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Royal Melbourne is an 18-hole private golf course in Long Grove, Illinois.

Designed by Ed Robinson/Greg Norman. It plays 6,721 yards from the Shark tees, rated 74.1/144 (checked 2026-08-14).

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18
holes
72
par
6,721
yards (tips)
144
slope (shark)
The shape of the round · Shark teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — SHARK TEES476329395534147407416176443162380415379181564342543432152434455364748394103114124134143155164175184PAROUT 3,323 YDSIN 3,398 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
Ed Robinson/Greg Norman reported
access
private
address
4700 Royal Melbourne Dr, Long Grove, IL 60047, USA
elevation
759 ft derived
opened
1992
on site
restaurant

42.20250, -87.99750 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. 14 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

216 traced features across 8 layers for Royal Melbourne, drawn over NAIP 2019 aerial imagery.

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216 traced features across 8 layers for Royal Melbourne, drawn over NAIP 2019 aerial imagery. The map itself needs JavaScript; the geometry is a plain GeoJSON file either way.

18
Holes
20
Fairways
56
Bunkers
13
Water
18
Greens
61
Tee pads
6,721yds
Shark tees
564yds
Longest hole
147yds
Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2019-08-09

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-14

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

Sorted by Yards, descending. 4 rows.

SharkM72672174.114433233398
RoyalM72623871.913831023136
SilverM72583869.913229182920
BurgundyM72515371.313025672586

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 544534434344435454 72
Shark 476329395534147407416176443162380415379181564342543432 6,721
Royal 465313360505130380390145414140365368359162520314509399 6,238
Silver 446305333480118357376130373117343336340150468297480389 5,838
Burgundy 4212593014341043313058033298315255317127450266454304 5,153
Handicap 911511715313718104141681226

The Studio

The Studio can't plan Royal Melbourne hole by hole yet.

We hold its scorecard and 216 traced features, but not a model of every green, which a plan aims at.

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  • 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 nearby

Royal Melbourne states private access, so there is no tee time here to book. The nearest courses that state access you can book: Royal Golf Club (0.0 mi, public) · Twin Orchards Country Club (1.1 mi, semi-private) · Vernon Hills Golf Course (1.9 mi, public) · The Frog at the Georgian (2.1 mi, semi-private)

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
Longest6,721 yds159th of 452=4,166th of 12,025115th of 279 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · =1,435th of 2,954 private courses · =4,139th of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 144=14th of 368=379th of 8,710=13th of 245 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · =190th of 2,300 private courses · =370th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 74.1=53rd of 318=1,282nd of 7,615=45th of 215 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · =551st of 2,143 private courses · =1,273rd of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread1,568 yds between tees144th of 427=4,961st of 11,523102nd of 267 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · =1,450th of 2,885 private courses · =4,889th of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 1992=202nd of 272=6,580th of 9,368=131st of 178 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · =1,885th of 2,418 private courses · =4,758th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level759 ft derived =111th of 479=5,299th of 12,437=72nd of 291 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · 1,031st of 3,026 private courses · =3,739th 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 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.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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Nearby courses

Royal Golf Club

0.0 mi · Long Grove · public · 18 holes

Twin Orchards Country Club

1.1 mi · Long Grove · semi-private · 18 holes

The Arboretum Club

1.5 mi · Buffalo Grove · 18 holes

Vernon Hills Golf Course

1.9 mi · Vernon Hills · public · 9 holes

The Frog at the Georgian

2.1 mi · Long Grove · semi-private · 18 holes

Kemper Lakes Golf Club

2.2 mi · Hawthorn Woods · private · 18 holes

The Grove Country Club

2.4 mi · Long Grove · private · 18 holes

Buffalo Grove Golf Club

3.5 mi · Buffalo Grove · 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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