My friends and I would like to travel to some other courses in the area. List your personal top 5 courses, within a 2 hour drive of Waukegan.
Thanks
Johnny B.
Not in order,
UW Parkside, Kenosha Wisconsin
West Park, Joliet
Lemon Lake, Cedar Lake Indiana
Can you get to Madison in two hours?
And how good is that course in Milwaukee?
Dretzka Park in Milwaukee is SWEET!
Madison is within 2 hour range, all 3 courses are pretty good.
Milwaukee has a new course in Sussex...very well designed..but a young course. Dreska is a Championship style course with multiple pads and anchors.
Manitowoc, silver creek a must play
Kenosha,Parkside... it's worth the trip.. tests most of your shots, good mix of holes.
I'm not too familiar with IL courses.
QuoteNot in order,
UW Parkside, Kenosha Wisconsin
West Park, Joliet
Lemon Lake, Cedar Lake Indiana
Can you get to Madison in two hours?
And how good is that course in Milwaukee?
Hi,
Parkside is a favorite of ours. We play it whenever we have enough time to make the trip.
Joliet...that's a possibility for a summer road trip if it's worth it.
Indiana...probably only if we went camping near there, but we'll keep it in mind.
Madison...another one more likely for summertime.
Milwaukee...I heard a few good things about the courses up there, must be a reason.
Thanks for the suggestions.
Johnny B.
QuoteDretzka Park in Milwaukee is SWEET!
Thanks for the glowing review.
We'll put it on the list of "must play's"
Johnny B.
QuoteMadison is within 2 hour range, all 3 courses are pretty good.
Milwaukee has a new course in Sussex...very well designed..but a young course. Dreska is a Championship style course with multiple pads and anchors.
Manitowoc, silver creek a must play
Kenosha,Parkside... it's worth the trip.. tests most of your shots, good mix of holes.
I'm not too familiar with IL courses.
Ok, that's another check for Madison for this spring/summer.
It looks like we'll definately be making a trip to Milwaukee sometime soon.
Manitowoc...now there's a place I haven't been in a long time. I used to shoot at an outdoor club up there. I'll add it to our list.
Parkside, yes, one of our favorites.
Thanks for replying.
Johnny B.
joliet area
play all five in one day
shorewood
channohon
west park
new lenox
lockport
8)
Round Lake is a personal Favorite
Libertyville is a nice change of pace
Parkside of course
Elver and Token Creek in Madison.
just to clarify
new lenox used to be a top notch course
but the challage would be to play
the " gary lewis "courses
My top three* would be
Adler
Fairfield
Lippold (a fun 18)
I haven't been to any Wisconsin courses but I would love to go up there and toss. And I've yet to visit the Joliet courses
Well, played Fairfield yesterday. It was chilly, but had a great time anyways. Played it twice.
I REALLY like this course, but the tee pads suck. If that's what they are stuck with, so be it, but that course would out of this world with cement pads.
My favorite holes were: 6, 7, 10, 13, 14, and 18. I got 2-5's on 18. Just don't have the arm to get a 4 there.
So, scratch that off my "to play" list. On to Milwaukee or Joiet!
Johnny B.
If you think the limestone tees suck, you should have seen it when they were muddy pits!
Its a vast improvement, trust me.
What would you suggest to make them better? Concrete is out of the question, the park district is under a delusion that some day there might be soccer fields at that park.
Thing is when most courses put down limestone they do it wrong. I'm not sure how you guys did it, but I will give you a quick lesson.
1. Dig down to clay or a hardpacked fill.
2. Make a frame out of treated 2x4's or 4x4's the size of the pad needed and set flush with the ground around the pad.
3. Road fabric must be layed down. This is much heavier then landscape fabric. Most Park districts have this stuff available. If you don't use this stuff, the stone will just go into the dirt and make a muddy stone mixture that is no good. It also, prevents potholes
3. Fill the frames with stone and tamp down with a whacker a few times as you add stone. NOTE: backfill your frames with dirt before tamping the stone.
4. Enjoy your tee pad that will last forever.
Any other way and you wasted time and material.
QuoteIf you think the limestone tees suck, you should have seen it when they were muddy pits!
Its a vast improvement, trust me.
