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Idlewild Country Club is an 18-hole private golf course in Flossmoor, Illinois.

Designed by Al Naylor, Tom Bendelow. It plays 6,738 yards from the Gold tees, rated 72.4/137 (checked 2026-08-14).

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18
holes
72
par
6,738
yards (tips)
137
slope (gold)
The shape of the round · Gold teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — GOLD TEES389527187548432210569439163384546185352419388170399513142533455463758493104115123134144154163174185PAROUT 3,464 YDSIN 3,356 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
Al Naylor, Tom Bendelow reported
access
private
address
19201 Dixie Highway, Flossmoor, IL
phone
216-405-1729
elevation
649 ft derived
opened
1908
turf
Bent Grass greens · Bent Grass fairways
on site
driving range · pro shop · restaurant

41.54246, -87.66001 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. 12 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

207 traced features across 8 layers for Idlewild Country Club, drawn over NAIP 2019 aerial imagery.

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207 traced features across 8 layers for Idlewild Country Club, drawn over NAIP 2019 aerial imagery. The map itself needs JavaScript; the geometry is a plain GeoJSON file either way.

18
Holes
18
Fairways
67
Bunkers
2
Water
18
Greens
36
Tee pads
6,820yds
Gold tees
569yds
Longest hole
163yds
Shortest hole

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

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-14

All 3 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 3 rows.

GoldM726738contested682072.413734643356
BlackM726383contested648370.913332673216
SilverF725753contested582873.713130062822

Every figure as published except Card yards (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. Front 9 and Back 9 are summed from the per-hole yardages on the scorecard.

The Gold, Black and Silver tees publish a yardage total 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 Yards column keeps the published figure, marked contested, and each tee's own yardage row from the card below is summed beside it, marked derived.

Scorecard — every published tee

Scorecardopen datachecked 2026-08-14

Hole 123456789101112131415161718 Total
Par 453543543453444345 72
Gold 389527187548432210569439163384546185352419388170399513 6,738
Black 387518179530395182545387144368530175331391375143395508 6,383
Silver 380509168454370174449373129324464168301356308118329454 5,753
Handicap 791531113151710614161241828

Plan it in the Studio

Plan Idlewild Country Club 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 nearby

Idlewild Country Club states private access, so there is no tee time here to book. The nearest courses that state access you can book: Ravisloe Country Club (1.6 mi, public) · Chicago Heights Park District Golf Course East (1.9 mi, municipal) · Coyote Run Golf Course (2.0 mi, public) · Calumet Country Club (2.3 mi, semi-private)

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
Longest6,738 yds=151st of 452=4,028th of 12,025=108th of 279 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · =1,389th of 2,954 private courses · =4,001st of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 137=72nd of 368=1,696th of 8,710=60th of 245 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · =766th of 2,300 private courses · =1,658th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 72.4=141st of 318=3,480th of 7,615=108th of 215 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · =1,365th of 2,143 private courses · =3,444th of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread985 yds between tees=305th of 427=8,386th of 11,523=197th of 267 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · =2,346th of 2,885 private courses · =8,083rd of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 1908=22nd of 272=347th of 9,368=17th of 178 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · =191st of 2,418 private courses · =235th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level649 ft derived =304th of 479=6,145th of 12,437=205th of 291 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · =1,233rd of 3,026 private courses · =4,374th 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 3 sets of tees.
  • Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 3 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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Nearby courses

Flossmoor Country Club

0.8 mi · Flossmoor · private · 18 holes

Ravisloe Country Club

1.6 mi · Homewood · public · 18 holes

Chicago Heights Park District Golf Course East

1.9 mi · Chicago Heights · municipal · 9 holes

Cheyenne Shadows Golf Course Coyote Run Junior

2.0 mi · Flossmoor · 18 holes

Coyote Run Golf Course

2.0 mi · Flossmoor · public · 18 holes

Olympia Fields Country Club

2.2 mi · Olympia Fields · private · 18 holes

Calumet Country Club

2.3 mi · Homewood · semi-private · 18 holes

Glenwoodie Golf Club

2.6 mi · Glenwood · public · 18 holes

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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