Shepherd's Crook Golf Course is an 18-hole public course in Zion, Illinois.

Designed by Keith Foster, Kevin Hargrave. It plays 6,827 yards from the Silver tees, rated 72.1/130 (checked 2026-08-14).

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holes

par

6,827

yards (tips)

130

slope (silver)

The shape of the round · Silver 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: Keith Foster, Kevin Hargrave reported
access: public
address: 351 North Green Bay Road, Zion, IL, 60099
elevation: 745 ft derived
opened: 1999
on site: driving range · putting green

42.48807, -87.87799 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. 6 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

227 traced features across 8 layers for Shepherd's Crook Golf Course, drawn over NAIP 2025 aerial imagery. The map itself needs JavaScript; the geometry is a plain GeoJSON file either way.

Holes

Fairways

Bunkers

Water

Greens

Tee pads

6,769yds

Silver tees

617yds

Longest hole

151yds

Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2025-09-14

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-14

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


Silver	M	71	6827contested	6769	72.1	130	3247	3522
Black	M	71	6272		69.5	124	3024	3248
Gold	F	71	6002		73.4	130	2869	3133
Gold	M	71	6002		67.9	120	2869	3133
Green	F	71	4901		67.7	118	2376	2525

Every figure as published except Card yards (derived), which is 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 Silver 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	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Total
Par	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	5	4	3	4	4	5	4	3	4	5	71
Silver	350	378	346	245	427	415	344	166	576	426	180	380	409	617	419	151	370	570	6,827
Black	331	361	317	220	400	367	323	150	555	398	162	350	379	572	370	131	338	548	6,272
Gold	326	353	309	187	375	333	316	144	526	389	139	344	373	561	363	107	328	529	6,002
Green	268	296	250	150	338	247	261	116	450	297	127	278	296	461	286	72	250	458	4,901
Handicap	17	11	15	3	1	7	13	9	5	6	8	12	14	2	4	18	16	10

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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

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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	6,827 yds	=117th of 452	=3,254th of 12,025	=88th of 279 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · =806th of 4,105 public courses · =1,536th of 7,004 courses you can book · =3,232nd of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest test	slope 130	=149th of 368	=3,777th of 8,710	=123rd of 245 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · =790th of 2,882 public courses · =1,625th of 4,936 courses you can book · =3,684th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tips	rating 72.1	=160th of 318	=3,870th of 7,615	=125th of 215 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · =935th of 2,412 public courses · =1,770th of 4,145 courses you can book · =3,830th of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread	1,926 yds between tees	69th of 427	=2,695th of 11,523	41st of 267 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · =684th of 3,841 public courses · =1,315th of 6,653 courses you can book · =2,649th of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldest	opened 1999	=239th of 272	=7,780th of 9,368	=153rd of 178 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · =2,656th of 3,277 public courses · =4,520th of 5,526 courses you can book · =5,726th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level	745 ft derived	132nd of 479	=5,413th of 12,437	86th of 291 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · =2,136th of 4,289 public courses · =3,532nd of 7,274 courses you can book · =3,823rd of 9,106 18-hole regulation courses

What's on this page

In progress4 of 6 built

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Scorecard, built.Par and yardage for every hole, from 5 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.
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Course details, partly built.4 of 7 background details — we don't hold a website, a phone number and the grass on the greens.

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Sources

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