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Illini Golf Course is an 18-hole private course in Springfield, Illinois.

Designed by Tom Bendelow, Bob Lohmann, Larry Packard. It plays 6,617 yards from the Blue tees, rated 72/132 (checked 2026-08-14).

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18
holes
71
par
6,617
yards (tips)
132
slope (blue)
The shape of the round · Blue teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — BLUE TEES374398528198414221527412305406182411508447129367397385142435435463758494104113124135144153164174184PAROUT 3,377 YDSIN 3,232 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
Tom Bendelow, Bob Lohmann, Larry Packard reported
access
private
address
1601 Illini Road, Springfield, IL, 62704
phone
217-546-4614
elevation
596 ft derived
turf
Bent Grass greens · Bent Grass fairways
on site
restaurant

39.78330, -89.68672 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. 6 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

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

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

18
Holes
22
Fairways
45
Bunkers
1
Water
18
Greens
13
Tee pads
6,609yds
Blue tees
528yds
Longest hole
129yds
Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2019-07-13 – 2019-07-31

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-14

All 4 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 4 rows.

BlueM71661772.013233773232
WhiteM716397contested630771.013032153092
GoldM715666contested557967.712228362743
RedF72contested715515contested528371.912726402643

Every figure as published except Card par (derived) and Card yards (derived), which are 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 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.

The White, Gold and Red 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 445343544434543444 71
Blue 374398528198414221527412305406182411508447129367397385 6,617
White 358379509178398200500398295397162395473438119358382368 6,397
Gold 343353402136340152444386280326142333447426113349312295 5,666
Red 307343394128332143432316245321134325413415103338303291 5,515
Handicap 131315511791761621281814104

Plan it in the Studio

Plan Illini 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 nearby

Illini Golf Course states private access, so there is no tee time here to book. The nearest courses that state access you can book: Pasfield Golf Course (0.6 mi, public) · Brookhills Golf Club (3.4 mi, public) · Long Bridge Golf Course (5.4 mi, public) · Lincoln Greens Golf Course (5.6 mi, public)

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
Longest6,617 yds193rd of 452=5,058th of 12,0258th of 15 in the Springfield-Jacksonville-Lincoln, IL combined area · =1,692nd of 2,954 private courses · =5,023rd of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 132=126th of 368=3,130th of 8,7102nd of 12 in the Springfield-Jacksonville-Lincoln, IL combined area · =1,332nd of 2,300 private courses · =3,063rd of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 72.0=168th of 318=4,008th of 7,615=1,526th of 2,143 private courses · =3,966th of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread1,102 yds between tees=277th of 427=7,848th of 11,523=8th of 15 in the Springfield-Jacksonville-Lincoln, IL combined area · =2,215th of 2,885 private courses · =7,640th of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level596 ft derived =408th of 479=6,651st of 12,4377th of 12 in the Springfield, IL metro area · =1,345th of 3,026 private courses · =4,729th 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 4 sets of tees.
  • Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 4 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 2026-08-14. Where each figure came from is stated beside it, above.

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Nearby courses

Pasfield Golf Course

0.6 mi · Springfield · public · 9 holes

Bunn Golf Course

2.9 mi · Springfield · 18 holes

Brookhills Golf Club

3.4 mi · Springfield · public · 9 holes

Bergen Golf Course

4.3 mi · Springfield · 9 holes

Long Bridge Golf Course

5.4 mi · Springfield · public · 9 holes

Lincoln Greens Golf Course

5.6 mi · Springfield · public · 18 holes

The Rail Golf Course

7.3 mi · Springfield · public · 18 holes

Panther Creek Country Club

8.8 mi · Springfield · private · 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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