While we are trying to get more courses installed, should we try Grayslake? I was looking on their map & they have a park that is 48 Acres & it only has a picnic area. I have no clue what is at this park. Also, I found this to be quite interesting. They have a 9 hole ball golf course that is 20 Acres. I would think 20-25 Acres would be plenty for an 18 hole disc golf course. http://www.glpd.com
Good idea, Brett. I am only afraid that we might be chewing off too much too fast. Let's work on Round Lake, Gurnee, and Bevier upgrades first.
Grayslake is an idea place to put a disc golf course (where isn't!?!). Lets do some research and consider making a proposal in Spring?
^bump
just thought I'd mention hearing today when buying my new house that the course at Central Park is a go... rumor had it for a july or august install.
just emailed the general contact us link to find out more info... hopefully if it is a go we can have some hand in design and/or implementation.
The reply I got from the park district is that the course is indeed going in this summer. If anyone wants the contact info for volunteering to check out the course layout & suggest improvements contact me & I will send it to you.
Played a little today in Grayslake, 9 holes are in the ground.
Quote from: Mangler on September 23, 2006, 05:52:50 PM
Played a little today in Grayslake, 9 holes are in the ground.
What is it like? Let me guess.
Short
Open with very few trees.
Designed by someone that does not play disc golf.
No signs
No tee pads.
They didn't even spell disc golf right ;D.
http://www.glpd.com/
CENTRAL PARK IMPROVEMENTS:
You may have noticed some new construction in Central Park. Installation of a new restroom facility and concession stand has recently begun. Additionally, the new developments will include picnic shelters, a playground, kids splash pad, fishing pier, a 9-hole disk golf course, interpretive trail through the oak woods, a senior plaza with bocce ball courts, shuffleboard courts and picnic shelter with game tables, a band shell and security lighting and additional pathways. We believe these improvements will complete the Central Park Master Plan and make the park more attractive for all age groups. These improvements were made possible by a $400,000 grant received from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. Scheduled completion date is late Fall, 2006.
This is nine target course that can accommodate nine more alternates easily.
Tee pads are Limestone 3 foot by 7 foot approx...They look like they are going to be framed with landscape timbers. All Targets are surrounded with limestone landing areas.
Many holes have been cut out from overgrown grass and forest. In fact from my perspective the finishing hole has not been completed yet. Disc-Catchers with yellow collar. Graffiti Spray-paint already on a target, that was fast, truly impressed.
You won't be digging in your bag much. One hole looks in excess of 300 ft the rest are easily reachable with mids.If you dont have an ACE this is your chance ! Full grown trees, mixed with bushes etc, poorly protected targets. Rough terrain. Great practice area, very good parking. Easy to get from hole to hole. The course has no water, very possible to lose discs in brush. Grown trees protect most baskets. If your not close off the tee you have to recover for a putt. There is no and I repeat no grip and rip it hole. Very righty friendly.
Nevertheless good to see Will get better with play. If more grass is planted and fairways are maintained. I'm sure there will be some severe criticism, the fact is it should be eighteen not nine. The nine that they have is lacking in creativity and effort in design. On the plus side It looks to be a good winter course and it should be very fast to play. It is nestled tightly around a central stand of forest that has stood the test of time. Blind shots and slight elevation changes, no severe angles It plays Counterclockwise, and should see significant play, if you are on a tee pad look out they are close to baskets .Wildwood players will be delighted. Younger players will flock and the girls will feel at home. Course is still in construction phase. Very much playable today. Looking forward to playing again. Like many nine hole courses it has much more potential and improvements that can be done. Would recommend to most players. Advanced arms will not be challenged , this doesn't mean you would not have fun. GO PLAY IT !
This will be the next course to be pulled in Lake County.
The total length of course is slightly longer than #18 at Fairfield.
The signature hole is a long as all the others combined.
Finishing hole is blind shot over mature thick prairie plants and vegetation.
...if you throw into it you wont want to get it.
....it will be a shame if the park district butchers it to complete the hole.
No continuity if you attempt to finish the course and want to play another round.
