The longest par-3 course in Illinois is Yorktown Golf Complex, at 2,257 yards — one of 14 par-3 courses in the state.
Ranked against Illinois's other par-3 courses, not against its regulation golf. Each list counts only the courses that publish that figure, so the totals differ between them. Slope and course rating measure difficulty, not quality.
Longest
— all 14 courses with a published scorecard
| # | Course | Longest |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yorktown Golf Complex | 2,257 yds |
| 2 | Governors Run Golf Course | 1,939 yds |
| 3 | Lake Park Golf Course | 1,515 yds |
| 4 | Greenshire Golf Course | 1,265 yds |
| 5 | Fon Du Lac Golf Course | 1,255 yds |
| 6 | Nickol Knoll Golf Course | 1,163 yds |
| 7 | Anetsberger Golf Course | 1,128 yds |
| 8 | Weber Park Golf Course | 1,095 yds |
| 9 | Walnut Greens Golf Course | 1,078 yds |
| 10 | Golf Center Des Plaines | 1,050 yds |
| 11 | Cantigny Golf Youth Links | 939 yds |
| 12 | Knights of Columbus Par 3 Course | 897 yds |
| 13 | East Course | 858 yds |
| 13 | East Fork Par-3 Golf Course | 858 yds |
The longest tee set the course publishes, in yards from the tips. Compared against every course that publishes a scorecard — length is a measurement, not a verdict on the golf.
Highest above sea level
— all 14 courses with a coordinate we could sample
| # | Course | Highest above sea level |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Course | 821 ft |
| 2 | Walnut Greens Golf Course | 783 ft |
| 3 | Nickol Knoll Golf Course | 764 ft |
| 4 | Cantigny Golf Youth Links | 731 ft |
| 5 | Greenshire Golf Course | 668 ft |
| 6 | Fon Du Lac Golf Course | 648 ft |
| 7 | Golf Center Des Plaines | 642 ft |
| 8 | Anetsberger Golf Course | 640 ft |
| 9 | Weber Park Golf Course | 635 ft |
| 10 | Lake Park Golf Course | 633 ft |
| 11 | Knights of Columbus Par 3 Course | 628 ft |
| 12 | Yorktown Golf Complex | 544 ft |
| 13 | Governors Run Golf Course | 538 ft |
| 14 | East Fork Par-3 Golf Course | 492 ft |
Height above sea level at the course’s own published coordinate, sampled from the USGS 3DEP elevation model. THIS IS A FIGURE WE DERIVED, not one the course publishes — anybody can re-query the same public dataset at the same coordinate and get the same number, but no scorecard states it. Because every course carries a coordinate, this is the only board here whose field is nearly the whole database rather than the courses that publish a particular figure. Elevation changes how far a ball carries; it says nothing about whether a course is good.
How long a par-3 hole actually plays
Every hole on the 14 published par-3 scorecards in Illinois, in 25-yard bands. One tee set per course — the longest that publishes a card — so a course with six rated sets counts once rather than six times.
| Hole length (yards) | Holes | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 50–74 | 14 | 9.7% | |
| 75–99 | 37 | 25.5% | |
| 100–124 | 48 | 33.1% | |
| 125–149 | 26 | 17.9% | |
| 150–174 | 7 | 4.8% | |
| 175–199 | 4 | 2.8% | |
| 200–224 | 3 | 2.1% | |
| 225–249 | 0 | 0.0% | |
| 250–274 | 0 | 0.0% | |
| 275–299 | 0 | 0.0% | |
| 300–324 | 0 | 0.0% | |
| 325–349 | 3 | 2.1% | |
| 350–374 | 0 | 0.0% | |
| 375–399 | 3 | 2.1% |