Fairfield Park

[CEValkyrie]

Tried to call Kieth today. He was not in. Going to stop by his office tomorrow to see if he'll have a worker out there. I hope so.

[CEValkyrie]

Here is what the new bricks will look like.

[CEValkyrie]

All 18 Bricks!

[CEValkyrie]

I played 2 rounds today @ Fairfield. The tee pads are holding up rather well. They have gotten very hard & there are no major problems. The flags are also in the ground from the Illinois Open. I can't believe they've lasted this long.

[CEValkyrie]

They mowed all the tall grass today. I think they are going let it grow tall again but I also thought they were going to wait until october to cut it.

[jason]

This sounds like a great idea.  Since the parks department seems a little bit reluctant (and understandably so after what happened with the last group), I think it would be best to start out slow with them.  Maybe we could simply start doing little things like trash pick-up and clearing any brush that needs removed.  Once they see that we are indeed serious about improving the course and sticking with it, our initial work could turn into a stronger relationship between the two parties.

[shawn]

I have been playing for only 7 years and have seen many people get "burned out."  You can only go so far before you feel like your the only one picking up and upkeeping a course for other people to f**k it up the next day.  You guys have to relize that the greatest thing that you can do for the sport is to put a course in the ground, the hours of time and politics to boot will stop most people in their tracks.  And it is a courtesy to ask the designers for some input as they have put many hours into it and all you guys are doing is showing up for one day.  Please don't get me wrong I am glad that you guys are helping out but don't go bashing someone who has done something positive in the past.  Unless of course, they are assholes.

[shawn]

sorry....my bad.   just sick of people telling me what I need to do to make something better and it is always the same people telling me about something wrong, never lifting a hand.  These people only hurt the sport by burning me out.  I just wish more people would step up and help....ya but th at would interfer with them playing the course everyday.   Am I bitter?

[shawn]

Please ask the park district if we can get some drain tile dug in on the muddy holes to help dispurse water away.  The Dreska boys had the grounds crew dig some in last fall on #1 and 2, we will see in spring how well it is going to work.

[Myk]

mirth (08-12-2002 11:30 a.m.):

I'll try to get out there sometime this saturday or the weekend after this coming one & play a round with garbage bag in hand.

Let me know when you go out there.  If it's next weekend, I'm positive I could come out and help pick up trash/keep you company on your round.

[myndcraft]

HELL YEAH!



Seriously though I will do whatever I can. It may not always be easy(that whole living in Chicago and working evenings), but as I said I will help ou whenever I can and to the best of my ability!



So one more time with soul.... HEEEEEEELL YEAAAAAAH!

[Jon Brakel]

The rough is ROUGH, but the short grass is getting cut 3 times as often as before because they can cut so much quicker now.

[Jon Brakel]

Here's a panaramic shot I made with three pictures from the G5 and then I used the Canon stitch program to put them together. It's pretty wide because I wanted something I could use as my wallpaper. I've got it going across my screen with black above and below. I think it looks pretty cool.

[Jon Brakel]

Jim (07-29-2003 07:33 a.m.):

Nice job, Furb.

Wow, looks like the teepads have already taken a beating. Has the limestone been spread too thin?  Do we need to add more for the tourney?

Some of the tee pads need some filler before the tournament. Limestone is not cement and needs continuing care. With the amount of traffic that Round Lake gets, limestone is not the best answer, but since they don't want cement it is what we are left with. However, even the worst of the limestone tee pads is way better than the worst of the dirt/mud tee pads. The easy part is getting more stone down. As long as the parks has someone out there with the machine, they can top them off very quickly and easily.



What I'm worried about is that if only Jim, Brett and I are the only ones out there on Saturday, we won't be able to get the course in as good of shape as Brett and I had hoped. We'll be lucky if we can get all 36 stones in.

[Bruce Brakel]

Jon and I did 9 rounds in three states in four days and now I'm back at home.  I was in town briefly on Thursday to trade my kids for Jon, and again on Monday to swap back.

[D]

Was there today for the second time..



Holy SHIT WAS IT WINDY!



My first throw overshot the pin by like 60ft and 80ft to the right.. it was hilarious.



I love the rough and glad to see pin #3 is back. Keep up the good work everyone

[chaos]

I,m glad to see that someone has stepped up to the plate to maintain the course and that the negative comments made about we "Adler Scum" were apologized for. We as disc golfers are skating on thin ice with too many park districts to be divided . I helped to design and install the fairfield course and have sin ce moved to terre haute indiana where we are in the final phaze [last 5 holes] of installing concrete tee's at demming park ,and getting a course that was 9 holes and is currently 4 holes and a joke updated to 18 [rose hulman univ . Hi to all of the old alder boys dave ,phil and of course al . I am going t try and make it up there for the Illinois open but it doesn't look good . I am just comming back to the sport after a 5 year hiatus . Take care and be good!!

[Macgyver642]

I have been a disc golfer for a few weeks now, and am really getting into it. I love the sport! My home course is Willow Stream, Buffalo Grove. Every Monday morning at dawn Me and some friends go up to Fairfield for 2 runs of the course. I think it is one amazing course, but could still use some improvement. Maybe repainting the baskets, and improving the tees a little. If there is any way to help this go along, or acually help myself, let me know.  

[mirth]

Brett? This sounds like something you should answer....

[CEValkyrie]

I have been a disc golfer for a few weeks now, and am really getting into it. I love the sport! My home course is Willow Stream, Buffalo Grove. Every Monday morning at dawn Me and some friends go up to Fairfield for 2 runs of the course. I think it is one amazing course, but could still use some improvement. Maybe repainting the baskets, and improving the tees a little. If there is any way to help this go along, or acually help myself, let me know.

Macgyver642,

We have spent many hours this year to improve Fairfield. It has come a long ways in a short period of time. We plan on doing more to the course in the future.

#1 Tee Pads-> The tee pads are twice as nice now. They used to be dirt ravines. They were unsafe & unplayable at any time. After a good rainfall, they would fill & hold water for days. The park district will not install concrete tee pads. The limestone was really the only option to go.

#2 Baskets-> The baskets probably won't get painted until next year. We ran out of time & manpower this year. I do plan on getting the chain upgrades done before the winter.

We would love any help. We post all work days on our website. Also, if you want to do anything on your own, please contact me & i'll make sure the park district knows about the work being done.

Thanks for your interest!