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Jackson Park Driving Range is an 18-hole golf course in Chicago, Illinois.

Designed by Tom Bendelow, Bob Lohmann. It plays 5,508 yards from the Blue tees, rated 65.7/109 (checked 2026-08-14).

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18
holes
70
par
5,508
yards (tips)
109
slope (blue)
The shape of the round · Blue teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — BLUE TEES395369288300464176321133300267296144183559470372212259142434445563748394104114123133145155164173184PAROUT 2,746 YDSIN 2,762 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 reported
address
South DuSable Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL, 60637
elevation
587 ft derived
opened
1899
turf
Bent Grass greens · Rye Grass fairways
on site
driving range · putting green · lessons

41.78461, -87.57872 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. 19 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

203 traced features across 8 layers for Jackson Park Driving Range, drawn over NAIP 2019 aerial imagery.

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203 traced features across 8 layers for Jackson Park Driving Range, drawn over NAIP 2019 aerial imagery. The map itself needs JavaScript; the geometry is a plain GeoJSON file either way.

18
Holes
19
Fairways
42
Bunkers
1
Water
18
Greens
40
Tee pads
5,508yds
Blue tees
559yds
Longest hole
133yds
Shortest hole

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

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-14

All 6 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 6 rows.

BlueF72contested70550870.411327462762
BlueM70550865.710927462762
WhiteM70537565.110826952714
WhiteF72contested70537569.711226952714
RedM70525763.510426062617
RedF72contested70525767.810826062617

Every figure as published except Card par (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 Blue, White and 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.

Scorecard — every published tee

Scorecardopen datachecked 2026-08-14

Hole 123456789101112131415161718 Total
Par 444453434443355434 70
Blue 395369288300464176321133300267296144183559470372212259 5,508
White 389358280296458171316130297264294141179551465366201253 5,375
Red 383363259294411168313123292259288136175501462354202240 5,257
Handicap 461410216818129717151351311

The Studio

The Studio can't plan Jackson Park Driving Range hole by hole yet.

We hold its scorecard and 203 traced features, but not a model of every green, which a plan aims at.

It plans 4,579 courses hole by hole today, and it charts your bag anywhere.

  • 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
Longest5,508 yds=345th of 452=8,927th of 12,025=221st of 279 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · =8,827th of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 109343rd of 368=8,008th of 8,710233rd of 245 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · =7,006th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 65.7=307th of 318=7,246th of 7,615=208th of 215 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · =6,993rd of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread251 yds between tees415th of 427=11,083rd of 11,523262nd of 267 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · 8,944th of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 1899=10th of 272=180th of 9,368=9th of 178 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · =120th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level587 ft derived =420th of 479=6,744th of 12,437285th of 291 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · =4,789th 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 6 sets of tees.
  • Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 6 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.4 of 7 background details — we don't hold whether it is public or private, a website and a phone number.

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Sources

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