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Vernon Hills Golf Course is a 9-hole public course in Vernon Hills, Illinois.

Designed by Ken Killian, Dick Nugent, Dick Nugent. It plays 2,836 yards from the Blue tees, slope 120 (checked 2026-08-14).

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9
holes
34
par
2,836
yards (tips)
120
slope (blue)
The shape of the round · Blue teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — BLUE TEES343331163288418332137415409142433445464738494PAROUT 1,125 YDSIN 1,711 YDSFIRST NINESECOND NINE
The published card in playing order, 9 holes with the two nines split — hole number under each bar, its par below that.

The course

designer
Ken Killian, Dick Nugent, Dick Nugent reported
access
public
address
291 Evergreen Drive, Vernon Hills, IL, 60061
phone
847-680-9310
elevation
674 ft derived
opened
1979
turf
Bent Grass greens · Bluegrass fairways
on site
restaurant · lessons

42.21838, -87.96805 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 9 holes. 11 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

105 traced features across 8 layers for Vernon Hills Golf Course, drawn over NAIP 2019 aerial imagery.

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

9
Holes
14
Fairways
14
Bunkers
1
Water
9
Greens
24
Tee pads
2,836yds
Blue tees
418yds
Longest hole
137yds
Shortest hole

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

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-14

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

Sorted by Yards, descending. 2 rows.

BlueM342836120
RedF36contested342287107

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.

The Red 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 — every published tee

Scorecardopen datachecked 2026-08-14

Hole 123456789 Total
Par 443444344 34
Blue 343331163288418332137415409 2,836
Red 30531681274402213104391224 2,287
Handicap 7131115391715

Plan it in the Studio

Plan Vernon Hills 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 Vernon Hills 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: Royal Golf Club (1.9 mi) · White Deer Run Golf Club (2.7 mi) · Twin Orchards Country Club (2.7 mi) · Crane's Landing Golf Club at Marriott Lincolnshire Resort (3.0 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
Longest2,836 yds417th of 452=10,886th of 12,025261st of 279 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · =3,534th of 4,105 public courses · =6,211th of 7,004 courses you can book · =1,376th of 1,791 9-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 120=277th of 368=6,588th of 8,710202nd of 245 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · =1,819th of 2,882 public courses · =3,381st of 4,936 courses you can book · =343rd of 972 9-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread549 yds between tees373rd of 427=9,971st of 11,523241st of 267 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · 3,164th of 3,841 public courses · =5,571st of 6,653 courses you can book · =759th of 1,640 9-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 1979=173rd of 272=5,354th of 9,368=115th of 178 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · =1,661st of 3,277 public courses · =2,908th of 5,526 courses you can book · =1,004th of 1,347 9-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level674 ft derived 257th of 479=5,953rd of 12,437171st of 291 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area · =2,366th of 4,289 public courses · =3,868th of 7,274 courses you can book · 1,074th of 1,830 9-hole regulation courses

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 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, 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. 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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