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River Oaks Golf Course is an 18-hole course in Calumet City, Illinois.

Designed by Dick Nugent. It plays 5,952 yards from the Blue tees, rated 69.3/119 (checked 2026-08-14).

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18
holes
70
par
5,952
yards (tips)
119
slope (blue)
The shape of the round · Blue teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — BLUE TEES386319172498389157307447398160448308327190309321139376142433455463748594103115124134143154164173184PAROUT 3,073 YDSIN 2,578 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
address
1 Park Avenue, Calumet City, IL, 60409
phone
708-868-4090
elevation
588 ft derived
opened
1968
on site
driving range · pro shop · lessons

41.59876, -87.57382 — 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 River Oaks 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 River Oaks 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.

BlueM72contested705952contested565169.311930732578
WhiteM72contested705811contested550968.211729942515
RedM72contested705263contested496271.111828202142

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 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.

The Blue, 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 — every published tee

Scorecardopen datachecked 2026-08-14

Hole 123456789101112131415161718 Total
Par 443543454354434434 70
Blue 386319172498389157307447398160448308327190309321139376 5,952
White 375310165488379149300438390152438303321180302315133371 5,811
Red 370305158399365137295409382133278203314120296309125364 5,263
Handicap 910152417148716311513126181

The Studio

The Studio can't plan River Oaks 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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Book a tee time

Rates change by day and by season, so we send you to River Oaks 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: Burnham Woods Golf Course (3.3 mi) · Glenwoodie Golf Club (4.7 mi) · Calumet Country Club (5.2 mi) · Joe Louis "The Champ" Golf Course (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
Longest5,952 yds333rd of 452=8,558th of 12,025215th of 279 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · =8,479th of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 119=284th of 368=6,765th of 8,710=203rd of 245 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · =6,320th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 71.1=213th of 318=5,122nd of 7,615=157th of 215 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · =5,049th of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread689 yds between tees349th of 427=9,465th of 11,523228th of 267 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · =8,706th of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 1968=141st of 272=4,141st of 9,368=94th of 178 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · =2,920th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level588 ft derived =418th of 479=6,733rd of 12,437284th of 291 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · =4,780th 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 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 whether it is public or private and the grass on the greens.

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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Glenwoodie Golf Club

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Calumet Country Club

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Joe Louis "The Champ" Golf Course

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Wicker Memorial Park Golf Course

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5.9 mi · Chicago Heights · municipal · 9 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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