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Mt. Vernon sits at the heart of southern Illinois, a region where the land flattens and opens into wide skies and hardwood-edged fairways. Indian Hills Golf Course is a full 18-hole, par-72 layout serving this Jefferson County community, the kind of course that functions as a genuine public gathering place — where working golfers play regularly rather than occasionally, and where local rivalries and Saturday morning groups define the rhythm of the tee sheet.
Southern Illinois occupies an interesting geographic transition zone, where the agricultural plains of the Midwest begin giving way to the more rugged terrain of the Shawnee Hills to the south. That rolling, wooded landscape tends to produce courses with more natural contour and tree-lined character than the flatter layouts found further north in the state. Mt. Vernon itself is a regional hub along I-57 and I-64, which means Indian Hills draws from a fairly broad local catchment.
Without knowing the specific design history here, what's clear is that a municipal 18-hole course in a town this size carries real weight — often the primary place a community learns and keeps playing the game.
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | Par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue · men | 6,029 | 68.5 | 115 | 72 |
| White · men | 5,692 | 67.1 | 115 | 72 |
| White · women | 5,692 | 72.3 | 122 | 72 |
| Gold · men | 5,167 | 64.4 | 109 | 72 |
| Red · women | 4,336 | 64.3 | 102 | 71 |
| Silver · women | 3,949 | 62 | 97 | 71 |
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