Kemper Lakes Golf Club
Long Grove, IL
Kemper Lakes Golf Club is a semi-private 18-hole, par-72 golf course in Long Grove, Illinois, playing 7,313 yards with a course rating of 75.8 and slope of 147. It is ranked #21 on Golf Digest's Best in Illinois (2025-26).
🏛 Designed by Dick Nugent (1979); Ken Killian (1979)
Kemper Lakes Golf Club in Long Grove was designed by Ken Killian and Dick Nugent and opened in 1979. It hosted the 1989 PGA Championship, won by Payne Stewart, the 1992 U.S. Women's Amateur, and the 2018 KPMG Women's PGA Championship.
Accolades
- Ranked #21, Best in Illinois (Golf Digest, 2025-26)
📍 Corporate Drive, Long Grove, IL 60047
Course layout
Hole lines and layout © OpenStreetMap contributors. Tap a hole line for par and yardage.
Scorecard, hole by hole
- Par 72 over 18 holes: 4 par 3s, 10 par 4s, 4 par 5s
- Longest hole: No. 15, 621 yards, par 5
- Shortest hole: No. 3, 173 yards, par 3
- Hardest hole by handicap: No. 16 (par 4, 485 yards)
- Biggest elevation change: No. 9, about 15 ft uphill from tee to green
- Water in play on hole 18
- Doglegs: 6 left, 2 right
| Hole | Par | Yards | Hcp | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 406 | 14 | 4 bunkers |
| 2 | 4 | 400 | 12 | 2 bunkers |
| 3 | 3 | 173 | 18 | 2 bunkers |
| 4 | 5 | 508 | 8 | dogleg right, 6 bunkers |
| 5 | 4 | 442 | 4 | 4 bunkers |
| 6 | 3 | 180 | 16 | 4 bunkers |
| 7 | 5 | 557 | 6 | dogleg left, 8 bunkers |
| 8 | 4 | 421 | 10 | dogleg left, 1 bunker |
| 9 | 4 | 460 | 2 | 6 bunkers, plays about 15 ft uphill |
| Out | 36 | 3,547 | ||
| 10 | 4 | 453 | 3 | dogleg left, 5 bunkers |
| 11 | 5 | 534 | 9 | dogleg right |
| 12 | 4 | 393 | 11 | plays about 15 ft uphill |
| 13 | 3 | 219 | 17 | 4 bunkers, plays about 10 ft downhill |
| 14 | 4 | 425 | 13 | dogleg left, 6 bunkers, plays about 15 ft downhill |
| 15 | 5 | 621 | 5 | dogleg left, 9 bunkers |
| 16 | 4 | 485 | 1 | 3 bunkers |
| 17 | 3 | 203 | 15 | 2 bunkers |
| 18 | 4 | 433 | 7 | dogleg left, water in play, 3 bunkers |
| In | 36 | 3,766 | ||
| Total | 72 | 7,313 |
Scorecard from the Green tees. Doglegs, water and bunkers are read from the OpenStreetMap hole lines and mapped hazards © OpenStreetMap contributors. Elevation: Open-Meteo / Copernicus DEM, approximate.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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