So a few of us have heard the rumors of a Palatine disc golf course and it would seem the rumor are true.
Here's info on the course
http://www.palatineparkdistrict.com/discgolf.html (http://www.palatineparkdistrict.com/discgolf.html)
And download the score card
http://www.palatineparkdistrict.com/scorecard.pdf (http://www.palatineparkdistrict.com/scorecard.pdf)
QuoteSo a few of us have heard the rumors of a Palatine disc golf course and it would seem the rumor are true.
Here's info on the course
http://www.palatineparkdistrict.com/discgolf.html (http://www.palatineparkdistrict.com/discgolf.html)
And download the score card
http://www.palatineparkdistrict.com/scorecard.pdf (http://www.palatineparkdistrict.com/scorecard.pdf)
Who's up for a bag tag challenge here on April 17th or 18th? :D
I would be except it would prolly be getting dark by the time I get there...
Unless ofcoure Jon your offering to pick me up from the palatine metra station and then take me to my car in crystal lake when we are done :D
QuoteI would be except it would prolly be getting dark by the time I get there...
Unless ofcoure Jon your offering to pick me up from the palatine metra station and then take me to my car in crystal lake when we are done :D
Actually I was just joking. I will be at the Wildwood work day.
QuoteQuoteSo a few of us have heard the rumors of a Palatine disc golf course and it would seem the rumor are true.
Here's info on the course
http://www.palatineparkdistrict.com/discgolf.html (http://www.palatineparkdistrict.com/discgolf.html)
And download the score card
http://www.palatineparkdistrict.com/scorecard.pdf (http://www.palatineparkdistrict.com/scorecard.pdf)
Who's up for a bag tag challenge here on April 17th or 18th? :D
oh man. fanning the flames, lemme tell ya!
hahahahahahahahahaha
:D
This looks like a nice course, with some decent distances for a noodle-arm like me. Very cool!!!!
I drove past there today. There aren't any trees. Didn't look like there were any signs, tees or baskets yet, but it said the course doesn't open until April 15th. It might still offer some challenge with elevation changes and potential wind. Most of the park sits on the slope of a big hill. The retention ponds have steep, long banks that could be tricky to play from after an errant throw. It looks like a park in need of some use. I hope this is a good match.
LOL :D I know Jon, have to ake it look real though dont ya :D
QuoteI drove past there today. There aren't any trees. Didn't look like there were any signs, tees or baskets yet, but it said the course doesn't open until April 15th. It might still offer some challenge with elevation changes and potential wind. Most of the park sits on the slope of a big hill. The retention ponds have steep, long banks that could be tricky to play from after an errant throw. It looks like a park in need of some use. I hope this is a good match.
I driven by that park several times if i'm not mistaken. Very wide open with a big hill. Interesting.
The course will open this spring for the first time and was designed and installed by the Palatine Park District and a resident Eagle Scout. The course is only open from April until October because it is very hilly and used for sledding in the winter. The targets and tee markers would be a hazard for the sledders.
Ed Tynczuk
Palatine Park District
The course is now open. Let me know what you think. We will be adding more trees later in the year.
Ed Tynczuk
Palatine Park District
Anyone wanna do a roadtrip some weekend? Hit all the new courses we can find between Sussex and however far south we head.
QuoteAnyone wanna do a roadtrip some weekend? Hit all the new courses we can find between Sussex and however far south we head.
Wish I cold but have a doubleheader this Saturday.
Myk, I'd like to get up and play Sussex. There's a tournament there sometime this summer (Wham Bam Thank You Am).
I played a course in Saukville, WI not too long ago. There was still about 7 or 8 inches of snow on the ground so I'd like to go back and play. It's a pretty challenging course.
Scottish Highlands disc golf in Illinois! This is a GREAT 9 hole disc golf course!!! It doesn't look like much from the parking lot, but playing it is a different story. There are trees, they are just small and scrubby. With no leaves on them, they were hard to see from the parking lot. The distance on most holes lets me open up but even for the big arm its challenging. The wind was a big factor when I played and when you get off the fairway you will be looking at UP shots and I mean like 30 feet UP! Off the fairway often means that you are throwing your upshot from the long banks of the retention pond. I think only rollers really have a chance of going into one of the two rentention ponds, but the banks are so long and steep that they make play very interesting. It might also be why they plan to pull the course in the winter. Trying to play on the banks during the winter might be hazardous. There are other elevation changes to challenge drives and upshots.
