Flyer attached. Course was really flooded on Sunday when I went down to Joliet, couldn't even play there was so much water. Good thing there'll be a few weeks to dry out.
one of the best courses in northern illinois as well as a fine tournament, classic id say
Being that this is the 20th year, I'd definetly say Classic. Last Gary Lewis tournament of the year, unless he does a glow tournament this year. (fingers are crossed)
anyone know how to pre reg for this? :unsure: i went to the website but for some reason they still have reg for ill state and not channahon?
You can always send a check. Info & address for that is on the flyer. As long as you get there early you won't get turned away. Gary's tourneys are mostly day-of registration.
pre reg seems available at jolietdiscgolf.com
havent tried yet but will try later to confirm
mukey - are you going to do bag tags ?
Just finished with pre-reg everything seemed to go smoothly
mukey u got a pm
give me a ring if you wnat to meet at channahon for a round
Is Channahon excessively flooded right now? Either way I'll be there to orcify that mother next Sunday.
No, unless it changed drastically from a few weekends ago. Bug spray needed though!
Me & Mike will be out there at 9:30 am Tuesday for any other slackers that wish to join us. I'll also take course pics.
Quote from: Mukey on September 17, 2007, 08:17:59 PM
No, unless it changed drastically from a few weekends ago. Bug spray needed though!
It was bone-dry last Saturday. Nice new slightly elevated basket for #4 (although there's still a short one set up that also sez #4, I imagine they'll take that down) and new teepads for most of the longs - and maybe all the shorts, now that I think about it. Maybe they've been there awhile, I hadn't been down there all year and the course looks better than ever. Bugs were minimal but spray is still a good idea.
I finally managed to lose my Worlds black Avenger along the right side of #9. After searching for the thing on two previous throws I decided it wasn't worth the effort anymore. Don't play Channahon alone if you can't keep it in the fairway... :P
Quote from: damonshort on September 17, 2007, 08:33:24 PM
Don't play Channahon alone if you can't keep it in the fairway... :P
Best advice ever. I don't know how much time I've wasted looking for discs there.
Anyone have directions for this course? Community Park doesn't show up on Mapquest. Thanks.
Quote from: Tom McManus on September 18, 2007, 04:49:49 AM
Anyone have directions for this course? Community Park doesn't show up on Mapquest. Thanks.
Exit 248 off I-55 (Rt 6, Joliet/Morris; you'll see the elegant "Manor Motel" on the left.) Turn left across the overpass, then left at the frontage road. go about half a mile and turn right at McClintock. Park will show up in a mile or so. There are two entrances, I always take the 2nd one.
These are just off the top of my head, someone else may have better details.
It'll show up on Google, but the directions take you through town. Same result though.
(Community Park, 23200 W McClintock Rd, Channahon, Will, Illinois, United States)
no problem pre - reg 'g
leaving now
Quote from: Tom McManus on September 18, 2007, 04:49:49 AM
Anyone have directions for this course? Community Park doesn't show up on Mapquest. Thanks.
Community Park (http://www.amctrl.com/cgi-bin/DiscGolfPage.cgi?id=13)
Just zoom in for street names. You may need to re-center by double clicking right under the basket.
Does the 'long tee' on #6 actually get played from on Sunday? I managed to find one red brick for it and I'd never played it before. It's an interesting angle though.
If I'm counting correctly, then yea we played hole 6 from the "longs" last year. It's about 5 feet further but about 15 feet right correct?
wooo hooo channahon one of the most looked foward to tourneys of the year.. Cant wait 3 more days. I hope gary changes one of the rounds on am day to long tees to add some competition.. know what i mean... league is tomorrow at 5:30 if any one is interested.. see yall there..
Quote from: tacimala on September 18, 2007, 05:10:43 PM
If I'm counting correctly, then yea we played hole 6 from the "longs" last year. It's about 5 feet further but about 15 feet right correct?
yup. that one doesn't have a teepad; the other longs that don't are 9 and 12, if I'm counting correctly. I think all the other ones do. (not all holes have long tees, of course.)
course was dry
bugs were out - bring bug spray
red 6 is indeed where damon thinks it is
mukey and i shot casual round
and then i backed in to taking tag 97 from him while he got 99 on the second round
battle of the INT titans (lol)
should be fun on SAT
mukey thx for the round let us know when teh pics are up
anybody playing on sunday, im excited to play, nother weekend nother tournament, but this year i hope to play a lot better than in last years event
I'm heading down there, we'll see how it goes after not touching a disc since Labor Day
Already with the excuses!
