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Columbus Park Golf Course is a 9-hole public course in Chicago, Illinois.

Designed by Tom Bendelow. It plays 2,787 yards from the Blue tees, slope 105 (checked 2026-08-14).

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9
holes
35
par
2,787
yards (tips)
105
slope (blue)
The shape of the round · Blue teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — BLUE TEES315152401310447334265187376142334445564748394PAROUT 1,178 YDSIN 1,609 YDSFIRST NINESECOND NINE
The published card in playing order, 9 holes with the two nines split — hole number under each bar, its par below that.

The course

designer
Tom Bendelow reported
access
public
address
5701 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL, 60644
elevation
616 ft derived
opened
1921
turf
Bent Grass greens · Rye Grass fairways
on site
driving range · putting green

41.87411, -87.77069 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 9 holes. 3 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

69 traced features across 8 layers for Columbus Park Golf Course, drawn over NAIP 2019 aerial imagery.

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

9
Holes
9
Fairways
12
Bunkers
1
Water
9
Greens
12
Tee pads
2,787yds
Blue tees
447yds
Longest hole
152yds
Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2019-08-07

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-14

All 6 tee sets par, yardage, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 6 rows.

BlueF36contested352787112
BlueM352787105
WhiteF36contested352674109
WhiteM352674103
RedF36contested352360102
RedM35236096

Every figure as published except Card par (derived), which is summed from the card below and shown only where a published figure is contested; a blank cell elsewhere is one nobody publishes.

The Blue, White and Red tees publish a par the scorecard below does not add up to. Both figures are published and nothing we hold settles which one a round plays to, so the Par column keeps the published figure, marked contested, and each tee's own par row from the card below is summed beside it, marked derived.

Scorecard — every published tee

Scorecardopen datachecked 2026-08-14

Hole 123456789 Total
Par 434454434 35
Blue 315152401310447334265187376 2,787
White 298137391300429322250179368 2,674
Red 291121360249397254240110338 2,360
Handicap 1317391711155

Plan it in the Studio

Plan Columbus Park 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.

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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
Longest2,787 yds424th of 452=10,983rd of 12,025264th of 279 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · =3,575th of 4,105 public courses · =6,281st of 7,004 courses you can book · =1,465th of 1,791 9-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 105351st of 368=8,208th of 8,710236th of 245 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · =2,624th of 2,882 public courses · =4,592nd of 4,936 courses you can book · =874th of 972 9-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread427 yds between tees=392nd of 427=10,423rd of 11,523=248th of 267 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · 3,338th of 3,841 public courses · =5,874th of 6,653 courses you can book · =1,040th of 1,640 9-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 1921=46th of 272=816th of 9,368=35th of 178 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · =100th of 3,277 public courses · =245th of 5,526 courses you can book · =156th of 1,347 9-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level616 ft derived =378th of 479=6,469th of 12,437262nd of 291 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · 2,594th of 4,289 public courses · 4,193rd of 7,274 courses you can book · 1,161st of 1,830 9-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 progress3 of 6 built

3 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 6 sets of tees.
  • Course rating and slope, not built yet.We don't have a course rating or slope for this course yet.
  • Course map, built.All 9 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 a website and a phone number.

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 2026-08-14. Where each figure came from is stated beside it, above.

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