The Rail Golf Club, Springfield, IL, Real Estate

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The Rail Golf Club sits on the western edge of Springfield, Illinois, where the land once formed part of Abraham Lincoln’s 1830s homestead before it was acquired by the railroad. The front nine works through open prairie marked by scattered stands of oak and hickory, while the back nine drops into gently rolling terrain cut by a tributary of the Sangamon River. Several holes play alongside the original rail bed that now serves as a public bike trail, and the course’s namesake is still visible in the form of an abandoned spur line that crosses the property. Fairways are lined with fescue rather than the more common Kentucky bluegrass, and the greens are built from a bentgrass blend selected for its tolerance to the area’s freeze-thaw cycles. A modest stone-and-timber clubhouse occupies the former site of a 19th-century rail depot, and the practice facility incorporates the footprint of a turn-of-the-century roundhouse.

Par 72 18 holes 6583 yards

Location

City Springfield

State Illinois

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House $415,000

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