Oswego

[Dan Michler]

This is a 9 holer on some very good land.  There is alot of schule out there and alot of trees and rocks and other obstacles.

Its too bad this course used just about NONE of these obstacles and decides to have most of the holes be in the 200 foot range.  A very bad usage of some good land.  There are maybe 3 decent holes in this 9 hole ridiculousness.  Not worth the trip and probably never gets much play.

[CEValkyrie]

I would have to agree with Dan. This could be a really sweet course. The land is graet & the alternate tees looked like they would add more challenge to the course but I have no idea why they would need alternate tees with all that great land.  

[distantdg]

They are working on making this course a 18 hole but it is slowly coming along...

[Mukey]

Checked out the website listed on PDGA.com and they've got the layout set for the 18. Hopefully it'll get in the ground before winter. That'd be 2 18 holers in the Western 'burbs. Sweet!

FINALLY a 9-hole in IL is getting upgraded!

[distantdg]

the fairways have been mowed for the baskets, and a guy that works with the park district says they have the baskets. It was supposed to be done in the spring, but well see what happens.

[Abelardo Arenas]

This will be an 18 hole course in a couple weeks.

This afternoon we marked the final positions for the sleeves & signs. Those will be in this week. The baskets will be put in soon after. The remaining 9 holes are in the woods. The deer back there will let you get pretty close if you don't move toward them too fast.

[Mukey]

Messaged Adam Luxich about the upgrade to 18, and here's what he had to say:

Ok So the sleeves are actually in the ground now, and they said baskets should be going in about on Weds. depending on when the cement dries. im going out there now to check on things. This is great news

I cant' wait to play it!!

[Abelardo Arenas]

All 18 baskets are in. 

For now, the 9 original baskets stay in the positions they are currently in. So the back 9 have basket numbers 10 thru 18. The park district still has some ecological work to do in the woods. So in the spring, when they are done with that, the baskets will then get moved to their permanent (numbered) postions.

If you want to play the course as it's designed, play 1 thru 3, then go to the teepad to your right, that shoots into the woods. (Marked as 10). 10 thru 14 are in the woods. Then it comes out to the original 4.

4,5,6 are played, and then it goes down into the woods again for baskets 15, 16, 17. After 17, you go back out to 7. You play 8. And then you play the final basket in the woods (marked 18). It's on the other side of the walkway. To the right of the teepad for 9. And from there you go to teepad #9 to finish off the course.

There are deer back there. Today there was a large deer with antlers in one of the fairways. And a couple hours later a few deer were standing in front of our shot on basket 18. You can shoot over them. They are pretty used to players by now. I have video of some friends shooting over them and around them...they don't always get out of the way.

[Classic_ROCer]

I have video of some friends shooting over them and around them...they don't always get out of the way.

Probably because they don't have anywhere else to go!  Oswego is nearly all residentially and commercially zoned by now.  It's changed so much in the past six years. 

Can't wait to check it out!

[Mukey]

I played the new holes last Saturday before dusk. Nice layout, not a lot of walk in between holes. My bro & I parked down by the river & walked up the steep hill & started on #17. We only played 1-3 of the orig. course.

#17 is a blind-ish hyer shot

#4's tee is slightly elevated and the pin is very well protected. Like I told Adam L., I'd love to see the drive or putt that deuces that one

#5 is a slight hyer

#6 playes longer than the length, straight shot through a tight fairway with the pin tucked left behind some trees. Nice hole.

#7 is pretty much up the gut, although the Hyzer route is there, which is what I played, don't know how I got through the trees though.

#8 is a blind shot

#12 is a downhill anhyzer or forehand shot

#13 is tough to get close to the pin without a decent first shot, good protection again

#14 Requires a nice "S" shot to get close

Nice work there guys! I would suggest everyone check it out before Frosty makes a visit

P.S. I used the map from the website that has the correct hole numbering

[distantdg]

Yes, the new holes actually make oswego worth playing. Theres a nice contrast with open and tight holes with very protected pins. New maps are available at the bullentin near hole 1. Pro tees are still undecided but will add a great challenge to achieve par.

[Abelardo Arenas]

A second entrance to Eagle Ridge is along the Fox River at Violet Patch Park. It is becoming a more popular parking area, now that you can see the course from Route 25.

The entrance sign for Eagle Ridge is on one side of Route 25. Violet Patch Park is directly on the other side of the street. You can use the new walking bridge as a landmark, as you are driving down Route 25. When you see the bridge going over the Fox River, pull into that parking area.

Maps of the course are available for you on the board next to the 1st teepad.

[Abelardo Arenas]

  The new #4 fairway is unintentionally lit at night. A few months ago, a new building was built along the #4 fairway. 3 security lights, light up the the south side of their lot. But the lot is only 90 feet or so from the fairway (and parallel to it, as well). There is nothing to block the light from the course except a few scattered, smaller trees.

We played in that area for an hour in the dark without a flashlight. If you want to stay in the completely lit area, it's 270' from the teepad to the big oak tree. If you start from the sign behind the teebox, that distance is over 300'. Although, the basket itself is illuminated (at 345'), the trees in that final 75' area, cause some darkness. So that part is 50/50.

But if you have a basket, or just want to shoot to the large oak tree, it's all lit. It's like playing at dusk. So if you have bad eyes, forget about it.

We actually ended up playing Horse on basket #3 too. The light fans out pretty well back there.

[Abelardo Arenas]

Today, the Oswegoland Park District laid down a ton of mulch to help fix any water problems associated with the new holes.

On the #4 fairway, they basically made a continuous 200-feet long, 7-feet wide causeway of mulch, several inches high. There was so much of it, I could smell the stuff half way down the #3 fairway, in the cold.

They did the same thing on #8; with a 100-feet long, 7-feet wide continuous path of mulch. Again, several inches high. And they did the paths from 7 to 8, and the long path from 8 to 9 (which is close to 200 feet long, by itself).  Even with everyone walking on it and bringing it down to it's final level, your feet won't be getting wet back there for a long time.  

[Abelardo Arenas]

Update: Even more mulch was laid down today, in new areas. And they also brought out the heavy artillery, and took down a few trees. 

Not bad for a course which isn't used for tournaments, and, 2 months ago, was a 9-hole course. Park Districts normally don't do anything to a disc golf course during the winter...except pull them out.

[Abelardo Arenas]

The concrete teepads are going in this month. That's for the new holes as well as the old. All 18 will be done by April 30th.

[CEValkyrie]

The concrete teepads are going in this month. That's for the new holes as well as the old. All 18 will be done by April 30th.

Nice!

[ChiBlender36]

went here for the first time yesterday....liked the course very much (from what I played) there were no maps from what i saw and half the tees had a duct tape with hole # on them, very confusing, after hole about 8 or so, i couldn't find any tees except 17, 18, then finally found some other hole, played a couple back in the woods then just decided to leave b/c couldn't really find my way around and girlfriend was gettin frustrated, hopefully next time i go this wiill be fixed, loved the holes though

[J.R.]

I should probably let one of the people down there who actually works on the coruse respond, but I know that they added another 9 holes, so there is the new numbering and they have kept the old numbering also so they can close the wooded nine while they need to work on it.  With 2 numbering systems it is confusing, but my understanding is that they will change it to the new numbering only once everthing is complete.

[can't putt]

There is blue tape on each basket pointing in the direction of the next tee under the new numbering scheme.  I think there is a note stating that on the bulletin board at tee 1.  The big thing is to go directly north from basket 3 to tee 4.  From there follow the wood chip paths.