Two marks against the course:
1) Right hand, back hand drives from tee 6 tend to land in the fairway and tee area of hole 7. Also drives from tee 9 tend to land in fairway 5 but its a bit less of a problem. Hole 6 and 7 need to be redesigned.
2) The tee pads are weird. They are only about 2 feet by 3 feet and they are somekind of open grid walking paver. We just teed up behind them. Hopefully they are just temporary.
Brett, do you have a contact for that park? If you do, please e-mail it to me. I'd like to see if I can make positive contact to offer some solutions.
Cool, i'll have to check it out on Sunday on my way back from my parents.
I played the course again today on my way home from work. Much less wind this time. I shot like +6 in the really heavy wind on Saturday. Today I was -2 after 8 but then 3 putted 9 for an even round (that's even off par 3, of course).
And if Jason, the guy I was helping to look for his disc, if you're lurking out here, I didn't find your disc but will keep a look out the next time I play.
there was an article in yesterday's daily herald:
http://www.dailyherald.com/search/main_sto...p?intID=3808424 (http://www.dailyherald.com/search/main_story.asp?intID=3808424)
I played here this weekend. That wind is killer. It wasn't windy at all by my house which is like 10 minutes away and i got there and got killed by 25 mph+ winds. The head wind wasn't too much of a problem because the length isn't huge but anything else took my disc anywhere but towards the basket. The slopes make this course play a lot harder than it looks.
QuoteI played here this weekend. That wind is killer. It wasn't windy at all by my house which is like 10 minutes away and i got there and got killed by 25 mph+ winds. The head wind wasn't too much of a problem because the length isn't huge but anything else took my disc anywhere but towards the basket. The slopes make this course play a lot harder than it looks.
There's just something strange about throwing a burner into the wind and instead of making your upshot from halfway down the fairway, you are making it from 150 feet right of the basket and 50 feet below.
I played there yestarday on the way home from my parents. I really enjoyed this course. Hole 1 is pretty cool if you don't throw the hyzer route around the tree. They should have moved the tee up a few feet so that single tree to the right blocks the hyzer route. Hole #2 is a nice blind downhill hole. There is some good length to the rest of the course & nice elevation.
There are a few conflicts with tee/fairway. I think 7 tee is right in the hyzer route of #6 fairway.
#9 is a long hole. It has a long narrow fairway (400+). On the right of the fairway is a big drainage ditch with high grass. I managed to throw my disc directly into the culvert. I looked for a while & finally found it inside.
The high grass is similar to the grass at Round Lake when it is not mowed.
I've been playing Palatine pretty much every day after work. I usually get there around 6pm. Anyone is welcome to join me.
Met up with Micky and Rich there today. I've played with Micky quite a few times at Buffalo Grove. I think Brett said he played with him once also. I'd never met Rich before. It was warm, blustery and fun. It was about time I met someone I knew there!
Jon,
Did you post an IOS Flyer out there? If so, i'll add it to the list.
Don't recall the names of those guys but if I saw their faces I might know them.
QuoteJon,
Did you post an IOS Flyer out there? If so, i'll add it to the list.
Don't recall the names of those guys but if I saw their faces I might know them.
I'll post one tonight. I kept forgeting to bring something to hang them up with.
QuoteI'll post one tonight. I kept forgeting to bring something to hang them up with.
Thanks!
Have there been a lot of players there?
QuoteI've been playing Palatine pretty much every day after work. I usually get there around 6pm. Anyone is welcome to join me.
I've got an errand in Palatine this Saturday around 11 (but flexible), looks to be only a couple miles from the course. I could play either before (9ish) or after (12:30ish).
Unless it's raining.
QuoteQuoteI've been playing Palatine pretty much every day after work. I usually get there around 6pm. Anyone is welcome to join me.
I've got an errand in Palatine this Saturday around 11 (but flexible), looks to be only a couple miles from the course. I could play either before (9ish) or after (12:30ish).
Unless it's raining.
Looking to get there about 12:30. my cell is seven 73-nine 88-5998 if anyone else is going over there.
May try EG Village after; haven't been there since they put the new teepads in.
Played there today and enjoyed the course. Not too tough, but fun.