Your walk is longer than the entire course. Are there 9 more holes going in?
This is a dangerous course for players, but also park patrons will get blasted it's a matter of time.
Total redux is necessary to save it !
played it today, definately some decent land. wish they had put it to better use...
I went out there today i thought it was ok but i lost my disc because the fairway is all overgrown and i couldnt see were my disc landed it was coverd in thorns and burrs and stuff. I didnt like that part.
Well, i'll play this course because.
1. It's close to my house.
2. Great for upshot practice.
3. Has a vairety of wooded shots if playing alternate tees or playing from a tee to another basket.
4. I like aces ;D
The first hole is near the back of the middle school by the playground. The course ends on the west side of the park in the wooded secton across from the parking lot.
It looks like the baskets have been in the ground for quite a while. There is rust on several chains already. The tee pads are funny. They are about 3 feet wide and boxed in with wood. They are filled with limestone. If you like short walks this is the course for you. Take 5 steps from the basket and your on the next tee. Once I found hole #1 the only hole I had trouble navigating was hole 7. I wasn't sure what basket to throw to. You throw right across the tee to #8. If you want a longer shot you can throw to basket #9 which is about 40 to 60 feet farther. The fairway to #9 is sweet :o.
good to know i never found hole 1 i started in the little wooded area and then i lost my disc on my second shot. it is close i like warren better right now though.
There are now concrete tees. I think that a few holes have been changed around since the original installation. For the most part very short. Not all tees are pointed in the direction of the current basket locations. If I played the course correctly, from 6 to 7 you have to double back to the tee on 7 and the two fairways intersect. Hole 9 is a nice righty hyzer, but you drive over a brand new pavillion.
Click here: Central Park
Quote from: Tom McManus on November 17, 2006, 02:52:27 PM
There are now concrete tees. I think that a few holes have been changed around since the original installation. For the most part very short. Not all tees are pointed in the direction of the current basket locations. If I played the course correctly, from 6 to 7 you have to double back to the tee on 7 and the two fairways intersect. Hole 9 is a nice righty hyzer, but you drive over a brand new pavillion.
Click here: Central Park
Tom, your "click here" doesn't seem clickable.
Quote from: Jon Brakel on November 18, 2006, 10:21:29 AM
Quote from: Tom McManus on November 17, 2006, 02:52:27 PM
There are now concrete tees. I think that a few holes have been changed around since the original installation. For the most part very short. Not all tees are pointed in the direction of the current basket locations. If I played the course correctly, from 6 to 7 you have to double back to the tee on 7 and the two fairways intersect. Hole 9 is a nice righty hyzer, but you drive over a brand new pavillion.
Click here: Central Park
Tom, your "click here" doesn't seem clickable.
The extent of my computer knowledge is locating the mouse, and I am now mastering the left click and the right click.
You know enough to give lessons to Larry King.
I had the luck to have a face to face with the gentleman that was the dizzle behind the Grayslake DGC.
I asked a couple of direct questions off the cuff that caught him off guard like...
Have you ever heard of the PDGA ? answer. " No What is that ?
Do you know who Barry Schultz is ? answr " No I dont think I know who that is.
How far can some one expect to throw a golf disc ? he wasnt sure what I was talking about so I said Frisbee.. He didnt have an answer.
I mentioned that the walk between #1 Tee Box and #9 Basket was longer than the entire course.
Conversation ended..
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In a court of law the Prosecuter would like to point out that ignorance is illegal.
i wish they had taken me up on my offer to go over the course design last spring...
Concrete Tee Pads and an Improved Layout.
"King of Nines" Should include this course for Next Tourney.Single Disc
The final layout is in and very playable. Should get greener and better with time.
Bad-rapt 1st edition but it deserved it.
Still play with caution, this is a park that gets a lot of foot traffic.
Crossover exists so beware. Heads Up!
Still a better course, but a much better one could have been developed.
Much better course now. Still short but not so super short. Shot -5, -4, -3 today.
Hole #1 is the same.
Hole #2 was moved further right.
Hole #3 is much tougher now. It plays to the old #4 basket and is the toughest hole on the course.
