South Elgin, IL

Village Center DGC - Old Layout

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TomahawK840
Experience: 1 played 1 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Pretty fun to practice on. 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jan 5, 2011 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Very wide open. No one is rarely there so you can throw as many discs as you want. Good for getting your drives down. Usually play 1-5 a couple times. Or go in reverse, kinda fun.

Cons:

Idk you have to walk under the bridge to get to 6 - 10. Its exercise not a big deal. Worst part is prob the goose crap.

Other Thoughts:

All in all not that bad of a course. On a nice sunny day, definitely worth trying out. Anytime I get to play it's worth it. I love disc golf.
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flingkaching
Experience: 43.8 years 124 played 10 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Better than expected 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Oct 10, 2010 Played the course:once

Pros:

Course in nice setting along Fox River with average challange, easy to find, has box with score cards/course map at first tee (nice touch), tees marked, flag extensions on top of several hidden baskets to help visual relation of pins, most holes are average distance, good amout of tree & brush obstructions, small creek & river water hazards in play on a few holes, park not to busy for a Sunday & only a few other discers so play wasn't slowed much. Locals are friendly.

Cons:

Mostly grass & some dirt tees (can throw on paved walking path a few feet back on a couple holes), no signs for hole layout, couple holes were a bit short, other park users at times in way.

Other Thoughts:

I had low expectations after seeing reviews before playing this course, but was in area, it's actually not a bad 9, was told some improvements have recently been made, better than expected. I met and played with someone who knew the course which helped as a guide, but can see how playing here the first time may be confusing at times, to be expected anyway, not an excessive problem with this course. I didn't mind the walk along the river to the other side either, wasn't all that bad, played a double round 2 disc throw on each hole, than 1-5 again to limit the walking some. On the way back from hole 9 just past tunnel I noticed the walking path as a good launch area to throw back to pin 5, actually made a descent extra hole. There's also plenty of room & pathway to make other extra alt. tee holes, will try more next time. Had some fun holes, not to far from home, would definately play again.
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notapro
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Premium Member
Experience: 20.6 years 568 played 281 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Beginner/Intermediate 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Oct 9, 2010 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

- Course is set pretty close to the Fox River, and has two separate sections. For the most part, there are clear fairways with a few trees here and there to avoid. Some water in play as well.
- A few holes have trees to help protect the basket, and some well placed obstacles that take away the usual RHBH hyzer route. Hole #5 uses tall grass all through the fairway to punish short shots, and has a nasty alternate route for those who don't want to go over the schule.
- Water comes into play on two holes, in different ways. #2 has a small island green (with an OB fence) right over a small creek. The water and fence really make this a very tough basket to reach off the tee. #7 has a huge water hazard on the right, with a right-curving fairway.
- Decent length to the course; the scorecards at the front are way off on some holes. Probably 3 or 4 are over 300'. A couple ace runs thrown in too, with trees and rough to snag overthrown discs.
- Good baskets, grass tees are easy to find with a scorecard. No signage of any other sort, but good signage to get between #5 and #6.

Cons:

- The walk from #5 to #6 is a bit much, but there was really no other choice. Still, it hurts. Worth playing #1-#5 twice and #6-#10 twice to only walk it once.
- Park is used for a ton of other things, like fishing and biking. Not really an issue on the course itself, but a lot of activity overall.
- Most holes are wide open, with a tree here or there to mix it up. No real rough to speak of, and only one hole has pine trees that pose a big issue. Throwing it straight is all that's needed in almost every situation.

Other Thoughts:

- This is a very strange course. You start off in a small field that manages to pack in 5 decent holes, then walk and walk to get to 4 tacked-on holes right by a police station. The spots with water are both very good; you can hear a small brook babbling and a long dam's mini-waterfall at two different spots. A pretty good variety of holes, but not a good variety of shots needed.
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Countchunkula
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Experience: 17.7 years 210 played 68 reviews
1.00 star(s)

Smelgin 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 30, 2010 Played the course:once

Pros:

Nice DISCatcher Pro baskets. Score Cards with map (distances are definitely wrong on a few holes though). Some longish holes (3 holes over 300 iirc) give you a chance to throw a driver, although long throwers will be fine with mid and putter. Somewhat scenic (located on the banks of the Fox River).

