PAR 4 - 484 Yards

Keeping the ball on the left side of the fairway will allow you to avoid dealing with the trees on the right for your 2nd shot, so play the hole as it was designed, left to right.

"Perhaps the toughest hole on the back 9, with a forced tee carry over a valley or gorse, long, narrow green that is heavily guarded by sand and trees. Miss this green and you will be sorry. Possibly the toughest par on the course."
--Course Architect D.A. Weibring

History

A 3-to-6-foot vein of coal under laid much of the Quad Cities in the 1800s, providing an affordable source of power for manufacturing companies like John Deere. The coal industry brought Welsh, English, Irish & other immigrants to the area who were willing to take on this difficult work for a chance to start a new life in America.

By 1876, 46 mines were operating in Rock Island County alone. One was the Silvis Coal Mines, operated by R.S. Silvis along with his father and brothers. From 1900-1904, Silvis worked a large mine on this property, known then as the Christenson Farm. The Davenport, Rock Island, and Northwestern Railroad - the DRI line - loaded up at the mines and carried coal off the property along the right-of-way that runs next to the river.

The 15th hole parallels that old coal road and is dedicated to those hard- working immigrants. The TPC at Deere Run lies within the city limits of Silvis, named in 1905 for R.S. Silvis.