Fairfield Park

[CEValkyrie]

Old course is being used.

[Jaseface0714]

Hello All,

been to the course recently and it looks great. From what you can see, it is very close to being complete. I have read this thread and noted that the park districk said they were "hoping that at the very latest to have this complete during the month of June if not earlier". I was just wondering if anyone knew if they were still on track for that completion date.

I would like to start going out and becoming a regular at local leagues but my motivation to play the old course is getting worse the closer we get to this change.

[CEValkyrie]

They are on pace to complete the project by Memorial Day Weekend. Let's keep our fingers crossed.

Chuck Kennedy will be in town tomorrow morning to walk the course one last time with the park district. We'll know when it's almost done because they plan to use a day or two to close the course. During those days they'll be installing tee signs and moving baskets.

[Jaseface0714]

Looks like the tee pads are finished from what i can tell.

Saw a couple mounds in the middle of old 1's fairway. are those staying there as obsticles? if so that would be pretty sweet.

There has been an extremely large amount of traffic at that park as of late and Im hoping they can switch it over quickly to not stop people from playing.

I will try to make it to leagues this week. Havent played it in a long long time.

[CEValkyrie]

The park districts goal  is to open Memorial Day Weekend. The park district wants to make the change as quickly as possible. The plan on closing the course for a few days while moving baskets and installing tee signs.

Those mounds in the middle of the fairway will be a new hole. You can see the pin placement right between them. It currently has a green cap over the anchor. On the mounds is out of bounds. They are defined by a nice black liner. There will also be some sort of structure on the front side of it making a triangle around the basket.

[CEValkyrie]

We've had a lot of players ask how they could help with the Round Lake course. Here is your chance before the course opens this weekend. The wooded fairways need to be cleared of larger debris. Debris that is dead and on the ground. Do not cut anything! Please get out there and make a difference. The massive pile behind white #14 is gone.

[Jaseface0714]

Everything seems done!

I played yesterday but had to stop after 4 due to high traffic and little sunlight. I skipped right to white #13 and finished the course. Im going back out today to play the whole thing if possible.

[CEValkyrie]

Course looks absolutely awesome! I walked with the mowers this morning to make sure they mowed the fairways wide enough.

[DiscGolfSchodt]

Can't wait to check it out. I'm going to get out and play it Wednesday early morning if anyone is down to shoot a round of gold.

[DiscGolfSchodt]

Does anyone have a link to the course map that showed the white and gold layouts? I thought it used to be in this thread, but I can't find it.

[roman]

Here you go, Tom:

https://scontent-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/t1.0-9/10152556_10152408575732390_6599763691594174136_n.jpg

[jimklem]

Played Gold yesterday. Super fun holes!

However, the course was terribly crowded and we had to wait on every hole. Our group nearly got hit twice from discs thrown by people who were throwing the same hole from a different teepad.  They could not see us and we could not see them.  The crossing or shared pads/fairways is going to be a problem.  For tourneys, flow of play can be regulated; but for casual rounds on crowded days, there might be chaos.  Heard lots of other players, both new and seasoned, complaining about this.

Other than this, the challenge of Gold was intense.  Can't wait to play White.

Thanks to Brett, Chuck Kennedy, and the RLPD for all the work that went into this monster course!

[CEValkyrie]

Even before the change Fairfield has been super crowded. I don't anticipate it being this crowded all year. Being brand new + the weather had everyone out there. Players from all over came to see it.

If you were playing gold I could see these conflicts.
#7 (throwing onto someone)
#16 merging back with white #12. Shouldn't bee to much of an issue since the basket and green area are visible.
#17 merging with white #16

Other than that it's just responsible golf. If you were getting thrown onto from behind I'd let the people behind have it. The front 9 is just like any other course out there. Long or short tee or long or short basket. There should be no problems with Gold 10 thru 15.  They are all separate holes. I'd be super pissed if someone threw on me on #18.

I played 5 rounds of Gold & 2 White this weekend without an issue on any hole. I communiicated clearly with players on White #7 that we were going to throw while they looked for discs. They moved over and let us play thru. We also merged on hole #16gold/#12 White. We played the hole with that group then they split to White 13 and we went to Gold 17. It worked out quite well.

[jimklem]

Yep, things should work smoothly if people communicate clearly and are not buttfaces.   

The group behind us ignored our requests to be patient and they insisted on driving while we were still putting or approaching.  The group behind them seemed to be doing the same thing to them.  It became a clusterf*ck of idiots. Also picked up lots of garbage out there.  I sure hope this behavior is limited to opening weekend craziness.  It is difficult to teach others to respect the course and the game when so many jerks are out there setting bad examples.

Can't wait to play Gold and White on less crowded days.  So very happy about the rebirth of this course!

[jasonc]

I played both courses over the weekend.  First and foremost, thank you Chuck, Brett and the RLAPD for everything again!!!  Fantastic job with the redesign!   

I did not have any problems outside of the typical chuckers besides Hole #7.  On Saturday I played White because I had my kids (2 years and 7 months) out there. When I finished 6, there was a group of chuckers still working on #5.  My tee shot on #7 hit a tree and landed in the rough on the left side of the fairway.  Since I had the 2 seater stroller, I walked the long way around (close to the fairway on #8) to avoid the steep hill.  I put the stroller in 7's fairway and started looking for my disc.  About 30 seconds into my search discs start flying in, pretty close to the stroller.  Thankfully, my kids escaped unharmed because of my long lost goalie skills. 

I was mildly upset, but didn't fell like screaming or yelling when I told the chuckers to be careful and look for other players on the holes that share fairways.  I'm pretty sure they didn't care and/or didn't know what I was talking about.

[discpro99]

What time Wednesday Tom, I don't have to work not sure if I still have your number

[DiscGolfSchodt]

Here you go, Tom:

https://scontent-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/t1.0-9/10152556_10152408575732390_6599763691594174136_n.jpg

Thanks Roman!

[DiscGolfSchodt]

What time Wednesday Tom, I don't have to work not sure if I still have your number

Yeah you got it.

[DiscGolfSchodt]

Played Squaw Creek Gold yesterday morning. It was a complete sensory overload for me. Can't talk now, going to go play it again.

[whitechocolate]

Finally played the new course this morning.  First car in the lot.   So thankful to the park district and everyone involved.  Definitely has a Minnesotan - Kaposia/Blue Ribbon vibe.  I had to play the Gold 10-14 loop twice in a row.  I could play those five holes all day. 

I picked about two bags of trash this morning and put back in one the out of bounds markers that looked like someone use as a step to get there disc out of the water.  Bud Light seems to be a popular litter item on the course currently.  Picked up more than a 12 pack of just that.  Disappointing these people probable call themselves disc golfers.

The tree on Gold 16 blocked my Red Proto F7 into the creek.  Would love it back if someone happens to find it.  Had to go to the station, I wasn't going in.  My noodle arm need that disc.  I do not believe I inked it yet.  I was testing it into the bag.  II think it's staying (well the other one anyway). 

Thanks again Chuck, Brett, and RLAPD and everyone involved.