TPC Deere Run

Specialties

TPC Deere Run’s championship golf course is a destination for golfers in the Midwest. Located in the Quad Cities region of Western Illinois and just over a two-​hour drive from Chicago, TPC Deere Run’s championship golf course is a challenging layout that will test your shotmaking skills. The 7,256-yard, par-​71 course embodies the classic beauty of America’s heartland.

TPC Deere Run’s golf course is built on the site of a former Arabian horse farm. Course architect and former PGA TOUR professional D.A. Weibring masterfully used the natural, rolling landscape to create a championship golf course that stretches along the picturesque wooded ravines of the area’s famous Rock River.

Since 2000, TPC Deere Run has been the home of the PGA TOUR’s annual John Deere Classic. The John Deere Classic is held in July the week before the British Open and draws some of the PGA TOUR’s top talent. The tournament has served as a qualifier for The Open Championship and in 2005, Sean O’Hair’s victory at TPC Deere Run earned him a spot in the British Open during his PGA TOUR Rookie of the Year season.

TPC Deere Run’s golf course has five sets of tees, ranging from the championship tips at over 7,200 yards to the women’s forward tees at 5,179.

History

Established in 2000.

TPC Deere Run is situated on a piece of property with a tremendous tale to tell. The land’s past includes Native American settlements, farming, coal mining, and most recently — one of the top horse and cattle breeding programs in the country. Remarkably, John Deere, Quad City, and property history all intersect at this 385-​acre parcel of land.

It is hard not to be moved by the fact that Erskine Wilson was building his stone house and farm on this land at the very same time a man living 70 miles upstream named John Deere was starting his plow company, at the very same time the communities that would become the Quad Cities were incorporating. Participants in the course design felt that it was important for every visitor to understand the historical significance of this piece of ground — and so they named each hole on the course after the land’s rich heritage.