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Golf Center Des Plaines is a 9-hole municipal course in Des Plaines, Illinois.

Designed by Rick Jacobson. It plays 1,050 yards from the White tees, slope 113 (checked 2026-08-14).

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9
holes
27
par
1,050
yards (tips)
113
slope (white)
The shape of the round · White teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — WHITE TEES83203788910714098122154132333435363738393PAROUT 453 YDSIN 621 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
Rick Jacobson reported
access
municipal
address
353 North River Road, Des Plaines, IL, 60016
elevation
642 ft derived
opened
1997
on site
driving range · putting green · restaurant

42.05830, -87.88611 — 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.

63 traced features across 8 layers for Golf Center Des Plaines, drawn over NAIP 2019 aerial imagery.

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

9
Holes
5
Fairways
10
Bunkers
1
Water
9
Greens
15
Tee pads
1,074yds
White tees
203yds
Longest hole
78yds
Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2019-08-09 – 2019-09-14

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-14

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

Sorted by Yards, descending. 2 rows.

WhiteM271050113
RedF27

Every figure as published; a blank cell is one nobody publishes.

Scorecard — every published tee

Scorecardopen datachecked 2026-08-14

Hole 123456789 Total
Par 333333333 27
Red 5413763707581488569 682
White 83203788910714098122154 1,050
Handicap 918752643

Plan it in the Studio

Plan Golf Center Des Plaines 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

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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
Longest1,050 yds448th of 45211,935th of 12,025278th of 279 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · 259th of 268 municipal courses · 6,947th of 7,004 courses you can book · 268th of 357 par-3 courses · 10th of 14 Illinois par-3 courses
Toughest testslope 113=326th of 368=7,620th of 8,710=223rd of 245 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · =149th of 182 municipal courses · =4,141st of 4,936 courses you can book · =6th of 131 par-3 courses
Oldestopened 1997=220th of 272=7,397th of 9,368=142nd of 178 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · =160th of 217 municipal courses · =4,233rd of 5,526 courses you can book · =227th of 316 par-3 courses
Highest above sea level642 ft derived =323rd of 479=6,235th of 12,437222nd of 291 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · 162nd of 280 municipal courses · =4,045th of 7,274 courses you can book · 160th of 388 par-3 courses · 7th of 14 Illinois par-3 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 progress2 of 6 built

2 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 2 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, not built yet.We can't tie the mapped playing line to the published hole distances, so we're not showing distances here.
  • Green contours, not built yet.We haven't built the green contours for this course yet.
  • Course details, partly built.4 of 7 background details — we don't hold a website, a phone number and the grass on the greens.

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Sources

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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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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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