Hole #4 has the same tee as old #5 but the basket is placed in the woods far left of where old #5 basket was.
Hole #5 is the same as old hole #6.
Hole #6 is the same as old hole #7.
Hole #7 has been moved farther back & crosses over #6's fairway to the same basket of old hole #8.
Hole #8 is old #9 but the tee is moved back & is much tougher now.
Hole #9 is totally new playing back towards tee #1.
This new layout is very fun.Its a nice little nine holer with many options for alt.tees.Great for practice
I played grayslake right before it snowed and I thought it's not bad needs some work,but has potential
would be nice to have it done one day thou.
The tee pad to hole #1 has now been moved back to where the tee sign is. Much longer & tougher now.
Hole #7 tee pad has also been moved back & left making a tough anhyzer.
This course has grown in very green & thick. With the changes in design this course is actually a pretty solid 9-holer.
Combined with the alternates, this is a pretty solid 18 hole course as well. I really enjoy playing here.
Tees #1, 2, 8 & 9 are clear of snow/ice. Tees # 5& 6 should be clear in a day or two. The rest of the tee pads have quite a bit of snow on them.
Got out here for the first time in a while. The course is looking very good. The rough is super thick in places but the fairways look great.
There still are some mutant skeeters out there though.
Played Grayslake yesterday. Course was in good condition. Very little mud.
They have done some clearing of brush with wood chip piles everywhere. It's very similar to the clearing that was done at Adler. The only hole that was really affected for the worse is hole #4. The middle clump of rough is nearly gone.
I stopped by last Monday and today. Course is in pretty decent condition. It's not too muddy. Tee #3 has a little ice on the back part. I cleaned off quite a bit today.
Sometime over the winter a bunch of trees were cut down on #9. The low hanging branches in the middle of the fairway are gone. That entire tree is gone. You can now throw a direct line shot at the basket. The 2 trees to the right of the basket in the rough are gone as well. There used to be no putt if you landed on that corner. Now it's pretty wide open green area.
I walked the course with the Supt of Grayslake Parks today. He is the former Supt of Round Lake Parks. We've got a pretty good relationship. We spent and hour on the course and watched a few groups play.
His first priority is to get all 9 tee signs back in the ground. A few are missing from the post and one post is gone. He said he'd get that done as soon as possible.
I had 2 goals that I wanted to accomplish when I met with him.
#1 Tee Pads
In a perfect world I was hoping they would expand and extend the tee pads. Just like everything else money is an issue and upgrading them all probably will not happen. He did see how #3 was short and dangerous with the dropoff in the front. He's going to try to find a way to fix that tee area. The tee may not get extended or widened by concrete but it will probably get filled around with dirt and wood chips.
#2 Multi baskets.
I really pushed this as my #1 priorty. I'm trying to get them to order a set of DGA Mach 5's to put another basket on each hole. l also pushed for an elevated basket on one of the holes. I attached a photo of one of the pictures I gave him. The good news is the board had already discussed multiple pin positions. He did not rule out the possibility of the multi basket idea but he said it would take some time with funds. Getting other board members on board is key. He did say he's going to push for the ordering of 1 basket to try the elevated basket. That might open the door to the other 8 getting ordered.
#3 Crossing fairway
He is not a disc golf guy. He did an assessment of all the parks last year. He couldn't believe there was a crossing fairway. He really wants to take care of this issue. There may be a change to the course in the future.
This may or may not happen. It will definitely not happen overnight. Hopefully some of this gets done.
Getting things evened out around those teepads would be fantastic. I was over here on Sunday and it seems like this course gets thicker with each passing year. Its a jungle off the fairway.
Quote from: Dan Michler on June 30, 2011, 04:54:04 AM
Getting things evened out around those teepads would be fantastic. I was over here on Sunday and it seems like this course gets thicker with each passing year. Its a jungle off the fairway.
I stay away from Grayslake in the summer. I can't find my discs in an open field.
It's definitely grown in thick. They have done a nice job of mowing the fairways wider. They moved down the left side on #6 which helps a lot.
