Madison Meadows<--- Lombard

[DiscinFlight]

 I like Madison Meadows... A big park with 18 holes plus a extra basket near the west parking lot near Madison st. In that corner, great for practiceing. Lots of people playing during the week but plenty of room for everyone.

   I am DiscinFlight
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[goalkeeper19]

I've been doing some tinkering with the Lombard layout in the spirit of the USDGC.

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&gl=us&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=111157256043944682913.0004727366c3b7206d86c

I call it Lombard Gold, 9800', par 67.  Lots of par 4's and two par 5's, with several mandos and OB lines.

anyone interested in having a small saturday or sunday league/tourney event?  super informal, maybe 3-5 bucks per person, winner takes all. 

i've played it a few times, shooting in the mid-to-upper 60's once and in the mid-to-upper 70's once.

i'd like some criticism on the course design, if anyone sees any better options or hole layouts.  i tried to keep a good lefty-righty balance.

[pickax]

There are all sorts of things you can do to make Madison Meadows interesting. At one point I worked out a reverse route course.
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=109692845228533224709.00000112b008ea32f89a0&ll=41.872629,-88.002033&spn=0.00572,0.01045&t=h&z=17

[CEValkyrie]

Course closed Sunday.

Classic!

[CEValkyrie]

I wish I had a picture of the "Rogue Disc Golfers" sign.

[pickax]

Cross posting from foxvalleymetrodiscgolf club. I don't have any first hand info:

http://foxvalleymetrodiscgolfclub.com/forum/index.php?topic=2058.msg16775#msg16775:
User: Risk
Park District Pulls Baskets at Madison Meadows!
My buddy just told me that the Lombard Park District pulled all the baskets at Madison Meadows because a causal player hit a bystander in the head with a disc.  What really sucks is that this one guy ruined it for all the courteous golfers that play that course.

[ChiBlender36]

Yes unfortunately this is the case....They are re-evaluating the situation basically b/c 2 people were hit with discs suffering injuries.  I talked with the head of the park district and what not.  They are deciding whether or not to completely remove both Lombard courses...which would be a total shame and I would hate to see it.  The PD is working with the guy who runs league at Lombard.  I play the course 4 - 5 times a week based on the proximity to my house.  I have been talking to players at the course whenever I'm there about respecting the PD's rules and what not and about picking up trash and especially watching out for other park users!

Hopefully it will be resolved and one bad apple won't ruin it for the rest of us who play the game responsibly.

[Bruce Brakel]

One bad apple ruined it for all of us there a couple of years ago.   

I would not blame the thrower.  Blame the idiot who thought a bike path meandering through a disc golf course was a smart idea.

[pickax]

It wouldn't surprise me if it was a football parent. I do recall a couple of times playing league there were the parents were all lined up on the side of the fairway watching them practice. We advised a couple to move as they were in the fairway. The response was more or less that they didn't care if they got hit. My guess is that they get hit too many times playing football as kids.