Lincoln Greens Golf Course is an 18-hole public course in Springfield, Illinois.

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holes

par

6,800

yards (tips)

127

slope (blue)

The shape of the round · Blue teespublished figures only

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: Robert B. Harris reported
access: public
address: 700 East Lake Drive, Springfield, IL, 62712
phone: 217-786-4111
website: course site →
elevation: 579 ft derived
opened: 1957
on site: driving range · putting green · pro shop · lessons · club rental

39.74762, -89.59214 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. 10 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

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

Holes

Fairways

Bunkers

Water

Greens

Tee pads

6,286yds

Blue tees

562yds

Longest hole

145yds

Shortest hole

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

Tees & ratings

Ratingsreported, not from the clubchecked 2026-08-21

Yardagesfrom the clubchecked 2026-08-21

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


Blue	M	72	6800	72.7	127	3388	3412
White	M	72	6583	71.5	124	3192	3182
Grey	M	72	5557	67.0	114	2817	2831
Red	M	72	5347	69.5	118	2719	2685

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

Scorecardfrom the clubchecked 2026-08-21

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Total
Par	4	5	4	3	4	5	4	3	4	4	5	4	3	4	5	4	3	4	72
Blue	425	490	363	175	410	562	378	145	440	400	514	360	236	406	495	400	170	431	6,800
White	410	455	351	152	390	544	364	126	400	375	490	328	217	385	470	372	150	395	6,583
Grey	363	408	310	134	345	462	306	114	375	327	430	300	190	298	448	353	130	355	5,557
Red	360	400	301	110	341	445	292	105	365	318	423	293	172	290	429	328	125	307	5,347
Handicap	5	17	11	13	3	9	7	15	1	8	16	14	2	6	18	10	12	4

Plan it in the Studio

Plan Lincoln Greens 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 Example from another course: hole 15, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
The green, from LiDAR Example from another course: hole 15, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
Every shot, tee to green 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.

Book a tee time

Rates change by day and by season, so we send you to Lincoln Greens 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: Pasfield Golf Course (5.8 mi) · Brookhills Golf Club (8.8 mi) · Long Bridge Golf Course (9.1 mi) · The Rail Golf Course (9.1 mi)

Measured against comparable courses

How hard and how long this course plays against comparable courses — never how good it is.

Figure	This course	In Illinois	Nationwide	Among its peers
Longest	6,800 yds	=127th of 452	=3,543rd of 12,025	3rd of 15 in the Springfield-Jacksonville-Lincoln, IL combined area · =885th of 4,105 public courses · =1,672nd of 7,004 courses you can book · =3,518th of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest test	slope 127	=191st of 368	=4,741st of 8,710	=5th of 12 in the Springfield-Jacksonville-Lincoln, IL combined area · =1,094th of 2,882 public courses · =2,184th of 4,936 courses you can book · =4,585th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tips	rating 72.7	=124th of 318	=3,063rd of 7,615	=685th of 2,412 public courses · =1,337th of 4,145 courses you can book · =3,035th of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread	1,453 yds between tees	=181st of 427	=5,734th of 11,523	5th of 15 in the Springfield-Jacksonville-Lincoln, IL combined area · =1,609th of 3,841 public courses · =3,040th of 6,653 courses you can book · =5,647th of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldest	opened 1957	=111th of 272	=2,648th of 9,368	=606th of 3,277 public courses · =1,182nd of 5,526 courses you can book · =1,906th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level	579 ft derived	426th of 479	=6,802nd of 12,437	10th of 12 in the Springfield, IL metro area · =2,714th of 4,289 public courses · =4,392nd of 7,274 courses you can book · =4,831st of 9,106 18-hole regulation courses

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 grass on the greens.

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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 2026-08-21. Where each figure came from is stated beside it, above.

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