Quote from: taylorsuxatdisc on September 20, 2007, 12:04:47 PM
Already with the excuses!
Alright Mirth, tell us who the coward is! >:D
6 birds and 3 bogies today
now i have set the bar for the 865 rated golfers or at least myself
Oh, I already do know.
Tell me, tell me!
Bwahaha.
See you Sunday, Taylor.
I'd put money on it that it's Dana V.
I had a feeling haha. The EMDG has spoken! See you Sunday as well Jeremiah?
You know it, Taylor!
Can't miss a tourney at one of my home courses!
Wow Jeremy, you're a regular Nancy Drew
Was great weather and a lot of players at 92! Didn't shoot great but got the 50/50 CTP for $46, so I'm happy ;D
Good luck to everyone playing today, looks to be more great wehather. Bug spray is required though, especially when trying to wait for someone to putt, keeping still and getting more bites kinda sucks.
pdga says 93 players
played with frank grimes the first round
had to thank frank when my disc went into previously unweeded out areas a couple times
missed lots of putts both rounds
struggled second round until last 4 holes which i birdied to tie mukey for our bag tag challange
all in all a good day
I was really looking forward to playing today (Sunday) but my back had other ideas. >:( Hope everybody else had a good day.
Man today was rough for 50/50's! I had 4 park jobs all within 5 feet and didn't win any of em!
Course was set up nicely and Frank always does a great job. Truly a great guy.
Great, I get the scores entered and doubled checked and the servers are down. Sheesh!
What a day. 2nd round was almost exacty 3 hours.
As soon as I get my head screwed back right, I'll be back on Sundays.
PDGA is back up. Thanks for getting them up so quickly (or trying to at least)!
It was my first time at Community Park. Can't thank Frank enough. :headbang: The course looked great and I can't wait to get back. Hope to see every one again soon...Jeff B. #12990
Congrats to Brett for the 1041 rated round.
Thanks to Frank for all the work. This course is getting more challenging every year. I think this course works your game more than Mokena.
Channy has gotten alot tougher and is one of the most fun courses in the chicagoland area by far. It plays even tougher when your putting makes you look like a retard trying to hump a door knob.
Frank has done a tremendous job out at Channahon. This is my 4th year at the event & the changes are drastic. Long & short cement tees. Many new trees that are blocking off easy spike hyzer routes. The elevated basket has changed hole #4 completely. Flowers and plants all over. This is Chicagolands best course right now.
The vast majority of cash paid for those trees, timbers, etc., comes from Frank's wallet. The vast majority of sweat shed in planting the trees (and flowers, native plants, water lillies, etc.) , building the berms, installing the tees, building the benches, and on and on comes from Frank's brow.
Oh, and tears shed because of vandalism -- those are Frank's too.
Kurt, apparently you'll need to change your board handle. ;)
Great job! Sorry I missed it.
... and so much for your theory on 2nd-day letdowns! :D
Thanks, Damon. Great weather, great people, great time. Take care of that back, we missed you out there.
Earlier this week I ran my numbers for the past year and found my second day ratings are, on average, 10 points higher. So yeah, that theory pretty much blows.
It was nice to take home one of Gary's unique trophies. It'll make a good addition to my collection. Oh, wait ...
Kurt, Congrats on your first win. You played solid golf all weekend long. Looks like you have the points series all but wrapped up.
Who needs age protected divisions. Nice shooting Kurt!
Thanks, guys.
"Points series"? ???
We also need to thnk the guys that go down to joliet and play the weekday leagues. One of the 50/50 CTPs every week go to Gary Lewis at the end of the season party and that gets handed out to Frank for the course improvements as well. So thanks Joliet disc golfers and Frank too!
Quote from: Fox Metro Discer on September 26, 2007, 07:38:22 PM
We also need to thnk the guys that go down to joliet and play the weekday leagues. One of the 50/50 CTPs every week go to Gary Lewis at the end of the season party and that gets handed out to Frank for the course improvements as well. So thanks Joliet disc golfers and Frank too!
Thanks for that info. I have not gotten in 1 50/50 at any of Gary's tournaments since I did not know where the $ was going.