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[Fox Metro Discer]

THE BASKET NUMBERS HAVE BEEN MOVED TO THEIR PERMANANT LOCATION, SO HOLE 4 IS NOW ACTUALLY NUMBERED 4 NOT 10 AS IT WAS A FEW WEEKS AGO. AS ABOVE, THERE IS A SMALL BLUE RING ON THE BASKETS POINTING YOU IN THE DIRECTION OF THE NEXT TEE PAD.

[Abelardo Arenas]

there were no maps from what i saw and half the tees had a duct tape with hole # on them, very confusing, after hole about 8 or so, i couldn't find any tees except 17, 18, then finally found some other hole,

You are right. It can be confusing. I'll have some maps in the box tomorrow. Sorry about that.

Like the other post mentions, the baskets are all in the right place. The sign posts/plates just have to be moved. (Those posts/plates are numbered 1 thru 9 in the front. And 10 thru 18 in the woods.)

I think I might make some wooden arrow signs, pointing to the next tee. All this year, I've noticed players getting lost on this course... even when there are maps in the box, and the message on the board about the blue tape. We're just not presenting the information the right way somehow. If you have any suggestions.

[J.R.]

Lest anyone get the wrong message, it's a really nice course.  IMO one of the best in the Chicago land area.  The locals take great care of it and it is well worth a trip, confusing or not.  And that part will be worked out over time.

[Disconnected]

The new tee signs are at the print shop and should be ready for installation next weekend (if I get the frames done by then . And yes, it would help to have some sort of "next tee" signs for where it's not obvious. Any thoughts? One course (don't remember where) used a landscape block buried flush with the ground, with an arrow etched into the top. In the meantime, look for the blue tape on the top outer ring of the chain assembly - it points the way to the next tee.

JT

[Mukey]

Several courses have the blocks, you just have to make sure they're visible.

Channahon has one part of the basket painted to direct you. One of the "nubs" by the rim & the bar stock that makes it up is painted red from nub, down to the bend, and into the pin. Nothing else is painted. It's subtle, yet unavoidable to notice when you're getting your disc out of the basket.

[can't putt]

McNaughton also has painted baskets.  They are color coded to point at both the yellow and blue tees.  The bricks in the ground work well also, or in addition to.

[Abelardo Arenas]

And yes, it would help to have some sort of "next tee" signs for where it's not obvious. Any thoughts? One course (don't remember where) used a landscape block buried flush with the ground, with an arrow etched into the top.
JT

Hey John,

The blocks are a better solution than the wooden arrows. Maybe in front of baskets 3, 4, 6, 14, & 16. Before the woodchips.

Or maybe putting a map inside the glass on the board at #4.

I put some maps in the box tonight. I was thinking afterwards that maybe putting them at the #4 board might be better. In one of those real estate tubes or something. Because, like Kurt mentioned, between 3 and 4 is where some people seem to be getting lost.

[stpitner]

I don't know what type of baskets you have, but if they are similar to the DGA baskets that Oakbrook has with the number that sticks out of the top of the basket - they have written in sharpie on the back of the number the direction to the next tee.

[can't putt]

I finally hit that gap. 

[Abelardo Arenas]

The new signs are installed for all 18 holes.

The teebox for 9 has been redirected from a backhand hyzer, to a straight shot. (The large bush was taken out, and the box moved over).

And the clearing around 5 has turned that into a fun skipshot hole. Even if you miss your line, you can still be saved, and skip toward the basket for a deuce.

The course looks really good.

[Abelardo Arenas]

The wooden sign board at #4 and the bench at #10, were burnt down. The broken glass from the board was left on the ground, along with the charred remains. Police tape is around the metal part of the bench.

If anyone sees anything odd happening while you are at this course (any vandalism), if you could let one of us know about it. 

[Jon Brakel]

The wooden sign board at #4 and the bench at #10, were burnt down. The broken glass from the board was left on the ground, along with the charred remains. Police tape is around the metal part of the bench.

If anyone sees anything odd happening while you are at this course (any vandalism), if you could let one of us know about it. 

Just call 911.

[Abelardo Arenas]

The new bench is already in (and the sign board area is all cleaned up). Now that's fast service.

[Abelardo Arenas]

The Park District took the concrete teepads off the table for now, but Randy Sr talked to them about getting just the wooded holes done. It still might not happen, but they said if we, as a club, came up with $2,000 (more than 50% of the cost) it would go back to the Park District for consideration.

So (with one added today) we now have 5 club members each putting in $400 a person, and several other members donating $100 a person. So, all together we have over $2,000 (after today, closer to over $2,500).

Now it needs to go back to the Park District, and we'll see what happens from there.

[Mukey]

That's great news!

Also, you're a fundraising madman! Between this & all the sponsorships for the tourney, I gotta give you a pat on the back. Good job!

[Abelardo Arenas]

That's great news!

Also, you're a fundraising madman! Between this & all the sponsorships for the tourney, I gotta give you a pat on the back. Good job!

That's Randy Sr (the new president) that deserves the bulk of the credit. I'll pass along the compliment.

And if you go to Eagle Ridge and see some course improvements, like the red mulch and rocks around a tree, or directional blocks in the ground, etc. That's all Sr. too. He's great.

40 CTPs so far. Should be a good time.

 

[atowndoug]

I just wanted to bring this thread back up again to say that this course is friggin beautiful now!  Kudos to everyone involved in making this course what it is today.  And to think just a few years ago Eagle Ridge was just some little boring 9 holer.  The new wooded holes, the landscaping, the signs, basket placements, everything about this course now makes it one of my favorites in the whole Chicagoland area.  I also love all of the work that was done in clearing out much of the brush and overgrowth around a lot of the holes, mainly 17, 4, 5, and 12.  Simply put, this course is incredible.  My only complaint:  What happenned to the picnic table that was between 11 and 12?

[Abelardo Arenas]

The kids started writing their graffiti on it, and it was removed.

[Paul Bunyan Jr.]

Eagle Ridge is getting ready for another face lift!  The course is already very beautiful & now we as a club are getting ready to put in concrete tee pads.  The club has raised over $3,000.00 to make this improvement.  FVMDGC (home courses:  Eagle Ridge & Jericho Lake) has 120 members that play Leauges every Monday night & Bag tag challenges every Sunday at 9 am & 1 pm.  The bag tag challenges usually have 15 to 25 players (each round) looking for a gold tag (1-20), (21-140 are silver).

Christie Schepp
FVMDGC Treasurer

[tacimala]

That's awesome news and will greatly improve the overall course! I'm not sure why I haven't joined the Fox Valley club yet, but will do so at my next opportunity.