Fairfield Park

[Clonan]

This is pretty awesome news!

[jasonc]

I met with Chuck last night. Give a big thanks to Chuck. He's been out there helping Chuck several times. He's marked the trees that need to be cleared. He'lll be out there again today to finalize the layout.

The park district is startng work next week. The have rented a brush hog for the week.

The course is planned in stages. Stage 1 included getting the baskets moved to the 18 hole layout. The tees will remain natural. Phase 2 plan is to get the 2nd set of baskets. Phase 3 will include installatoin of cement tees. Final adjustments will be made if need be.

Once it's all said and done there will be the Squaw Creek Championship 18. There will be 6 bonus holes with some of them being in wet areas. They might not be playable year round.

Glad to hear the project is moving in the right direction.   

I understand Chuck Kennedy has been involved here, but who is the other Chuck that has been helping out? 

I am also available to help out with grunt work if needed. 

[countchunkula]

We can probably get together as a club and make some temporary signs like we do for tournaments - if the park district is okay with that.

I work in a print shop and can probably help out with this.  Laminated 90# paper stapled to a large paint stirrer should work in the short term.  Let me know.

[CEValkyrie]

Sorry about that post Jason. I was in a hurry and muti tasking during the game. Matt Cook has been helping Chuck out.


Those temporary tee signs would be awesome and will be needed. As time comes I'll hit you up on that.

[jasonc]

Thanks for the clarification. 

Let me know if I can help out in any way. 

[CEValkyrie]

I talked to Chuck last night. He walked the course with the park district Wednesday. They are going to start removing ground waste on the wooded hole fairways to clear way for the brush hog. They are rentng the brush hog but it may take weeks to get it. True clearing of the fairways should be taking place in the next couple of monthes.

There are 2 things that Imay be needed.

1. BASKETS-- The park district has a budget planned to get this course completed over the next couple of years. The budget includes design/clearing, baskets, tee pads, landscaping, & tee signs. There may be a small pavillion in the future as well. To get all baskets in sooner Chuck had a really good idea. The club would purchase the baskets now so they would be in the ground. This would allow the course to be fullly playable to the gold and white positions, bonus holes, and practice basket. This gives time before concrete is poured. The course could be slightly altered if need be. This would be an interest free loan to the park district that would be paid back. The club has a pretty good surplus right now and could pay for quite a few baskets. I'd need help raisng the funds for the rest of the baskets. All money raised would be paid back to those donating. If this deal is done I'm personally giving enough money for 1 basket.

2. SIGNAGE-- When the baskets are moved to the new pin positions it's going to be very diffcult to navigate. The tee pads are going to be natural at first.  If anyone has the skill to make detailed hole maps we need volunteers. I'd love to get temporary tee signs for every tee pad and next tee signs to every hole.

[CEValkyrie]

Tasty!

[ChrisE]

That looks incredible!  Great job, I cant wait to try it out!

[Jon Brakel]

Looks nice! I was trying to play it in my head and I was curios about white 16/gold 17. Do you think some RH-BH players might hyzer out into the tee area for 17/18? I'm thinking that's an uphill shot from 16/17 tee. More likely to see a hyzer out when throwing uphill. 17/18 tee might be farther away than I think or some other terrain or design has mitigated the probability but I was curious.

[roman]

It would have to be quite a shank, but it's possible. The tee for 17/18 is only about 150-200 feet out but almost straight up and left. You'd have to really sky a disc out or slip it way early to get that much movement to the left when going uphill.

[Jon Brakel]

It would have to be quite a shank, but it's possible. The tee for 17/18 is only about 150-200 feet out but almost straight up and left. You'd have to really sky a disc out or slip it way early to get that much movement to the left when going uphill.

200 feet of separation seems like it would be enough.

[Bruce Brakel]

Looks like there's a nice 22 hole tournament course there too. 

[CEValkyrie]

I don't think there will be a conflict with 16/17 and 17/18 tee. There is a pretty large buffer area.

Bruce--That is the great thing about this layout. There are going to be a ton of options to play. There is a 9 hole loop, 12 hole loop, white, gold, mix. There is a monster layout which could play 24 holes when dry. There are plans for 2 more holes playng down in the Old #7 area. Those are going to be 2 more bonus holes that may be wet/muddy during portions of the year. It may take another year to get those in the ground. They are not in the phase 1 plans.

[Jon Brakel]

Thanks Brett, I was just having problems figuring out how big the buffer area was.

The layout looks fantastic!

[roman]

I hope they included plans to pull some of the flood-prone holes for erosion control during the spring. Would be nice to seed some grass and have it actually remain grass without being trampled up in the spring. Maybe instead of pulling the pins we can set up some logs or temporary bridges for walking areas to keep people from going through mud.

[cjordan]

SO I HAVE BEEN OUT TO THE COURSE TWICE IN THE LAST WEEK AND I AM SHOCKED  AT HOW MUCH THE PARK DISTRICT HAS DONE TO CLEAR THE NEW COURSE. THE PROGRESS LOOKS REAL GOOD ALMOST ALL THE HOLES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CREEK ARE CLEARED OUT AND THEY HAVE THE MAJORITY OF THE HOLES ON THE FRONT SIDE OF THE COURSE  CLEARED TO. LOOKING FORWARD TO A SICK COURSE IN THE FUTURE!!!!!!

[Jaseface0714]

is there a rough date for when this will be finished?

I know that not all of the trees have been cleared out yet, I was just wondering.
Thanks

[jasonc]

Last I heard, expected completion date is Spring--Summer 2013. 

[mashnut]

Is that a date for total completion? (in other words, will any of the new layout be playable before then?)

[CEValkyrie]

There really isn't a date for completion. Things will get done as the RLAPD does them. It's not a surprise for me but it's still a bummer.

As usual they say they have too much work to complete the project this summer. They are supposed to rent the machine to do final clearing this fall. Baskets are supposed to be moved early spring 2013. Who knows when the tee pads will be done. I wouldn't expect that much before fall of 2013 but I wouldn't be surprised to see it move in to 2014.