310350427152333445463758594105114123133144154164174185PAROUT 2,492 YDSIN 2,750 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

access
public
address
15737 N North Beach Road, Effingham, IL
elevation
608 ft derived
opened
1967
on site
driving range

39.14303, -88.64053 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. 6 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

96 features across 8 layers for Cardinal Golf Course, 95 traced and 1 predicted by a model, drawn over NAIP 2019 aerial imagery.

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

96 features across 8 layers for Cardinal Golf Course, 95 traced and 1 predicted by a model, drawn over NAIP 2019 aerial imagery. The map itself needs JavaScript; the geometry is a plain GeoJSON file either way.

Some outlines predicted from USDA NAIP imagery · Contains information from SatlasPretrain, which is made available under the ODC Attribution License

18
Holes
20
Fairways
1
Bunkers · predicted
2
Water
18
Greens
30
Tee pads
5,242yds
forward tees
427yds
Longest hole
117yds
Shortest hole

95 imported from OpenStreetMap and 1 predicted by a model from aerial imagery, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2019-07-13

Tees & ratings

Ratingsreported, not from the clubchecked 2026-08-24

Yardagesopen datachecked 2026-08-24

All 2 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 2 rows.

middleM725899
forwardM72524766.710424922750

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

Scorecardopen datachecked 2026-08-24

Hole 123456789101112131415161718 Total
Par 533443554543344445 72
forward 343188117301270162410370331390349134192306292310350427 5,247
Handicap 135111597117318121484161026

No per-hole yardages are published for middle, so it is not on the card above.

Plan it in the Studio

Plan Cardinal Golf Course 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

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
Longest5,899 yds334th of 452=8,622nd of 12,025=2,549th of 4,105 public courses · =4,607th of 7,004 courses you can book · =8,543rd of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 104=352nd of 368=8,239th of 8,710=2,644th of 2,882 public courses · =4,617th of 4,936 courses you can book · =7,060th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 66.7=302nd of 318=7,176th of 7,615=2,212th of 2,412 public courses · =3,862nd of 4,145 courses you can book · =6,949th of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread652 yds between tees357th of 427=9,586th of 11,5233,003rd of 3,841 public courses · 5,309th of 6,653 courses you can book · =8,741st of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 1967=138th of 272=4,013th of 9,368=1,138th of 3,277 public courses · =2,048th of 5,526 courses you can book · =2,825th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level608 ft derived 391st of 479=6,539th of 12,437=2,620th of 4,289 public courses · =4,235th of 7,274 courses you can book · =4,653rd 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 1 set of tees.
  • Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 1 set 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.3 of 7 background details — we don't hold the architect, a website and a phone number, and 1 more.

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 published information 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 2026-08-24. Where each figure came from is stated beside it, above.

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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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