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Fact Sheet

Fact Sheet

Location: Located in rolling farmland countryside of east central Illinois.
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: Michael Boudreau
Owner/Developer: Gerald Forsythe

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