rockford's anna page park

[whofarted]

hello out there!

sitting here in rockford illinois scratching my head on why i dont see more of you disc golfers not making the trip to rockford to play our course.  for those not up on things, we got a permanent 36 holes in one park.  both courses playing over 5000 feet with some very cool shots.   its my opinoin that we have the best park in the midwest; if you've played token creek of madison or lemon lake of indiana it is the same caliber of course.   the thing is noone in rockford plays it competitively except the twenty or so league players.  what id like from all of you who enjoy playing new parks is to come out and see what we got going for us.  we got skins play at 8am and doubles at 10am on sunday mornings.  bring some five dollar bills and enjoy....

[CEValkyrie]

I am one who has not made it out there. I really wish the Rockford would have a sanctioned tournament. I have to pick and choose what events I attend & only plan to play one nonsanctioned event this year. There are leagues every night of the week in this area & on Saturday & Sunday so driving that far for leagues is out of the question for me. I've heard good things about the course & will get there eventually.  

[whofarted]

first off, im glad people are showing intrest in the course.  it really is everything people make it out to be.  the thing is that we need to start getting out of town players putting the heat on our club to get something going for a sanctioned event.  when we hold a tournament we get twice as many am 2 players as advanced and open combined, which is great but its not attracting real players that are looking for a sanctioned event.  what id like to see is some out of towners come and show intrest in our course so that others in the club know that the support is out there for a real event.

[mirth]

Sanctioned events are sort of like the movie The Field of Dreams.... If you sanction it, they will come. Especially if the sanctioning is done plenty of time ahead of the event!

[Chainmeister]

well whofarted,  your club may not be getting its act together regarding a tourney. What I can say is that when I was out there I was amazed at how many people were on the course.  There seemed to be about four or five groups playing but the entire park was besieged by flying plastic by the time I left around 6pm.   You guys have a very strong after work contingent of throwers.  And, yes, the course is great.  By the way, I was playing the East, not West course.  I will try the West when I am in town on 10-12 around 1 or 2pm.  Let me know if you want to throw.  I am an extreme amatuer.  66 on last visit.

[whofarted]

chainmeister, hell yea ill throw with ya.  check your inbox for my number and just give me call when your coming to town.

yea, we get alot of rec players which is cool but id still like to see more real players coming to check it out.  i think im going to take the initaitive to become a tournament officail to get the gears in motion.   anybody know where to start?

[CEValkyrie]

chainmeister, hell yea ill throw with ya.  check your inbox for my number and just give me call when your coming to town.

yea, we get alot of rec players which is cool but id still like to see more real players coming to check it out.  i think im going to take the initaitive to become a tournament officail to get the gears in motion.   anybody know where to start?

PM me your phone #. I'll give you a call.  

[CrookedSuperSoftWizard]

I really like the rockford courses.  Ive played the old one like 3 times and the new one once.  The problem is its about an hour from my house and its tuff making that trip if thats the ONLY course around (unless Im going hardcore all day and gonna go to madison or something)

But the courses are really cool.  I really liek the new course.  I think its like the Mokena course but  ALOT better.

[whofarted]

never played the mokena.

were working on getting concrete teepads, or atleast limestone, and having another set of pin placements on both sides.  so three placements on the old course and two on the new.    

[Greg Nettles]

Hi guys, Greg Nettles of the Peoria Frisbee Club here. I visit your site occasionally to keep up. Whofarted, my sister lives in Rockford, so I am coming up there soon. To be honest, I am not crazy about the "original" course there (the layout seems strange to me, also some dangerous areas, with tees in the middle of fairways, etc.), but I would come back if the new course was really good. Is the new course a lot different from the original? I played Mokena, so if it REALLY is better than Mokena I would definitely come back. Any info is appreciated. You guys come down Peoria way, look me up. I'll join you for a round. Thanks!

[D]

Sanctioned events are sort of like the movie The Field of Dreams.... If you sanction it, they will come. Especially if the sanctioning is done plenty of time ahead of the event!

