Fairfield Park

[Arok]

nice one dude..... finally someone trimmed it

[StrikerME02]

I got fed up with the tall grass on 14A (I couldn't even throw a putter on it anymore cause I'm not tall enough to clear the grass) so I went out and bought a machete today and went to town on that hole. It's now a nice clear straight shot again.

Lol. It would have been interesting to see that.

[destroyer]

any news on updates or additions on fairfield park for 2010

[CEValkyrie]

any news on updates or additions on fairfield park for 2010

I have not been in contact with the park district this winter. They said they would let me know when the forest preserve was ready to start constructing the path. It's still in the works but when it starts i'm not sure.

[CEValkyrie]

I had some bad luck today. I'll be on the DL with a back injury.

The good news is I just checked my e-mail. Fairfield will be getting a total renovation this summer. The parking lot is going to be paved and the forest preserve trail is going to be installed thru the park. There will be a bridge across the swamp and creek. There will be a total redesign of the course with the use of the woods across the creek. Long and short concrete tees.  The old bulletin board will be replaced with a new one. The current baskets will be used as the short pin placements. Blue Mach 5's with number plates will be installed for the long placements. That's right! 2 pins in at all times. Tee signs will be installed at both sets of tees. There will be a bench installed on every hole. Wow! The plan is to have all work completed by October 1st.

[jasonc]

I had some bad luck today. I'll be on the DL with a back injury.

The good news is I just checked my e-mail. Fairfield will be getting a total renovation this summer. The parking lot is going to be paved and the forest preserve trail is going to be installed thru the park. There will be a bridge across the swamp and creek. There will be a total redesign of the course with the use of the woods across the creek. Long and short concrete tees.  The old bulletin board will be replaced with a new one. The current baskets will be used as the short pin placements. Blue Mach 5's with number plates will be installed for the long placements. That's right! 2 pins in at all times. Tee signs will be installed at both sets of tees. There will be a bench installed on every hole. Wow! The plan is to have all work completed by October 1st.

It is still April Fools Day, right???   

[fathergod]

I had some bad luck today. I'll be on the DL with a back injury.

The good news is I just checked my e-mail. Fairfield will be getting a total renovation this summer. The parking lot is going to be paved and the forest preserve trail is going to be installed thru the park. There will be a bridge across the swamp and creek. There will be a total redesign of the course with the use of the woods across the creek. Long and short concrete tees.  The old bulletin board will be replaced with a new one. The current baskets will be used as the short pin placements. Blue Mach 5's with number plates will be installed for the long placements. That's right! 2 pins in at all times. Tee signs will be installed at both sets of tees. There will be a bench installed on every hole. Wow! The plan is to have all work completed by October 1st.

U didn't do something dumb like jump on a basket after you missed a putt did you?  That would most certainly beat what Climo did to his hand! lol

[CEValkyrie]

I am on the DL but the course information was a little April Fool's action. I did send out an e-mail to RLAPD to find out about the status of the path.

[jasonc]

bad timing with the nice weather right around the corner.  hope you heal quickly! 

i've been hoping for some good news on the proposed renovations out there. 

[stangoo]

sweet ideas CEValkrie. i like the way u think even though that was an aprilfools joke

[CEValkyrie]

The LCFPD is starting construction of the trail on August 16th. I am meeting with the park district in the next couple of days. Hole #1 tee is going to be shortened. #9 is being moved. Hole #8 is going to be removed.

[jasonc]

Brett,

As always, thank you for staying in touch with the local parks departments. 

Do you know if the park be completely shut down during construction or will they simply do intermittent closures while the crews are working?

[CEValkyrie]

The course will be open for play during construction.

[CEValkyrie]

Construction phase of path.

What this means for the course.
#1 will be moved shorter.
#8 (most affected) will be moved. 130 to 150ft hole playing down the small walking path. A new walking path will allow access to new #9 tee.
#9 will be moved into the grass area north of where it currently is. There will be a route to the left now.
#14 will be moved shorter and to the left.

The LCFPD will be setting up for construction next week. Actual work will begin on the 16th. The small parking lot will have a fence around it. The longer narrower parking lot will still be open for disc golfers. The path itself will have a fenced area around it which is 50ft wide from the center of the white markers. There will be several openings near 12/18 and 13/14 which will allow access to golfers who many throw in the fenced off areas or have to cross fairways to get to the next hole.

Give some thumbs up to the RLAPD. They put their foot down to several of the LCFPD options of where the path would go. They wanted to run the path down across the north side affecting 8 holes. This was the most cost effective for them and the PD said absolutely not. They also wanted to close play during construction. The  park district said absolutely not. Thank the PD when you get a chance.

Where the path crosses the swamp they will be running drainage and building a berm. This will allow a nice fairway passage on 12. The path will run thru the current tee of #9 across the creek. There will be access to the land across the creek. Construction will not be done until this winter at the earliest.

The park district has set aside some money for future improvements. The executive director took a new job and they are in the current process of hiring a new one. Hopefully it's a disc golfer!

[jasonc]

Brett,

Thanks for the update.  Is this going to have an effect on IOS #9 planned for October 16-17?

[CEValkyrie]

Brett,

Thanks for the update.  Is this going to have an effect on IOS #9 planned for October 16-17?

No, the course will be open for play.

[tree]

Thanks for the info, Brett. It's good have a good relationship with the PD.

[jasonc]

The temporary bridge on the 12/18 swamp is sweet!  The course is still playable, but it's a little messy out there.  All of the baskets are still in the ground.     

[smyith]

Man, round lake was way different. Hole 8 was so sad to see. Its deceivingly open now. #9 is so much more open and you have so much more choice for how to attack it. Who is the one re-designing the holes that are being moved?

[CEValkyrie]

Man, round lake was way different. Hole 8 was so sad to see. Its deceivingly open now. #9 is so much more open and you have so much more choice for how to attack it. Who is the one re-designing the holes that are being moved?

The re-designed holes are a temorary fix to keep the course playable without cutting unessicarily. The pd has alotted some money for course improvment in the future. Once the path is done i'll be meeting with them again.