Graylaked installed new metal posts and nice tee signs on every hole.
They took the wood lining the tee of #3 and filled around the tee pad with dirt. Same tee pad basically.
I exchanged some e-mails with the executive director today. Here is what he replied.
Hi Brett
Thanks for the email. Glad the signs look good. The second basket is still a possibility, but I'll have to see how other projects shake out this fall and next spring. As you know, I won't forget. It's just matter of squeezing things in. ballpark number for 9 more baskets?
Nehila's a good guy to work with. My Cub Scout pack pitched in on a workday cleaning up Gray's Lake last June.
Quote from: mirth on August 30, 2012, 08:34:04 AM
Nehila's a good guy to work with. My Cub Scout pack pitched in on a workday cleaning up Gray's Lake last June.
He's definitely a good guy to work with. I talked to him many times when he was with the Round Lake Park District.
Played Grayslake for the first time last night. The tee signs are very nice but I noticed someone ripped off the sign on Hole 8 .
It was a little nerve wrecking though with peewee football in full swing, little kids were randomly popping out of walking paths and into the fairways. Hit basket on 2 holes, and didn't lose a disc. Good times.
It's amazing how big of assholes there are out there. Can't even keep very nice tee signs on the course for more than a few weeks. WTF!!
Warren Township said they won't be replacing tee signs due to vandalism.
Quote from: Clonan on September 11, 2012, 06:20:35 AM
Played Grayslake for the first time last night. The tee signs are very nice but I noticed someone ripped off the sign on Hole 8 .
It was a little nerve wrecking though with peewee football in full swing, little kids were randomly popping out of walking paths and into the fairways. Hit basket on 2 holes, and didn't lose a disc. Good times.
I was disappointed to see that last night as well.
Also had the random kids running around the course during my round. I'd be willing to bet it was one of them that tore down the sign. Those little ones can cause some major damage very quickly.
Haha I had to hold off on driving hole 8 because there were 2 little kids (probably 7 or 8 years old) bashing the basket with sticks twice their size and then they proceeded to hang on it like a jungle gym. They were little though...
But it's a damn shame we can't have nice things on some of these courses due to some little punks & thier lack of respect. I was going to ask why Warren doesn't have Tee Signs but it makes sense now, It's a money pit... Suddenly Bevier is pretty awesome!
Tee pads are clear ;D
I got out to Grayslake this afternoon. The course is pretty dry. The sad part are the vandals out there. 2 of the signs are destroyed already. They just put them back in last fall. #9's basket is in bad shape. Weld broken on the basket and chains are jacked up :(
This is bad news indeed. I was never a huge fan of the set up at Grayslake but senseless vandalism is something that I do not understand. Is there anything that we could do in order to help with this course?
Unfortunately, the only way to prevent vandalism out there is to have a cop/park ranger/school security go out on regular patrols, particularly during after school hours.
There are a lot of other activities going on in that park. Whether or not the troublemakers are there just hanging out or being dragged along to a sibling's baseball/soccer/football practice....they are at the park and they like to destroy anything they can get their hands on. :angry:
I agree with that Jason. I don't think disc golfers are destroying the signs and baskets. There are tons of unsupervised kids out there every day. They just break stuff to break stuff.
Sorry, I should have been more clear. Is there anything that we could do this year to make the park better. Set aside a morning to clean the park or possibly fix that is even an option.
The course is in pretty good shape. The 2 signs and basket will need to be fixed by the park district. I wouldn't be surprised if they don't replace the signs.
Good deal. I will have to get a round in once it stops raining.
Grayslake was surprisingly dry. The only mud was around the tee for #3.
Good to hear. I wish that I would have went over for a round yesterday. I will try to give it a play this week for sure. Thank you for the update!
Saw a pic that my friend posted on Facebook this morning, it would appear Hole 9's basket has been broke. The basket was lying on the ground. He rigged it up by putting a stick under it to hold it but it looks like it will need a new bolt?
jerks.
The basket on hole 9 has been replaced. Nice new discatcher.
Woo Hoo!! Thanks for the update!