What would you suggest to make them better? Concrete is out of the question, the park district is under a delusion that some day there might be soccer fields at that park.
Well, the only thing in between concrete pads and a limestone pit, would be to build a platform out of 2x6's, sunk into the ground a bit. Fill 1/3 of box with limestone, another 1/3 leveling sand, and top with pavers or 1ft sq stone patio slabs.
With some care in keeping a grade when laying the box, drainage should not be an issue.
As long as the R.L.P.D doesn't mind a small dump truck making small stops around the field dropping material off, it wouldn't be hard to do.
The issue would be the cost of the pavers. That's the biggest cost. That and the wood. The platforms would be easliy removable with a Bobcat and a dump truck if they ever decided to kick us out.
I'm sure I'm gonna get bashed around on this, but it's a suggestion. It's probably been hashed around in the past for all I know.
Johnny B.
QuoteThing is when most courses put down limestone they do it wrong. I'm not sure how you guys did it, but I will give you a quick lesson...
Darn, beat me to it!
We did it how we were allowed to. We made suggestions and they said this is how its going to be done. They are holding up well, but will need a bit of maintenance every year.
Jon is right. The park district said they wanted to do it their way. It was quick & easy with the bobcat. If you throw in front of the # stone, most of the tee pads really suck. I'm glad all the chuckers throw out front & stay off the level part of each pad. It keeps them level for the rest of the players. There is no wooden frame around the tee pads. The park district did not want to do it. It actually ended up working better. The old dirt tees extended nearly 20 feet on some holes. We didn't dig up all 20 feet of dirt. Limestone has covered that dirt & it is no longer muddy. Compared to the old dirt tees, these are 100% better. Some are worse than others but that was expected. Yearly maintenance will be required but the park districts bobcat will make short work of it.
Jim's Top 5:
UW Parkside, Kenosha
West Park, Joliet
Dretzka Park, Milwaukee
Vallarta-Ast (Token Creek), Madison
Bevier/RoundLake - tied for 5th
Hi I just wanted to let everyone know that a new course is scheduled to open within the next couple of weeks in Mokena, IL. It is going to be awesome. It is a 27 hole course with 54 tee boxes on a 35 acre space of wooded, rolling terrain. It is going to be unbelievable. The course is opening soon, but on May 2, 2004 there is going to be an opening celebration at the park. The park district has obtained several sponsorships so they are going to have tons of giveaways!!!! I will keep everyone posted on the official date that it opens so you can go check it out!!
Laura,
Thanks for visiting the board & sharing the great news. That's fantastic that there is going to be such a great course. I hope we can get a championship course up here in the near futrue.
does anyone have any info on mokena park ????????????????????
yes
I taled to someone Sunday about that course. He said it's a very nice course but there are a few baskets not in the ground yet.
I just emailed Gary Lewis for more info.
gary is the man !!!!!!!!!!
got a hall of fame disc with his signature
and the other guy who was elected that year also
prettty cool huh
lets see how many courses gary has put in
west park
channohon
shorewood
new lenox
plainfield
naperville
frankfort square
lockport
got to love that I 80 corridor
more than that, no?
mike, the email address I had is bad. do you hve gary's current email?
no
my opinion is
call would be better
Hey, Mokena is almost ready. Saturday all of the baskets were put in. We are just waiting for the signage and then the course will be open to the public. The parking lot will not be ready in time so an alternative entrance will be what everyone has to use. I will keep everyone updated on the opening date. It should be very soon!
A work in progress! THANKS Laura!
QuoteSaturday all of the baskets were put in.
So does this mean we don't need baskets for the Doubles-Ice Bowl Thang?[/font]
QuoteQuoteSaturday all of the baskets were put in.
So does this mean we don't need baskets for the Doubles-Ice Bowl Thang?[/font]
Different course. Laura is talking about Mokena. The doubles Ice Bowl thing is at Wildwood. We still need temp baskets for Wildwood Ice Bowl.
DO! (think Homer Simpson):wacko:
I'm a nut. Confused the courses. Forget I said anything.
O.k., so are you two both at home, carrying on a conversation on this message board, from opposite sides of you living room? because that's a humorous mental image.
I was at home, Jon was at work. :rolleyes: