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The Rail Golf Course is an 18-hole public course in Springfield, Illinois.

Designed by Robert Trent Jones, Sr., Robert Trent Jones, Sr., Roger Rulewich, Roger Rulewich. It plays 6,630 yards from the Blue tees, rated 71.7/127 (checked 2026-08-14).

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18
holes
72
par
6,630
yards (tips)
127
slope (blue)
The shape of the round · Blue teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — BLUE TEES355419405476158363198541373369197519383450485209320410142434455364738594104113125134144155163174184PAROUT 3,288 YDSIN 3,342 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
Robert Trent Jones, Sr., Robert Trent Jones, Sr., Roger Rulewich, Roger Rulewich reported
access
public
address
1400 Clubhouse Drive, Springfield, IL, 62707
phone
217-525-0365
elevation
570 ft derived
turf
Bent Grass greens · Blue Grass fairways
on site
driving range · pro shop · lessons

39.87765, -89.62363 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. 10 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

200 traced features across 8 layers for The Rail Golf Course, drawn over NAIP 2019 aerial imagery.

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

18
Holes
25
Fairways
84
Bunkers
9
Water
18
Greens
32
Tee pads
6,630yds
Blue tees
541yds
Longest hole
158yds
Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2019-07-13 – 2019-07-31

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.

BlueM72663071.712732883342
WhiteM72601268.912129903022
GoldM72551866.711627942724
RedM72540671.011927272679

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 444534354435445344 72
Blue 355419405476158363198541373369197519383450485209320410 6,630
White 331384361445124342160494349345170473359416430177271381 6,012
Gold 312356347419100326127477330320133431340387400113243357 5,518
Red 30732934241495321122472325315128426335382395108238352 5,406
Handicap 137317915111512101682184146

Plan it in the Studio

Plan The Rail 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 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

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.

© OpenStreetMap contributors

Book a tee time

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

Check tee times and rates

Also bookable nearby: Long Bridge Golf Course (3.1 mi) · Pasfield Golf Course (6.7 mi) · Lincoln Greens Golf Course (9.1 mi) · Brookhills Golf Club (9.4 mi)

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
Longest6,630 yds189th of 452=4,941st of 12,0257th of 15 in the Springfield-Jacksonville-Lincoln, IL combined area · =1,270th of 4,105 public courses · =2,400th of 7,004 courses you can book · =4,909th of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 127=191st of 368=4,741st of 8,710=5th of 12 in the Springfield-Jacksonville-Lincoln, IL combined area · =1,094th of 2,882 public courses · =2,184th of 4,936 courses you can book · =4,585th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 71.7=184th of 318=4,448th of 7,615=1,106th of 2,412 public courses · =2,088th of 4,145 courses you can book · =4,395th of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread1,224 yds between tees242nd of 427=7,194th of 11,5237th of 15 in the Springfield-Jacksonville-Lincoln, IL combined area · =2,101st of 3,841 public courses · =3,869th of 6,653 courses you can book · =7,054th of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level570 ft derived 431st of 479=6,865th of 12,43711th of 12 in the Springfield, IL metro area · 2,744th of 4,289 public courses · =4,431st of 7,274 courses you can book · =4,873rd 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.6 of 7 background details — we don't hold the year it opened.

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 2026-08-14. Where each figure came from is stated beside it, above.

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Nearby courses

Long Bridge Golf Course

3.1 mi · Springfield · public · 9 holes

Bergen Golf Course

5.4 mi · Springfield · 9 holes

Pasfield Golf Course

6.7 mi · Springfield · public · 9 holes

Illini Golf Course

7.3 mi · Springfield · private · 18 holes

Bunn Golf Course

7.4 mi · Springfield · 18 holes

Lincoln Greens Golf Course

9.1 mi · Springfield · public · 18 holes

Brookhills Golf Club

9.4 mi · Springfield · public · 9 holes

Panther Creek Country Club

14 mi · Springfield · 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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