Madison Meadows<--- Lombard

[stpitner]

anyone gone out to Lombard since last week's snow?  I figure it's still muddy, but is it slop muddy or just patches of mud here and there?  A couple guys were thinking about heading out there to play half of the course.

[jack]

It was very sloppy on Monday. It's playable if you aren't afraid of wet shoes and muddy discs.

[stpitner]

thanks for the report   It makes me wish that I brought another pair of shoes with me today.  ah well, I'll just clean them afterwards!

[chaos]

two of the baskets have now been moived I was out there last wensday hole 6 vis now further back and a straiter shot almost in the location where it origonally was . and hole 8 is now much further over to the right than it was and can still be easily seen from the tee.

[pickax]

With the playground, hole 8 had to move. Does anyone know if doubles starts this week?

[damonshort]

why did they move #6?

[stpitner]

wow, I played 8 on one of it's final times in the previous location!  It's a shame they had to move it.. I really liked where the pin was.  I finally got the stupid hole with an easy 3 too.

I'm guessing with hole 6 it was moved because the tree that was relatively short yet an excellent guard from the basket was marked with a big huge Red X - more than likely meaning bye-bye tree.  It was in bad shape.  If that tree was removed, it would be a really open shot at the basket (still a big bend).  However, I can make sense of the basket repositioning.

[skipache]

either spot it is still working realitively the same skill shot assuming, that the positionof the basket is far enough to the right to, make a bomb hyzer impractical, but i havent seen it yet, i am in new orleans.....this week

[jack]

I'm guessing with hole 6 it was moved because the tree that was relatively short yet an excellent guard from the basket was marked with a big huge Red X - more than likely meaning bye-bye tree.  It was in bad shape.  If that tree was removed, it would be a really open shot at the basket (still a big bend).  However, I can make sense of the basket repositioning.

Exactly. The 6 and 8 tees will be moved slightly to accomodate the new pin positions when we can get the help of the park district.

Doubles will begin at 5:30 on April 9th.

[Andrew Rivers]

Who still plays the Meadow?  I'll be back in town for a month starting late July and want to hook up with a few golfers from a few years ago...and get practiced up for pro worlds.

I know the Kamm's still get out there, how about doug?, jeremy?, jay B?, Johnny better not still be at commons  , and someone tell Knudson that he's due for another smackdown at the Meadow.

See you guys soon...

[skipache]

jason rose is out there all the time along with john knudson....bogan comes to leagues too...

[jack]

and someone tell Knudson that he's due for another smackdown at the Meadow.

Nice! You probably make fun of retarded kids, too.

[skipache]

you all can make fun of Knudson if you want to but i don't know many people who have played in the USDGC

mumble mumble grumble " disc golf's for assholes" mumble grumble... ahh it never gets old

[Andrew Rivers]

The Meadow lives!

See you guys soon and everyone knows I'm just jealous of mopey (aka Knood)  

[mheise]

Does anyone know the hole distances for Mad Meadows?

[pickax]

Look at the Google map or course routing for IOS2 (See course info thread).

[Z3Lasher]

Well, looks like the Lombard park district has decided to pick up and move tees around.  All of my favorite holes on this course now suck.  I don't know why they decided to change a perfectly good course and make it mediocre.  Hole 18 really sucks now.

[jack]

For anyone who doesn't know, 3 is longer and harder (that's what she said  ), 6 is longer (concrete tee moved to the blue tee location), 8 is longer (concrete tee moved to the blue tee location), 10 is essentially the same shot, and 18 is tougher with a low ceiling that demands an accurate drive. Also, a practice basket has been added in the location of hole 20 at the IOS events.

[whitechocolate]

I played the new tees today.  It's what Jack described.  We played 19 to the basket of Hole 20 at the IOS events which makes it longer but takes the pond out of it.  They poured concrete where the Red Tee was on 19.  We played that as 20.  It gave us a long hole and the throwing over the pond for the finish.

18 was moved about 80 feet towards the parking lot where it plays under a branch and through the small trees that have been growing in.  Still only 250ish.  I threw a tommy and a RHBH.  3'd them both.

They pulled up the existing cement teepads and move them.  They are not new pours.  You can see the dirt patches and play from the old tee if you prefer.  They also painted alot of the blue and red tees and they are easier to find. 

[stpitner]

interesting, it sounds like they are trying to take the main path out of the picture if they changed up 19 and added a 20 using the red tee.  Wish I could have 3'd old 19, never came all that close, but at least I like that water shot - it completely messes with your mind when you're standing on that tee!