Cons:

Where to start...the way this course is split in two really ruins what little flow there is. There is a long walk between the front five and the back four (never said that before). The tees here are rather silly, there are two blocks marking the front of the tee area with a short pole directly between. The pole has a flag marking the hole number (this is the only signage), but putting it in the front center of the tee is idiotic. Maybe this is one of those courses designed by someone who has never played DG. Hole 2 (basket is across the stream running along the right side of the fairway) could be a decent hole if there was a bigger opening to throw through. As is you are forced to lay up across the creek from the basket, a bigger opening would tempt players to try to park it. As is there is no reason to go for it. Most holes are very simple grassy, park-like holes without much in the way of obstacles. The exception is five which does not seem to have a proper fairway. You throw over a prairie, and any shot that doesn't make it to the basket is in the rough.

Other Thoughts:

I had quite an odyssey trying to check this course off my list. The first time I came out here I played the front 5 only to discover a carnival set up in the park used for the back 4. I came back a week or so later to find the whole course unplayable due to said carnival/festival. When I next came back, we had to wait for the grounds crew to finish mowing. While playing we commented on how much you have to walk for just 9 blah holes. At the end my girl said, "so, we never have to come back here, right?" Instead of playing the whole course I would recommend looping holes 1-4. Actually I would recommend skipping this course unless you are trying for completeness.
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mashnut
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Experience: 22.1 years 831 played 767 reviews
1.00 star(s)

Meh... 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:May 30, 2010 Played the course:once

Pros:

The course plays through two separate small parks across the street from one another. The front 5 play through a mostly open park with some scattered trees, and some tall grass, with a creek that comes into play on a couple holes for some risk. The final 4 holes play through a grassy park with mature trees to avoid and one shot off the top of a small levee through the trees. There are some different lengths, with some holes that call for a fairway driver, and some ace run holes.

Apparently some course improvements have been made, making the navigation much easier. The tees are marked with short metal poles that have bright numbered nylon flags on them, making the tees easy to find. All the baskets are pretty obvious from the tees. The discatcher baskets are in good shape and catch well. There is a sign on the 5th basket with directions to the rest of the course, and a couple signs along the way to reassure you that you're going the right direction.

Cons:

The course is a little boring, especially the last 4 holes. There is no real elevation, and not enough trees to force different lines throughout the course. There isn't enough length to really throw any drives here, all holes are easily reachable from the tee. The fifth hole is a little silly, most of the fairway is made up of tall grass and brush.

The tee posts are nice, but they were placed directly in the middle of the two tee markers on all the holes, it's not a huge deal, but they do make it difficult to throw from the intended tee. The flags are easily removable, so I would worry about vandalism and theft. There are no tee signs, so you have to guess on hole length, and if the flags disappear you'll need to guess on hole number too.

The last 4 holes play through a heavily used park, that can fill with tons of picnicking families and fishermen, making some holes unplayable on a nice day. Some holes play near one another, and though I can't see this course getting a lot of traffic, it could be a safety issue.

Other Thoughts:

This course just doesn't have a ton going for it. It's an ok place for newer players, though the long walk to the second half of the course and the longer walk back to the car are pretty excessive and discouraging for such a mediocre course. More experienced players won't find many challenges or variety here to keep it interesting. Like so many Chicagoland courses, I only recommend playing it if you want to check it off the list, otherwise don't bother.
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luv2throw
Experience: 14.6 years 30 played 4 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Scenic and well maintained 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:May 8, 2010 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

1. This course has been updated and now has all new tee signs and flags on baskets so that should clear up some confusion about layout.
I also placed a link from the city's website that has videos of each hole. it should help out.

2. This course is mostly wide open so you can practice your drives without losing discs.

3. Although it is a pretty easy course don't take it for granted because the creek on hole 2 and the river on hole 7 can get you especially on a very windy day. ( I got crazy and tried to Hyzer over the river and hit the basket and the wind carried the disc into the river)
4. Very scenic. One of the prettiest courses around.

5. Great for beginners and since the course is mostly flat it's not a hard walk.

Cons:

1: Very easy especially if your used to shooting harder more technical courses.

2: Some park traffic like bikers or kids at the park but not to much.

3: Dirt tee pads but the city will be adding better tee pads this summer. I hope.

Other Thoughts:

This course was getting a very bad rap for a long time but with the new tee signs and flags on baskets it's much better.

