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The best way to reach this basket in one shot is to play a big hyzer out around the group of big oaks in the center of the fairway and skip into the green area. The playground equipment to the left cuts out an anhyzer shot, but a tight straight shot is available if you can hit it!

Tight lines with plenty of choices off the tee! The fairway angles slightly to the right over the crest of the hill and the basket sits at the end of a narrow finger of the fairway. Reachable from the tee with a good shot.

A great tunnel shot off the tee. The fairway is wide at the top and narrows at the bottom, and positioning is key here. The basket can be reached with a good shot off the tee in the short position, and you need to get to the bottom and in the open to have a good angle of approach into the long position across the pond!

Hole 1 tee

Hole 2 tee

Hole 3 tee

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An open green with a slight angle towards the trees on the left. Go too far past and you get in under the limbs of the pines.

The fairway narrows as it reached the basket, with a crest that slopes on three sides. Tight and fast!

The pin sits in the open here, with the water not a factor unless you run your putt well past the basket.

Hole 1 basket

Hole 2 basket

Hole 3 basket

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The signature hole of the course! Plenty of options off the tee. There's a nice bailout area to the right for the newer player, while the bigger arms can play into the large opening across the pond and set up for a nice approach into the green. The big guns can go for the gap and get up near the basket!

A shorter hole but a bit deceptive. The fairway is fairly narrow, with the sidewalk and street on the right out of bounds. Go too far left and you're in the creek. The fairway is slightly uphill and tends to play longer than it looks off the tee.

A tough hole heading back up the hill. Try to get as far up the hill as possible. Staying to the left gives you a better angle into the green at the top of the hill to the right, plus there's a slightly flat spot there for better footing.

Hole 4 tee

Hole 5 tee

Hole 6 tee

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Positioning into the opening is the key to this green. The fairway narrows as it approached the basket, with about twenty feet behind the pin should you go a bit long!

The basket is in the open here. Get it close and bang the chains!

The basket sits at the top of the hill and to the right of the fairway. Getting to the top of the hill with your approach shot is key because the hill is steep short and footing is challenging.

Hole 4 basket

Hole 5 basket

Hole 6 basket

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Positioning your shot off the tee here is key when the pin is in the long position. (The short pin is reachable from the tee.) You need to get to the top of the hill in order to have a little anhyzer or thumber into the green. Come up short and you may have to take two shots to get to the green.

Pick a line, any line! Plenty to choose from here, but hit a tree and it leaves a challenging approach shot into a fast green at the bottom of the fairway. The fairway slopes down and to the right over the crest of the hill.

An uphill fairway, with large oaks to play around at the top of the hill. Get your shot up among those oaks and you have a nice approach into the green. Come up short and you might not be able to see the pin adding another degree of difficulty to your second shot.

Hole 7 tee

Hole 8 tee

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The long pin is in the open and about twenty feet from the tree line just out of the picture to the right. Plenty of room behind it before the playground equipment.

A fast green, with a LARGE drop-off over the edge of the hill behind the basket. There's room for error here past the basket, but not much!

The green is open to the left, with a group of small pines to the right. Plenty of things to hit on your approach into the green on that side.

Hole 7 basket

Hole 8 basket

Hole 9 basket

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This park has bathrooms, parking on two levels, tee signs and water fountains, as well as covered pavillions and playground equipment.

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The view of the practice basket at Butterworth Park in East Moline Illinois

Course Information

Created:	2008
Baskets:	9 DisCatcher Pros
Tees:	Concrete
Lenght
Short:	2382 ft
Middle:	N/A
Long:	3310 ft
Distances:
0-300 ft:	7(S) 1(L)
300-400 ft:	2(S) 5(L)
400+ ft:	0(S) 3(L)

This course is a great nine hole addition to the courses in the Quad Cities! It will has a mix of elevation changes along with a scenic view from the holes that run along and overlook the pond. The course is beginner friendly with the short pin locations, as well as a challenge for most golfers when played from the longs. Two tee pad locations for most holes as well as two pin locations. These holes may be shorter, but certainly not easier!

Butterworth Park, East Moline Illinois

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