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Veterans Memorial Golf Course, formerly known as Willow Glen Golf Club
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About Veterans Memorial Golf Course, formerly known as Willow Glen Golf Club
Veterans Memorial Golf Course, previously known as Willow Glen Golf Club, is located in Great Lakes, Illinois.
The course plays to a par of 71 and is set up to accommodate a range of abilities, with four sets of tees — blue, white, gold and red — allowing golfers to choose a length that suits their game. The routing mixes more approachable scoring holes with others that call for strategic decisions off the tee and into the greens.
At a glance
- Access
- Public
- Holes
- 18
- Par
- 72
- Length
- 6,637 yards
- Tees
- 4 tee boxes
- Course rating
- 72.7 / 130 slope
- Opened
- 1950
- Difficulty
- Average
Scorecard
| Tee | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Out | In | Total | Par | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Par | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 36 | 72 | ||
| Handicap | 5 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 10 | 6 | |||||
| Blue | 415 | 389 | 300 | 557 | 180 | 452 | 144 | 497 | 340 | 478 | 417 | 162 | 393 | 431 | 344 | 183 | 521 | 434 | 3274 | 3363 | 6,637 | 72 | 72.7/130 |
| White | 392 | 358 | 292 | 529 | 160 | 417 | 135 | 442 | 319 | 450 | 385 | 161 | 365 | 400 | 320 | 145 | 486 | 384 | 3044 | 3096 | 6,140 | 72 | 70.4/125 |
| Gold | 351 | 312 | 269 | 472 | 132 | 340 | 119 | 394 | 247 | 419 | 338 | 134 | 324 | 368 | 313 | 116 | 426 | 332 | 2636 | 2770 | 5,406 | 72 | 67.1/117 |
| Red | 323 | 255 | 241 | 434 | 120 | 332 | 103 | 354 | 247 | 388 | 297 | 126 | 293 | 334 | 297 | 94 | 402 | 326 | 2409 | 2557 | 4,966 | 72 | 65.1/112 |
Tee and scorecard data retrieved from the USGA GHIN course database
Course handicap at Veterans Memorial Golf Course, formerly known as Willow Glen Golf Club
How many strokes you get from each tee, by handicap index.
| Tee | Rating | Slope | 0 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 25 | 30 | 36 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | 72.7 | 130 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 24 | 29 | 35 | 42 |
| White | 70.4 | 125 | -2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 26 | 32 | 38 |
| Gold | 67.1 | 117 | -5 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 21 | 26 | 32 |
| Red | 65.1 | 112 | -7 | -2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 23 | 29 |
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