Madison Meadows<--- Lombard

[CEValkyrie]

This course is an 18 hole course with cement tees. It is fairly wide open with protected pins. Very flat!! The wind was terrible today.  6 holes 300+ & 1 hole 400+. I liked this course as well as Lombard Commons. It is very well worth taking 1 day to play both Madison Meadows & Lombard Commons on the same day. They are 2 miles apart. There were also quite a few disc golfers @ this course. Seems like the Lombard area has a nice draw. They had an article in a local newspaper about disc golf in Lombard. Thought that was pretty cool!

[jim]

Sounds great! Do you know what night they have leagues?

[jason]

This is my favorite course.  It is flat, but has a wide variety of holes, with lots of trees to get in the way.  It has long, short, lefty and righty holes.  It also has a couple of tough alley shots which require a low straight drive, which I definitely have problems with.  There is always plenty of people here to play, but it doesn't get too crowded because the park is huge with a lot of space between holes.  I've actually been there on weekends when they have another 5-6 alternate holes set-up for a total of 23-24 holes.  There is always a guy there selling a wide variety of discs on Saturday mornings.  However, don't play this course after a rain.  It gets extremely muddy if it has rained in the last 2-3 days.

[jason]

Madison Meadows has recently been given a bit of a facelift.  They have lengthened the course a little bit by moving some teepads and baskets around.  12 or 13 holes have stayed the same with the remainder changing some.  The changes include a 600 ft hole with an impossible basket placed behind a grove of trees.  Other than this change, the rest have made the course better and even more challenging.  Overall, this is still a great course that I'd definitely recommend playing if you haven't previously.

[jason]

Their leagues are on Wednesday nights at 6:00.  However, a sign lists leagues as going through June 26, so I don't know if they continue after that or not.  I've been told that they got 37 players a couple of weeks ago at $5 apiece.  Also, the ace pool is supposedly up to about $200.

[jason]

This course has been changed once again.  They got rid of a couple of the new holes (one being the impossible #15 of 660 ft. behind a grove of trees).  They went back to some of the old holes, so the course is now a mix of the old course and the new holes.  I have also seen where they have added some pro tees in a manner similar to the extra 18 at Bevier.  The 18th basket was pulled for some reason and has not been replaced yet.  I think I was told that they pulled it for Lombard Fest over the 4th of July and have yet to put it back.  Overall, this is still a very good course, and well maintained for the most part.

[jason]

Wecome to the board.  As a beginner living in the Lombard area, you may also want to try the other course in Lombard (the Lombard Commons).  It's just down the street from Madison Meadows.  It is a 9 hole course and is shorter and easier than Madison.  Just a suggestion, but this may be a better course for you to learn on.  I know while I was learning to play last summer, I found the Commons much more to my liking simply because my scores were much better there.  There is also a White Hen Pantry just down the street (on Main St. I believe) that sells a wide variety of discs.

[alan]

Today I went and played the Meadows. It was a great experience for only my 2 time out. I am having problems with my throw and there were plenty of folks who were willing to show me the proper way of throwing. The course itself was beautiful. When we started playing (about 6:30) they had football practice all over the park. There were only a few holes that we couldn't play (15, 16, and 18). I didn't keep score but I know it wasn't great. I plan on going back on Friday and maybe Sat morning

[airspuds]

might be playing here early sunday
 

[airspuds]

confirmed

will be playing here 8 am sunday

[airspuds]

great day to play
got there by 8
got home by 1030 (wife wasnt to kean on disc in am bowling league at 100)

hole 18 still missing
no posters/info about events  

started off a little cold due to am temps
disc were cold and hard to grip
this wore off in 3 holes  (thank God)

lost a little confidence at lemon lake last week (dont ask me why it was awesome but when you struggle it still takes it toll - maybe guilt from not getting out as much as i should)

got a little back here sunday
usually my score adds up but i was steady
and with 4 birdies    and 4 bogies (1 bounce out   )

made a couple putts threw a couple good drives
ups were good found a disc  
not a bad day   spent  1.60 on tolls
and nothing else   what a great sport  

[damonshort]

hole 18 still missing
no posters/info about events  

from what I've heard there are no plans to replace #18 basket as it's been ripped off at least twice...lots of people are playing from #18 tee to #1 basket (700' ft or so). I was there Sat pm.

[JohnBrady]

The basket on 18 has been replaced with a new Discatcher -  

[Clonefan94]

They are pretty much re-doing this course. Some of the holes have a similar layout, but, only 3 have remained exactly the same. They have moved pin placements, tees, they have added a red and a blue tee (concrete tees are whites) and seem to have made the pin placements a little more tricky. They are also adding new signs. I was there on Tuesday night and they are still working on the course. I was pretty impressed by the work they have done. In general the course seemed longer to me than it did before.

[Dan Michler]

wow.  sounds like a whole new course out there.  i'll have to get down there and play it once they are done.  i heard the cement tee pads were simply taken out of the ground and layed on top of the ground in the new spot.  are they going to stay this way?

[airspuds]

let me know when it is all done

i ll take some pix

[tree]

Good to hear that the people are willing to tweak the course to make it more challenging! Playing the same old courses year after year gets too predictable. I look forward to playing the new layout

[Clonefan94]

i heard the cement tee pads were simply taken out of the ground and layed on top of the ground in the new spot.  are they going to stay this way?

This seems to be the case. Other than the concrete being old looking, they did a really nice job with it. It's hard to tell they weren't originally poured there. There are still a couple they had to do at the time I was down there. It seems to be shaping up nicely though.

[airspuds]

i will go take pix
just let me know when everything is done
not a lot of time for disc right now
but ill take the kid and have her take the picx while i play

just let me know when the course is done


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well this never got done i have not played recently due to continued ed class
sorry

[DougEDawg]

Are there am and pro tee pads, or just one tee pad per hole?