My one BIG problem was the bugs. There where swarms of flying ants the size of baby teradayctols EVERYWHERE!
It was so bad by holes 3 through 6 you had trouble seeing when they swarmed around your head.
The bugs are new since I played there last. I almost played today but went with BG.
Glad I avoided the swarms!
played it one time didn't like i have not been back
could someone be so kind and hook me up with some directions, coming from libertyville
--Take Milwaukee or 83 to Route 22.
--Take 22 west to Quentin road(first stoplight after kemper)
--Take a left and stay on Quentin (major streets you will pass are Rand rd (Route 12), Lake-Cook rd, Dundee Rd, and Northwest Highway)
--Stay on Quentin until the second stoplight past Northwest Highway (Colfax rd is the first light after NW Hwy)
--Take a left on Woods (i think that is the street name), it has a different name going right and if you get to palatine rd (7-11 on corner) you have gone too far.
--Go right on the first little street to get to the parking lot. :D
cheers m8
worse course ever.
i live like 5 minutes from it and wont go to it cause its so bad. its just not fun
The Palatine Park District installed the baskets today for 2009 play.
Ron Huebner
The Palatine Park District have removed the baskets for winter. They normally will reopen in March.
Quote from: Ron Huebner on December 05, 2009, 06:40:12 AM
The Palatine Park District have removed the baskets for winter. They normally will reopen in March.
Nooooooooooooo! WHY! Mother trucker!
o no the best course in IL is pulled what r we going to do
The Palatine Park District installed the baskets today for 2010 play. The best course in IL is back in business!
Thanks for letting us know, Ron!
The course is closed for the winter.
The park district has reinstalled the baskets and the course is now open.
:lol:
The Palatine course baskets were pulled last week. Kind of late for the normal November to March winter closure. ???
The course was reinstalled today. Curious that the park district would close the course for a month...
Now it'll snow.
It looks like the park has been flagged to mark the location of the new 9 holes on the north side of Wood St. Does anyone know who is doing the course design?
Ron
I met with Keith Williams, Palatine Parks Superintendent, today to discuss the expansion of the Palatine DGC expansion from 9 to 18 holes. This project is budgeted and will be moving forward this year. The current plan is to have the official opening in July. Equipment bids will be going out this month. Local players and Boy Scouts will be supporting the Park District with some workdays in March / April. The new course layout will be finalized with a walkthrough later this month. Baskets could be installed in April, tee pads and signs in May/June. The course should be ready for a tournament in August. Some course enhancements will wait until 2014 when portions of the Palatine Trail are redone in the Margreth Reimer Reservoir Park. The proposed new layout is shown in the attached image.
Thanks for the update. Glad to hear about the expansion. It seemed like there was potential for a better course on that piece of property.
Any word on who is handling the design?
The Palatine course is ready for tee pads on the new 9 holes. The Park District has asked if anyone could recommend a concrete contractor for the tee pads. Any thoughts?
Thanks,
Ron
Quote from: Ron Huebner on August 19, 2013, 12:38:20 PM
The Palatine course is ready for tee pads on the new 9 holes. The Park District has asked if anyone could recommend a concrete contractor for the tee pads. Any thoughts?
Thanks,
Ron
I sent the name and number of the guy who installed the Marengo tees.
Quote from: CEValkyrie on August 24, 2013, 02:42:31 PM
I sent the name and number of the guy who installed the Marengo tees.
Thanks Brett.
The course baskets were re-installed yesterday. The course is in very good shape with aggressive mowing last fall and the snow pack beating down the tall grass. The tee area on 16 is a little muddy but otherwise the course is dry.
Ron
The park district has reinstalled the baskets and the course is now open for 2015. If you haven't played the course since the expansion to 18 it is worth a look. Also, if you haven't played since the new expanded mowing patterns started last September you will like the expanded fairways and landing zones and will definitely spend less time looking for discs. On the negative side, a number of trees were removed (emerald ash bore) so holes #2 and #17 are pretty open now.
Thanks, Ron! I might get over there today.
Thanks for the tip, Ron. I played there today. Shot -2 and got a 3 on the long placement on Hole 9. Could not find the long placement for 11. Course played well and mud is not a concern.
Jim,
The long tee for hole 11 is from the top of the hill (where 15 tees from).
Ron
Ohhhhhhhh. That explains it. Thanks, Ron!