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Deerpath Golf Course is an 18-hole public course in Lake Forest, Illinois.

Designed by Alex Pirie, Bob Lohmann, Dick Nugent, Larry Packard, Todd Quitno. It plays 6,255 yards from the Blue tees, rated 70.2/128 (checked 2026-08-20).

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18
holes
70
par
6,255
yards (tips)
128
slope (blue)
The shape of the round · Blue teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — BLUE TEES370367502339182449305190375376344539200380190419341387142435445364748394104114125133144153164174184PAROUT 3,079 YDSIN 3,176 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
Alex Pirie, Bob Lohmann, Dick Nugent, Larry Packard, Todd Quitno reported
access
public
address
500 West Deerpath Road, Lake Forest, IL, 60045
phone
847-810-3888
elevation
658 ft derived
turf
Bent Grass greens · Blue Grass fairways
on site
driving range · pro shop · restaurant · lessons

42.25323, -87.85764 — 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.

203 traced features across 8 layers for Deerpath Golf Course, drawn over NAIP 2019 aerial imagery.

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203 traced features across 8 layers for Deerpath 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
62
Bunkers
6
Water
18
Greens
33
Tee pads
6,255yds
Blue tees
539yds
Longest hole
182yds
Shortest hole

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

Tees & ratings

Ratingsreported, not from the clubchecked 2026-08-20

Yardagesfrom the clubchecked 2026-08-20

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

Sorted by Yards, descending. 5 rows.

BlueM70625570.212830793176
WhiteM70610569.712730053100
GoldM70547066.812027432790
GoldF72547072.312327432790
RedF72545471.812225682491

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 2026-08-20

Hole 123456789101112131415161718 Total
Par 445434434445343444 70
Blue 370367502339182449305190375376344539200380190419341387 6,255
White 366362492335175425297184369371339533193377161413336377 6,105
Gold 355330425285155385282175351356260425170364155396306358 5,470
Red 303326377231145381282172351291257425168294146319306285 5,454
Handicap 793511113151710184126162148

Plan it in the Studio

Plan Deerpath 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

Book a tee time

Rates change by day and by season, so we send you to Deerpath 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: Lake Bluff Golf Course (2.2 mi) · Va Jo Wa Golf Club (3.9 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
Longest6,255 yds292nd of 452=7,579th of 12,025195th of 279 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · 2,123rd of 4,105 public courses · =3,908th of 7,004 courses you can book · =7,510th of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 128=177th of 368=4,449th of 8,710=140th of 245 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · =1,009th of 2,882 public courses · =2,008th of 4,936 courses you can book · =4,313th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 70.2=249th of 318=5,938th of 7,615=180th of 215 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · =1,621st of 2,412 public courses · =2,983rd of 4,145 courses you can book · =5,836th of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread801 yds between tees338th of 427=9,103rd of 11,523221st of 267 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · =2,808th of 3,841 public courses · =5,000th of 6,653 courses you can book · 8,553rd of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level658 ft derived =291st of 479=6,083rd of 12,437=196th of 291 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · =2,430th of 4,289 public courses · =3,955th of 7,274 courses you can book · =4,324th 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.6 of 7 background details — we don't hold the year it opened.

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 2026-08-25. Where each figure came from is stated beside it, above.

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Va Jo Wa Golf Club

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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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