Fact Sheet
| Location: | Located in rolling farmland countryside of east central Illinois. |
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| Address: | Canyata Golf Club Road Marshall, Ill. |
| Description: | Wide bent grass fairways (averaging more than 50 yards wide) and large bent grass greens (averaging more than 7,000 square feet) accentuate the natural beauty of woods and streams which are prevalent around the course, first experienced by explorer George Rogers Clark on this land in the late 18th century. |
| Par: | Front Nine: 36 Back Nine: 36 Total: 72 |
| Yardages from Tees: | Gold: 7,226 Black: 6,774 Blue: 6,094 White: 5,720 Red: 4,906 |
| Rating/Slope: | Men’s Gold: 76.0/149 Black: 73.5/142 Blue: 70.2/133 White: 68.5/127 Ladies’ White: 73.8/135 Red: 69.1/125  |
| Primary Grasses: | Tees – bent grass Fairways – bent grass Greens – bent grass Rough – blue/rye grass combination |
| Golf Course Architect: | Michael Benkusky |
| Opening: | Front nine holes were opened in Fall 2001 Back nine was completed in Fall 2004. |
| Recognition: | Golf Digest rated Canyata “Best New Private Course (#2) of 2005”, #43 America’s Top 100, #4 Best in State, both by Golf Digest |
| Superintendent: | Brock Burton |
| Founder: | Gerald Forsythe |
| Owner/Developer: | Escalante Golf |
