Byron Hills Golf Course

Detailed description of Byron Hills Golf Course

Byron Hills Golf Course is a Public, 18 hole golf course located in Port Byron, Illinois.

Byron Hills Golf Course first opened for play in 1966.

Par for the course is 71. From the back tees the course plays to 6,441 yards. From the forward tees the course measures 5,258 yards. The longest hole on the course is # 13, a par-5 that plays to 536 yards. The shortest hole on the course is # 7, a par-3 that plays to 135 yards from the back tees.

Watch out for # 4, a 534 yard par-5 challenge and the #1 handicap hole on the course. The easiest hole is # 17, a 175 yard par-3.

Byron Hills offers a challenge that will require the use of all the clubs in your bag. The fairways are wide and the greens are of medium size. Water and sand bunkers have been incorporated into the course design.

Front Nine, White (Middle) tees: ______________________

#1, Par 4, 335 yards. Straight out with a slightly elevated green.

#2, Par 3, 133 yards. Straight out with sand bunkers located on each side of the green.

#3, Par 4, 353 yards. Dog-leg to the right, crosses over a creek just before an elevated green.

#4, Par 5, 512 yards. Long dog-leg to the right, with several sand bunkers.

#5, Par 4, 330 yards. Elevated dog-leg to the right, with one bunker.

#6, Par 4, 298 yards. Short uphill par 4. O.B. to the right.

#7, Par 3, 120 yards. Elevated tee box, tee shot over the lake.

#8, Par 5, 485 yards. Reachable par 5 with water and bunkers in play.

#9, Par 3, 190 yards. Long par 3, green protected by bunkers.

Back Nine, White (Middle) tees: ______________________

#10, Par 5, 470 yards. Long Straight fairway with a mounded green.

#11, Par 4, 434 yards. Long, dangerous par 4, with green guarded by two bunkers

#12, Par 4, 370 yards. Slight dog-leg to the right, birdie hole

#13, Par 5, 515 yards. Dog-leg left, uphill approach to a well guarded green.

#14, Par 4, 377 yards. Slight dog-leg to the right, tight fairway.

#15, Par 3, 174 yards. Scenic uphill tee shot

#16. Par 4, 407 yards. The Signature Hole, starts with a hard dog-leg to the right. Tee shot over water, with an uphill approach shot.

#17. Par 3, 160 yards. Tee shot over gulley to a severely sloped green.

#18. Par 4, 374 yards. Tight dog-leg right.