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Joe Louis "The Champ" Golf Course is an 18-hole public course in Riverdale, Illinois.

Designed by Dick Nugent. It plays 6,742 yards from the Blue tees, rated 71.4/124 (checked 2026-08-14).

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18
holes
72
par
6,742
yards (tips)
124
slope (blue)
The shape of the round · Blue teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — BLUE TEES324359422154544439603158345374384386175519547425145439142434435564758394104114124133145155164173184PAROUT 3,348 YDSIN 3,394 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
Dick Nugent reported
access
public
address
13100 South Halsted Street, Riverdale, IL
elevation
597 ft derived
opened
1950
on site
driving range · pro shop · lessons

41.65301, -87.65078 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

OpenStreetMap has this course's outline but has not traced any of its 18 holes. The shaded area is the property; no hole, green or tee is drawn.

The outline of Joe Louis "The Champ" Golf Course as OpenStreetMap holds it, drawn over NAIP 2019 aerial imagery. No hole, green or tee has been traced inside it.

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The outline of Joe Louis "The Champ" Golf Course as OpenStreetMap holds it, drawn over NAIP 2019 aerial imagery. No hole, green or tee has been traced inside it. The map itself needs JavaScript; the outline is a plain GeoJSON file either way.

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

The outline is the whole of the traced geometry here, so there is no hole or green to jump to and nothing to measure a yardage against.

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.

BlueM72674271.412433483394
WhiteM72631869.411931343184
RedF72518968.611525422647

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

Scorecardopen datachecked 2026-08-14

Hole 123456789101112131415161718 Total
Par 444354534444355434 72
Blue 324359422154544439603158345374384386175519547425145439 6,742
White 305331391143506414577139328348365367153498518401126408 6,318
Red 250273315121399334466119265291309303131425421323106338 5,189
Handicap 151371735191114181216628104

The Studio

The Studio can't plan Joe Louis "The Champ" Golf Course hole by hole yet.

We hold its scorecard, but nobody has traced its holes: the bunkers, water and fairway edges a plan aims around.

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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Rates change by day and by season, so we send you to Joe Louis "The Champ" 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: Meadows Golf Club The (2.4 mi) · Harborside International Golf Center (4.4 mi) · Calumet Country Club (5.5 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
Longest6,742 yds149th of 452=3,991st of 12,025107th of 279 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · 1,016th of 4,105 public courses · =1,895th of 7,004 courses you can book · =3,965th of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 124=230th of 368=5,603rd of 8,710=171st of 245 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · =1,408th of 2,882 public courses · =2,716th of 4,936 courses you can book · =5,346th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 71.4=201st of 318=4,805th of 7,615149th of 215 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · =1,222nd of 2,412 public courses · =2,294th of 4,145 courses you can book · =4,743rd of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread1,553 yds between tees150th of 427=5,066th of 11,523106th of 267 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · =1,401st of 3,841 public courses · =2,661st of 6,653 courses you can book · =4,994th of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 1950104th of 272=2,308th of 9,36875th of 178 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · =507th of 3,277 public courses · =1,004th of 5,526 courses you can book · =1,661st of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level597 ft derived =405th of 479=6,639th of 12,437=274th of 291 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · =2,652nd of 4,289 public courses · =4,298th of 7,274 courses you can book · =4,723rd of 9,106 18-hole regulation courses

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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 3 sets of tees.
  • Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 3 sets of tees.
  • Course map, partly built.The course's outline is drawn, but none of its 18 holes has been traced in OpenStreetMap yet.
  • Per-hole distances, not built yet.The holes aren't traced yet, so there are no measured carries or distances to the green.
  • Green contours, not built yet.We haven't built the green contours for this course yet.
  • Course details, partly built.5 of 7 background details — we don't hold 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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Meadows Golf Club The

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Fountain Hills Golf Club

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Ridge Country Club

4.0 mi · Chicago · private · 18 holes

Harborside International Golf Center

4.4 mi · Chicago · public · 18 holes

Midlothian Country Club

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River Oaks Golf Course

5.5 mi · Calumet City · 18 holes

Calumet Country Club

5.5 mi · Homewood · semi-private · 18 holes

Beverly Country Club

6.0 mi · Chicago · 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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