Lippold Park<--Crystal Lake

[CEValkyrie]

I thought this was an all right course. Fairly wide open but a few tricky tree shots. There are a lot of dueces sitting out there!!

[CEValkyrie]

http://www.pdga.com/courses_by_city.php?id=200

Hope this helps.

[jason]

They seemed to do the best with what they had to work with out at this course.  It favors righties, but has several tight shots that need an accurate arm to reach.  There are plenty of deuces available if you can hit some putts.

[CEValkyrie]

After playing Lippold Park about 3 weeks ago I e-mailed the park district to find out if they were going to be fixing the tees. I got a response today saying they were going to be installing limestone tee pads & putting limestone around each basket. The current tee pads are similar to the old ones at Round Lake. Some tees have 3 or 4 dirt tee areas to throw from.  

[myndcraft]

love that course... good mix of stuff

[tree]

Some tees have 3 or 4 dirt tee areas to throw from

myndcraft Posted on Nov 14 2003, 11:32 AM
  love that course... good mix of stuff 

I guess if you have 3-4 tees per hole, that would make a good mix.  

[mirth]

Of stuff even!

[michael]

hi i live in crystal lake and i think this is a good course. holes 11- 14 are fairly tricky in the trees. those are pretty much the more difficult holes on the course

[jim]

welcome, michael!
how long have you played dg?

[D]

Would anyone happen to know what time their league takes place at?

[CEValkyrie]

Don't think they run them during the winter monthes. 6pm on Mondays.  

[airspuds]

enjoyed played here last safari

i usually play this course in march

i want to play it in warmer weather

[CEValkyrie]

I played 18 here today. The park district has been working very hard on the course. Every wooded hole has wood chips on the tees, fairways, & under baskets. Every open hole has limestone for tees & under baskets. Very cool!

[airspuds]

the tees were brutal in dec

glad to hear they are better

[CEValkyrie]

They do have leagues here in the winter. I think it is an approximate start time of 2:00PM. Fairfield Leagues start @ 11:00AM on Saturdays. Once they are completed, players drive to Lippold & start leagues there.

[CEValkyrie]

Jon & I took some pictures and measured the holes @ Lippold. I was bummed to see that #4 is now a short 100ft hole. They moved #6 too. Lots of water & one of the big trees by #5 fell down.  

[Eddie311]

ya i saw that on thusday kinda sucks.. there was so much water we couldn't play all the holes.. i talked to the park guy he said that they had to more #4 like that or pull the course i guess its not that bad.. lots of aces on that hole  

[CEValkyrie]

The big ole trees to the right of #5 are gone. The park district has planted a bunch of trees to the right to replace them but they are still small. That hole looks very different.  

[Jon Brakel]

By the way, if you are reading this thread about all the water, don't panic! Those posts are from last year.    

[Guest_Kyle]

I live in CL and nobody plays #4 from the pad go back aways thats where we play it from.