Lake County, IL

[Jon Brakel]

By your logic of playing twice around, we would only need to create one unbelievable hole somewhere to have the best course ever.  Also by your logic, my mom is Female Player of the Year since she is the nicest person I know 

clearly you lack the understanding of Brakel logic. 

what I'm saying is that it is not the number of holes that make a course good, but the number of good, unique holes that make a course good. So, playing 18 at Fairfield gives you 4 good, unique holes of disc golf. Where as playing nine holes at Adler gives you 7 good,unique holes of disc golf. Of course you wouldn't want to go out there and only play 9 holes so you play another round of 9 which adds zero to the number of unique holes. 0 + 7 = 7 at Adler. 4 = 4 at Fairfield. 7 is bigger than 4 so therefore Adler is the better course! 

[can't putt]

The Bartlett and Roselle courses are both actually in DuPage County.

[J.R.]

I do  not see any reason to vary from my comment- Scrap heap of disc golf. There is nothing remotely like the much maligned Fairfield anywhere close to the City of Chicago.  The closest, Madison Meadows is about 22 miles from downtown. It is in DuPage County.

I wasn't saying you were wrong.  I live on the north side and work in the loop.  I too deplore the lack of courses nearby.  Your comment merely got me thinking and then i had to go look for more courses to see what was and wasn't technically in Cook county.

I just drove an hour and ten minutes in rush hour traffic to get to leagues at Cuniff.    I definitely feel your pain.     

[CEValkyrie]

I've actually enjoyed the discussion. I just felt like having fun. I'm not going to debate any of my choices since every course on this list sux!

I just wish I could take the best hole or trade every one of these courses in for ONE championship style course.

It becomes harder every year to get out and play these terrible courses after taking road trips and playing great courses.

Home of the 9-holer baby! Lake County, IL

[Mukey]

I just drove an hour and ten minutes in rush hour traffic to get to leagues at Cuniff.    I definitely feel your pain.     

Ouch! Not sure what's worse there, the drive or destination! 

I just wish I could take the best hole or trade every one of these courses in for ONE championship style course.

It becomes harder every year to get out and play these terrible courses after taking road trips and playing great courses.

I hear these comments. After traveling last year a bit & playing Mokena last weekend(NOT opening debate if that's Championship or not), I always find our local courses sorely lacking. After first seeing the Joliet area courses, while not Championship, they definetly offer uniqueness, the more Northern IL courses bite. Even Lombard, while good for long throws, I find booring.

By your logic of playing twice around, we would only need to create one unbelievable hole somewhere to have the best course ever.  Also by your logic, my mom is Female Player of the Year since she is the nicest person I know 

clearly you lack the understanding of Brakel logic. 

what I'm saying is that it is not the number of holes that make a course good, but the number of good, unique holes that make a course good. So, playing 18 at Fairfield gives you 4 good, unique holes of disc golf. Where as playing nine holes at Adler gives you 7 good,unique holes of disc golf. Of course you wouldn't want to go out there and only play 9 holes so you play another round of 9 which adds zero to the number of unique holes. 0 + 7 = 7 at Adler. 4 = 4 at Fairfield. 7 is bigger than 4 so therefore Adler is the better course! 

Gotta back the Michler vs. Brakel logic on this one. I'm no big arm, but I like to be able to throw & at least be able to space out. On a 9 hole course you'll always get backups, but at least with more holes you can have more people playing. Plus, it usually seems that 9 hole courses are more likely to be in a multi-use park, while an 18 will at least have it's own area if in a park.

[tjdub42]

Best courses in Kane County rated best to worst:

#1 Jericho Lake, Aurora - barely in Kane County
#2 Campton Hills, St. Charles - short, wooded, hilly 9-holer
#3 . . . . . that's it?!?!?!?!?

[Bruce Brakel]

Oakland County, for three more weeks anyway

Kensington Toboggan - 18
Kensington Tunnel - 24
Seymore Lake - 18
Holly Woods - 7 + 2 or 7 + 11
Addison Oaks - 18
Firefighters - 18
Wagner 9
Starr Jaycee 9
Raintree 9
Baycourt 9
White Acres [private] 9, sort of. 
The Farm 9
Milford 9
Squirrel 9

Addison Oaks isn't what it used to be since the redesign.  Neither is Firefighters since they cut down the diseased trees and moved several baskets to the edge of the creek. 

[Jon Brakel]

Gotta back the Michler vs. Brakel logic on this one. I'm no big arm, but I like to be able to throw & at least be able to space out. On a 9 hole course you'll always get backups, but at least with more holes you can have more people playing. Plus, it usually seems that 9 hole courses are more likely to be in a multi-use park, while an 18 will at least have it's own area if in a park.

Have you ever played Adler? There are plenty of throwing opportunities. The holes at Adler are spaced out much better than any other course in Lake County with the exception of holes 2 and 3. It is a mulit-use park as are ALL of Lake County's courses but they do a good job of keeping the course free of other activities. Adler is no more backed up than Fairfield. I've never waited much at Adler or Fairfield since I like to play in the morning and most disc golfers like to sleep in the morning. 

But Brett is right. Arguing about the best course in Lake County is like arguing about the best smelling pile of dog poop.

[Mukey]

I've never waited much at Adler or Fairfield since I like to play in the morning and most disc golfers like to sleep in the morning. 

But Brett is right. Arguing about the best course in Lake County is like arguing about the best smelling pile of dog poop.

Both points granted, disc golfers are generally a sleep in kinda crowd and the "best" in Lake County, or even Chicagoland, is comical.

[usdemienm]

I live in Lake County so I usually only play Lake County courses.  Here is how I would rank them:

1. Round Lake Beach
2. Adler
3. Waukegan
4. Fink
5. Buffalo Grove
6. Centennial
7. Glencoe
8. Deerfield
9. Mundelein
10. Wildwood

Sorry if these names don't make as much sense to you.  This is what my friends and I call the parks.

PS. I aced hole 3 at Deerfield on Wednesday.  It was awesome.

[Mike Clark]

1.Wildwood
2.Gradlerren