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West Frankfort sits in the heart of Illinois's southernmost coalfield region, where the landscape carries the quiet weight of an industrial past and the flat-to-gently-rolling terrain of the Shawnee Hills country. Franklin County Country Club has served as the community's gathering place for golfers across this corner of deep southern Illinois for decades — the kind of member-owned club that exists to serve its neighbors rather than to impress visitors passing through.
Southern Illinois golf has its own unhurried character, shaped by the region's modest scale and genuine community ties. The area sits close enough to the Shawnee National Forest that wooded stretches and natural terrain inform the local landscape, and courses out here tend to reward course management and local knowledge over raw power.
A par-71 layout signals at least one departure from the standard template — likely a shorter, strategically interesting hole where precision matters more than length. For Franklin County regulars, that kind of subtle variation is probably where local bragging rights get settled.
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | Par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black · men | 6,519 | 70.9 | 123 | 71 |
| Blue · men | 6,239 | 70.2 | 118 | 71 |
| White · men | 5,967 | 68.7 | 117 | 71 |
| White · women | 5,967 | 74.1 | 131 | 71 |
| Gold · men | 5,185 | 65.5 | 106 | 71 |
| Gold · women | 5,185 | 69.5 | 120 | 71 |
| Red · women | 4,753 | 67.1 | 114 | 71 |
| Green · women | 3,941 | 62.8 | 99 | 71 |
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