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Lincoln Elks Country Club is an 18-hole semi-private golf course in Lincoln, Illinois.

Designed by Tom Bendelow. It plays 6,200 yards from the Black tees, rated 68.2/118 (checked 2026-08-14).

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18
holes
71
par
6,200
yards (tips)
118
slope (black)
The shape of the round · Blue teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — BLUE TEES387163310302312404432158535507289340156318142396328537142334445464748395105114124133144153164174185PAROUT 3,003 YDSIN 3,013 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 reported
access
semi-private
address
Pinehurst Road, Lincoln, IL, 62656
elevation
595 ft derived
opened
1904
turf
Bent Grass greens
on site
driving range · putting green · restaurant

40.13974, -89.40427 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. 9 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

139 traced features across 8 layers for Lincoln Elks Country Club, drawn over NAIP 2019 aerial imagery.

Use arrow keys to pan, plus and minus to zoom. Tab reaches the map controls.

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

18
Holes
21
Fairways
28
Bunkers
4
Water
18
Greens
29
Tee pads
6,016yds
Blue tees
537yds
Longest hole
142yds
Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2019-09-23

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-14

All 5 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 5 rows.

BlackM71620068.2118
BlueM71601668.612030033013
WhiteM715438contested534266.111427282614
WhiteF73contested715438contested534271.211727282614
RedF73contested715098contested516369.111327132450

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 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.

The White 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

Scorecardopen datachecked 2026-08-14

Hole 123456789101112131415161718 Total
Par 434444435544343445 71
Blue 387163310302312404432158535507289340156318142396328537 6,016
White 373139292300304354360148458403288333144261124347286428 5,438
Red 312115292300304380425148437318278326132261124297286428 5,098
Handicap 711171513319561810168122144

No per-hole yardages are published for Black, so it is not on the card above.

Plan it in the Studio

Plan Lincoln Elks 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.

© OpenStreetMap contributors

Book a tee time

Rates change by day and by season, so we send you to Lincoln Elks Country Club'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: North Greens Golf Course (13 mi) · Four Willows Golf Course (17 mi) · The Rail Golf Course (22 mi) · Country Hills Golf Course (22 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
Longest6,200 yds=300th of 452=7,803rd of 12,02511th of 15 in the Springfield-Jacksonville-Lincoln, IL combined area · =1,245th of 2,030 semi-private courses · =4,059th of 7,004 courses you can book · =7,731st of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 120=277th of 368=6,588th of 8,710=8th of 12 in the Springfield-Jacksonville-Lincoln, IL combined area · =1,016th of 1,395 semi-private courses · =3,381st of 4,936 courses you can book · =6,169th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 68.6=280th of 318=6,826th of 7,615=1,029th of 1,141 semi-private courses · =3,588th of 4,145 courses you can book · =6,660th 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 · =1,290th of 1,970 semi-private courses · =4,247th of 6,653 courses you can book · =7,640th of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 1904=19th of 272=310th of 9,36836th of 1,516 semi-private courses · =99th of 5,526 courses you can book · =206th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level595 ft derived =411th of 479=6,664th of 12,43712th of 17 in the Springfield-Jacksonville-Lincoln, IL combined area · =1,105th of 2,089 semi-private courses · =4,314th of 7,274 courses you can book · =4,737th 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 5 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 a phone number.

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

North Greens Golf Course

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Four Willows Golf Course

17 mi · Mason City · public · 9 holes

The Rail Golf Course

22 mi · Springfield · public · 18 holes

Country Hills Golf Course

22 mi · public · 18 holes

Ivy Hills Country Club

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Long Bridge Golf Course

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Bergen Golf Course

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Crane Creek Golf Course

27 mi · 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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