Shoreacres is an 18-hole private golf course in Lake Bluff, Illinois.

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holes

par

6,725

yards (tips)

142

slope (black)

The shape of the round · Raynor 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: Seth Raynor reported
access: private
address: 1601 Shore Acres Drive, Lake Bluff, IL, 60044
phone: 847-234-1470
website: course site →
elevation: 647 ft derived
opened: 1922
turf: Blue Grass greens · Bent Grass fairways

42.29951, -87.83969 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. 23 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

255 traced features across 8 layers for Shoreacres, 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

80.7ft

Elevation range

6,330yds

Raynor tees

548yds

Longest hole

136yds

Shortest hole

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

Height580 ft660.6 ft

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-14

All 10 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table


Black	F	71		6725	79.2	149
Black	M	71		6725	73.2	142
Raynor	F	72contested	71	6327	77.1	143	3144	3186
Raynor	M	71		6327	71.1	136	3144	3186
Combo	F	71		5905	74.6	139
Combo	M	71		5905	69.5	133
Green	M	71		5549	67.5	127	2697	2853
Green	F	72contested	71	5549	72.7	134	2697	2853
Gold	F	72contested	71	5076	70.1	129	2507	2568
Gold	M	72contested	71	5076	65.3	122	2507	2568

Every figure as published except Card par (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 Raynor, Green and Gold 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.

Scorecard

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	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	3	5	4	4	5	71
Raynor	515	325	312	367	441	214	415	167	388	442	346	136	323	197	463	409	322	548	6,327
Green	415	314	267	311	356	177	379	133	345	425	293	127	319	140	398	368	287	496	5,549
Gold	408	266	260	287	316	177	318	133	342	407	245	89	273	140	392	326	258	438	5,076
Handicap	15	9	17	5	1	11	3	13	7	2	8	18	6	10	16	4	14	12

No per-hole yardages are published for Black and Combo, so they are not on the card above.

Plan it in the Studio

Plan Shoreacres 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. This course's greens were surveyed, so it reads their 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 nearby

Shoreacres states private access, so there is no tee time here to book. The nearest courses that state access you can book: Lake Bluff Golf Course (1.6 mi, public) · Va Jo Wa Golf Club (1.7 mi, public) · Deerpath Golf Course (3.3 mi, public)

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	6,725 yds	157th of 452	=4,118th of 12,025	113th of 279 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · =1,420th of 2,954 private courses · =4,091st of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest test	slope 142	=19th of 368	=617th of 8,710	=18th of 245 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · =282nd of 2,300 private courses · =606th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tips	rating 73.2	=96th of 318	=2,396th of 7,615	=81st of 215 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · =975th of 2,143 private courses · =2,376th of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread	1,649 yds between tees	123rd of 427	=4,437th of 11,523	89th of 267 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · =1,300th of 2,885 private courses · =4,368th of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldest	opened 1922	=51st of 272	=909th of 9,368	=40th of 178 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · =510th of 2,418 private courses · =668th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level	647 ft derived	=311th of 479	=6,169th of 12,437	=210th of 291 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · =1,241st of 3,026 private courses · =4,390th of 9,106 18-hole regulation courses

What's on this page

Complete7 of 7 built

Everything we publish about a course is on this page.

Scorecard, built.Par and yardage for every hole, from 6 sets of tees.
Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 10 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, built.Half-foot contours on all 18 measured greens, from public LiDAR.
Green slope and pin positions, built.Fall lines and the pinnable area on 18 greens — the figures the Caddie plans against.
Course details, built.All 7 background details — architect, year opened, access, contact and grass.

This course is as complete as our sources allow. Coverage sets out what we hold across the whole site, and what we don't.

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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