Sunset Valley Golf Course is an 18-hole public course in Highland Park, Illinois.

Designed by Bob Lohmann, Dick Nugent, Jacobson Golf Course Design. It plays 6,726 yards from the Black tees, rated 72.2/134 (checked 2026-08-14).

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holes

par

6,726

yards (tips)

134

slope (black)

The shape of the round · Black 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: Bob Lohmann, Dick Nugent, Jacobson Golf Course Design reported
access: public
address: 1390 Sunset Road, Highland Park, IL, 60035
phone: 847-432-7140
website: course site →
elevation: 634 ft derived
opened: 1920
turf: Bent Grass greens · Bent Grass fairways
on site: pro shop · restaurant · lessons

42.17582, -87.81107 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. 31 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

295 traced features across 8 layers for Sunset Valley Golf Course, 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

6,726yds

Black tees

586yds

Longest hole

160yds

Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2019-08-07 – 2019-08-09

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-14

All 13 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table


Black	M	72	6726	72.2	134	3356	3370
Gray	M	72	6505	71.5	132	3220	3280
Blue	M	72	6290	70.7	130	3121	3169
Teal	M	72	6090	69.7	128	3026	3064
White	M	72	5914	68.9	126	2951	2963
White	F	72	5914	74.6	135	2951	2963
Coral	F	72	5606	72.8	131	2780	2826
Coral	M	72	5606	67.5	121	2780	2826
Red	F	72	5360	71.4	128	2712	2649
Red	M	72	5360	66.3	120	2712	2649
Orange	M	72	5103	65.1	115	2561	2542
Orange	F	72	5103	70.0	125	2561	2542
Gold	F	72	4889	68.7	122	2478	2411

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	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Total
Par	4	5	4	3	4	3	5	4	4	4	3	5	4	3	4	4	5	4	72
Black	346	520	391	162	452	160	586	364	375	354	177	521	428	214	407	413	502	354	6,726
Gray	346	494	391	162	416	132	540	364	375	354	177	488	406	192	407	400	502	354	6,505
Blue	325	494	370	137	416	132	540	345	362	325	158	488	406	192	398	400	474	328	6,290
Teal	325	468	370	137	384	123	512	345	362	325	158	463	387	168	398	363	474	328	6,090
White	303	468	355	128	384	123	512	328	350	300	145	463	387	168	364	363	451	322	5,914
Coral	303	427	299	128	367	123	455	328	350	300	126	425	387	168	364	326	408	322	5,606
Red	292	427	299	107	367	101	455	322	342	261	126	425	352	150	296	326	408	305	5,360
Orange	292	391	290	107	326	101	417	322	315	261	101	401	352	150	296	292	384	305	5,103
Gold	262	391	290	95	326	88	417	294	315	251	101	401	305	124	270	292	384	283	4,889
Handicap	7	5	9	13	3	15	1	17	11	14	16	4	2	12	6	8	10	18

Plan it in the Studio

Plan Sunset Valley Golf Course 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. Where a green was surveyed, it reads the 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

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Rates change by day and by season, so we send you to Sunset Valley Golf Course's own booking page rather than quoting a figure that was true the week we captured it.

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Also bookable nearby: Glencoe Golf Club (2.6 mi)

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	6,726 yds	=155th of 452	=4,109th of 12,025	112th of 279 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · =1,050th of 4,105 public courses · =1,954th of 7,004 courses you can book · =4,082nd of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest test	slope 134	=108th of 368	=2,523rd of 8,710	=88th of 245 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · =499th of 2,882 public courses · =1,046th of 4,936 courses you can book · =2,467th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tips	rating 72.2	=151st of 318	=3,733rd of 7,615	=116th of 215 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · =893rd of 2,412 public courses · =1,700th of 4,145 courses you can book · =3,694th of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread	1,837 yds between tees	80th of 427	=3,226th of 11,523	51st of 267 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · =848th of 3,841 public courses · =1,614th of 6,653 courses you can book · =3,173rd of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldest	opened 1920	=40th of 272	=725th of 9,368	=32nd of 178 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · =78th of 3,277 public courses · =206th of 5,526 courses you can book · =535th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level	634 ft derived	=338th of 479	=6,294th of 12,437	=233rd of 291 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · =2,516th of 4,289 public courses · =4,082nd of 7,274 courses you can book · =4,475th of 9,106 18-hole regulation courses

What's on this page

In progress5 of 6 built

5 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 13 sets of tees.
Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 13 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, built.All 7 background details — architect, year opened, access, contact and grass.

The site is in beta and the database is still being built, so expect gaps. What's left on this course is ours to build rather than ours to be told — it comes from mapping and survey data, not from a form. Coverage sets out where the whole database stands.

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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