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Green Acres Golf Club

Route 148 S
Energy, IL 62933
Phone: (618)942-6816

This flat, open course's main features are its generous fairways and friendly clientele. The greens are large and fast. The signature hole is #16, requiring a shot to an island green.

Holes: 18

Greens: Bent Grass

Fairways: Bermuda Grass

Tee Information:
Tee	Par	Yardage	Course Rating	Slope
Back Tees	72	5889	67	107
Middle Tees	72	5599	66.1	105
Forward Tees	72	4372	66	105

Greens Fees:	$20 or Less
Course Type:	semi-private
Dress Code:	No dress code
Season:	Open all year
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Course reviews for Green Acres Golf Club
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Number of Reviews: 2
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Designer and builder of Course, Nov 20, 2010

reviewer: Shirley Newton-Eller from Pittsfield, Illinois

My father, William M Newton, built that course for his nephew Valgene Gould. My father while in the Air Force went to Green Keepers School and built a Golf Course on Hickam AFB, Hawaii, and Johnson Island After retirement from the Air Force he built the first 9 holes at Palm Beach National. Daddy also rebuilt the last 9 greens at Jackson Country Club, Murphysboro.Then he went to Valgene, who at the time built homes in Energy, and told him he could make more money if he would let him build a course for him in energy. Valgene didn't even know what a golf ball was until his Uncle Bill, my Daddy, came along. My Daddy, never really got the credit for the building of Green Acres but that course would not be there if it wasn't for my Daddy's work. Daddy laid the 9 holes out on his own and spend many a hour on a dozer and on the fairways and greens. William M Newton is the true Designer and builder of the 9 holes at Greenacres and deserves all the credit. Shirley Eller at jonsdoves@hughes.net

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Anthony, Jul 17, 2004

reviewer: Anthony from Illinois

I think that this is a very nice course. But I think that there could be some more sandpits and other hazards!

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