Wrong






That is exactly what it's like

[Dan Michler]

hello out there!

sitting here in rockford illinois scratching my head on why i dont see more of you disc golfers not making the trip to rockford to play our course.  for those not up on things, we got a permanent 36 holes in one park.  both courses playing over 5000 feet with some very cool shots.   its my opinoin that we have the best park in the midwest; if you've played token creek of madison or lemon lake of indiana it is the same caliber of course.   the thing is noone in rockford plays it competitively except the twenty or so league players.  what id like from all of you who enjoy playing new parks is to come out and see what we got going for us.  we got skins play at 8am and doubles at 10am on sunday mornings.  bring some five dollar bills and enjoy....

I would agree that Anna Page Park has a top notch course.  Why don't we make the trip?  Because its too freakin far!   I'll go to Lemon Lake and Madison to play PDGA tournaments.  I would love to do the same for Rockford, but as you know you have never had a sanctioned tournament.  There is no reason that you guys can't have a huge tournament there, bigger than the Homie.  Players from Madison, the Quad Cities, Chicago, and Peoria could make the trip there.  ALOT of money could be raised for your club.

[Chainmeister]

Greg Nettles

I played the new, West, course with whofarted this past week.  It is more wooded and has a lot of tighter shots.  There are a couple of open, longer, holes but there are plenty of tight ones.  The course is not as long as the original, but still tough and fun.  I disagree with you about the original course with one exception.  A couple of the tees are near fairways.  However, somebody would really have to screw up a shot to hit you on the tee.

[D]

...somebody would really have to screw up a shot to hit you on the tee.

well everyone knows that could never happen    

[Chainmeister]

Trees, yeah.  Bushes, ubetcha.  o/b, well sure.  Players on the tee... I sure hope not.    

[CEValkyrie]

I finally made the trip to Rockford on Saturday. We played both courses.

Original Course
I like the original course. It had cement tees & 2 pin positions on every hole. I liked the A/B markers on the tee signs. That is the first time i've seen that & it was very helpful in locating where the baskets were. This is a very challenging course. You must place your tee shots to take pars. There are very few easy birdie holes & lots of bogie holes. I disliked the length of the tees. They seemed short. You could not run up from behind most of them either because they stick out of the ground. There were lots of baskets you could not see from the tee. It was windy as heck out there. I'd say 25+ all day. I shot a +4 on the original missing several putts. I'd like to go back to see what I could shoot. Shooting par seems to be pretty good in my opinion. What types of scores are good out there?

New Course
I liked this course more than the original course. It has dirt tees and 1 pin positon. The baskets are awesome. I didn't know Gateway made baskets. They are similar to a chainstar. There are some tight long woodes shots on this course & a good mix. I shot a +3 on this course.

Overall, I think this is the best facility in IL. These are 2 really good courses in one location. You can play there all the time & experience every type of shot.


Last,  I could see where there are potential problems of a few baskets being near tees. It's such a big facility, I doubt there are problems. During a big tournament draw, it could cause some conflicts.  

[mirth]

I didn't know Gateway made baskets. They are similar to a chainstar.

Yes they do, and they're priced similarly to Chainstars. I can't tell if we'd be able to get any type of discount due to our relationship with them, I'd probably have to email Dave.

[whofarted]

avg scrore: old course three down to even
                new course one down to one up

brett, i really wish i could of met up with you and your buddies to play the rounds.  i really dig the enthusiasm you have for the sport.  i met up with chainmeister last week, we played both courses and shot some decent golf.  

for anyone intrested, we are having a tournament this saturday, registration from 8am to 9am.  id give you more info but i gotta piss before i run cross campus for class.  anyone intrested hit my inbox, make a post, or contact us through our website which can be found through links on the pdga website.

adios amigos,

greg

[mirth]

Hey Greg, as luck would have it we're also running a tournament this weekend...

[whofarted]

what course, what price, what the deal?