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Deer Creek Golf Course is an 18-hole public course in University Park, Illinois.

Designed by Larry Packard. It plays 6,905 yards from the Black tees, rated 73.5/131 (checked 2026-08-14).

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18
holes
72
par
6,905
yards (tips)
131
slope (black)
The shape of the round · Black teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — BLACK TEES373514437181428380541182386423370541155385556443208402142534435464758394104114125133144155164173184PAROUT 3,422 YDSIN 3,483 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
Larry Packard reported
access
public
address
25055 S. Western Ave, University Park, IL
phone
708-672-6667
elevation
748 ft derived
opened
2003
turf
Bent Grass greens · Blue Grass fairways
on site
driving range · pro shop · restaurant · lessons

41.43546, -87.66611 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. 7 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

204 traced features across 8 layers for Deer Creek Golf Course, drawn over NAIP 2019 aerial imagery.

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

18
Holes
20
Fairways
46
Bunkers
8
Water
18
Greens
68
Tee pads
6,905yds
Black tees
556yds
Longest hole
155yds
Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2019-08-02

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-14

All 9 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 9 rows, showing the start of the table.

BlackM72690573.513134223483
BlueM72639171.212631663225
BlueF72639176.513431663225
WhiteM72600169.312229573044
WhiteF72600174.412929573044
GoldM72566066.111428412819
GoldF72566070.812228412819
GreenM72510265.011124872615
GreenF72510268.511724872615

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

Scorecardopen datachecked 2026-08-14

Hole 123456789101112131415161718 Total
Par 454344534445345434 72
Black 373514437181428380541182386423370541155385556443208402 6,905
Blue 354492393144410325512167369403350476122351535423186379 6,391
White 321482355135382315488142337369330469111338500381180366 6,001
Gold 311460345130375310468112330310312469105318465379156305 5,660
Green 26445325412530630139611227630530740199281460307154301 5,102
Handicap 151131711395761610181442128

Plan it in the Studio

Plan Deer Creek 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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Book a tee time

Rates change by day and by season, so we send you to Deer Creek Golf Course'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: University Golf Club (3.0 mi) · Jackson Park Golf Course (3.3 mi) · Balmoral Woods Country Club (3.5 mi) · Chicago Heights Park District Golf Course East (6.5 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
Longest6,905 yds=84th of 452=2,615th of 12,02564th of 279 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · =660th of 4,105 public courses · =1,235th of 7,004 courses you can book · =2,599th of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 131=137th of 368=3,457th of 8,710=114th of 245 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · =711th of 2,882 public courses · =1,469th of 4,936 courses you can book · =3,378th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 73.5=78th of 318=1,989th of 7,615=66th of 215 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · =424th of 2,412 public courses · =841st of 4,145 courses you can book · =1,973rd of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread1,803 yds between tees87th of 427=3,436th of 11,52359th of 267 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · =918th of 3,841 public courses · =1,738th of 6,653 courses you can book · =3,381st of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 2003=253rd of 272=8,576th of 9,368=161st of 178 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · =3,022nd of 3,277 public courses · =5,070th of 5,526 courses you can book · =6,366th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level748 ft derived =125th of 479=5,395th of 12,437=80th of 291 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · =2,128th of 4,289 public courses · =3,521st of 7,274 courses you can book · =3,809th 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 progress5 of 6 built

5 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 9 sets of tees.
  • Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 9 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, built.All 7 background details — architect, year opened, access, contact and grass.

The site is in beta and the database is still being built, so expect gaps. What's left on this course is ours to build rather than ours to be told — it comes from mapping and survey data, not from a form. Coverage sets out where the whole database stands.

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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