Sparta Country Club is a 9-hole private golf course in Sparta, Illinois.

It plays 2,981 yards from the Back tees, slope 101 (checked 2026-08-21).

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holes

par

2,981

yards (tips)

101

slope (back)

The shape of the round · Back teespublished figures only

The published card in playing order, 9 holes with the two nines split — hole number under each bar, its par below that.

The course

access: private
address: 19 Fairway Drive, Sparta, IL, 62286
phone: 618-443-4911
website: course site →
elevation: 505 ft derived

38.11551, -89.71750 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 9 holes.

30 features across 6 layers for Sparta Country Club, 10 traced and 20 predicted by a model, drawn over NAIP 2019 aerial imagery. The map itself needs JavaScript; the geometry is a plain GeoJSON file either way.

Some outlines predicted from USDA NAIP imagery · Contains information from SatlasPretrain, which is made available under the ODC Attribution License

Holes

Fairways · predicted

Bunkers · predicted

Water · predicted

Greens · predicted

2,678yds

Back tees

526yds

Longest hole

143yds

Shortest hole

10 imported from OpenStreetMap and 20 predicted by a model from aerial imagery, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2019-08-02

Tees & ratings

Ratingsreported, not from the clubchecked 2026-08-21

All 2 tee sets par, yardage, slope — the full table


Back	35	2981	101
Forward	35	2647	101

Every figure as published; a blank cell is one nobody publishes.

Scorecard — every published tee

Scorecardreported, not from the clubchecked 2026-08-21

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Total
Par	4	4	4	5	3	3	4	4	4	35
Back	324	303	384	526	143	190	388	402	321	2,981
Forward	304	279	372	417	130	130	322	386	307	2,647

We don't hold a stroke index for this course's holes, so that row is not above. The yardages are every figure we hold hole by hole.

The Studio

The Studio can't plan Sparta Country Club hole by hole yet.

We hold its scorecard and 30 of its features, 10 traced and 20 predicted by a model, but not a model of every green, which a plan aims at.

It plans 4,579 courses hole by hole today, and it charts your bag anywhere.

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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Pictures: Studio output for a sample golfer, drawn 2026-10-15. The Studio needs a free account. AI can make mistakes.

Book nearby

Sparta Country Club states private access, so there is no tee time here to book. The nearest courses that state access you can book: Chester Country Club (15 mi, semi-private) · North County Country Club (17 mi, semi-private) · Nashville Golf Course (25 mi, public) · The Orchards Golf Course (26 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	2,981 yds	401st of 452	=10,579th of 12,025	=2,769th of 2,954 private courses · =1,091st of 1,791 9-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread	334 yds between tees	406th of 427	=10,813th of 11,523	=2,786th of 2,885 private courses · =1,281st of 1,640 9-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level	505 ft derived	452nd of 479	=7,163rd of 12,437	=1,467th of 3,026 private courses · 1,274th of 1,830 9-hole regulation courses

What's on this page

In progress3 of 6 built

3 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 2 sets of tees.
Course rating and slope, not built yet.We don't have a course rating or slope for this course yet.
Course map, built.All 9 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.4 of 7 background details — we don't hold the architect, the year it opened 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 2026-08-21. Where each figure came from is stated beside it, above.

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Nearby courses

Chester Country Club

15 mi · Chester · semi-private · 9 holes

North County Country Club

17 mi · Red Bud · semi-private · 9 holes

Nashville Golf Course

25 mi · Nashville · public · 9 holes

The Orchards Golf Course

26 mi · Belleville · public · 18 holes

Lake Forest Country Club

27 mi · Lake Saint Louis · public · 18 holes

Mystic Oak Golf Course

27 mi · Waterloo · semi-private · 18 holes

Waterloo Country Club

29 mi · Waterloo · private · 9 holes

Perryville Country Club

29 mi · Perryville · semi-private · 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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