Great course if you wanna get a quick round in.

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815RocSolid
Experience: 4 played 4 reviews
0.50 star(s)

total garbage 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 13, 2009 Played the course:once

Pros:

-decent baskets

Cons:

- HORRRRRRRIBLE tees
- one of the most confusing layouts ever
-easy to grip lock a disc into the river

Other Thoughts:

me and my buds made a little mini tour of our area and this was the first course we hit. wow, what a bad way to start off the day. wasted a solid hour on a 9-holer, solely from looking for tees. AND we never even found 9. garbage, dont waste ur time unless u live across the street.
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skearns2
Experience: 5 played 2 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Could be better. This website could help! 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Oct 3, 2009 Played the course:once

Pros:

Neat setup. Along the river was pretty cool.

Cons:

The tees are so hard to find. All I found was the first 4 tees. On top of that finding the other holes was difficult at first too. Also, not sure what the par is per hole.

Other Thoughts:

Wish this course had a map or something. I wish I knew the pars of each hole, and where the tees are located for every hole.

If there is a local out there, can you please make a map and put it on this website?
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lko102
Experience: 17.8 years 20 played 14 reviews
1.50 star(s)

Ok for locals, don't go out of your way 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 14, 2009 Played the course:once

Pros:

Tight course forces a variety of different shots. Very scenic along the Fox river. Mach 3 baskets

Cons:

Terrible tee markers. Layout is confusing at best for first time players with no map available to help you find your way around. Course is located in three different parks, with a 1 block walk between 1-5 and 6-9.

Other Thoughts:

As others have have said, the worst thing about this course is the lack of tee boxes and proper markers. I was lucky enough to be able to play behind a group of locals, and followed them, otherwise I wouldn't have had a chance. Holes are a mix of short, mostly open shots, nothing will challenge you much other than finding the tee. Many people fish, ride bike, and recreate in the second park, and it can make it difficult to play without danger of sending a disc into someone. 1-5 would be decent if you live in town to go practice, but going out of your way to play the course isn't the best use of your time.
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Daffron24
Bronze level trusted reviewer
Experience: 18.5 years 156 played 25 reviews
0.50 star(s)

Why Couldn't This Course be Awesome 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 10, 2008 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

It's a disc golf course, right?

Cons:

Two locations for the short course. No signs, teepads, next to a baseball field. This course may be the most poorly designed course I have ever been to.

Other Thoughts:

iving in a nearby town I was really hoping for a fun course, but I'm not really sure what I got. I don't just want to bash this course, because this is to help people learn about a course. If you have no other way to play other course, than yes play this course. But if you can play other courses Streamwood, St. Charles, and West Dundee have courses which are a lot more enjoyable and still easy for beginners.
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1 4
syruphussy
Experience: 14.8 years 4 played 3 reviews
0.00 star(s)

I thought it said 9 holes... 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:May 7, 2009 Played the course:once

Pros:

I was able to find four baskets.
One water feature (that could as well be a con too)

Cons:

Impossible to find the baskets.
No course map/tee markers.
Mostly open and flat, and you better pray you don't accidentally throw onto the baseball field during little league or an angry father might tear you a new one.

Other Thoughts:

Will never play this course again, if you could even consider what I was able to do playing.
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Dave242
Gold level trusted reviewer
Experience: 29.8 years 393 played 271 reviews
0.00 star(s)

D Grade = Dud 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Mar 18, 2009 Played the course:once

Pros:

What I personally like and how this course stacks up:
1) Holes with good risk/reward -- D
2) Holes that have rewarding birdie opportunities -- D
3) More wooded than open - lots of variety of shots required caused by hole shape and topography -- D
4) Natural beauty (Appalachian beauty preferred) and seclusion -- D+
5) Multi-shot holes with defined landing zones, good risk/reward and multiple options to play them -- NA

Other Thoughts:

I ranked this course subjectively based on my own personal enjoyment factor...more accurately my "personal addiction factor". Since I have played a decent number of courses (115 18-hole, 50 9-hole as of early 2009), my hope is that players/explorers who have similar tastes will find my ratings list helpful as they chose courses to play and explore.

Over time, I expect to fill some of my reviews in with more descriptive verbiage...if what I say adds anything to what has already been written. For now, my list is more important to me than the verbiage of my reviews.

I fully expect others with different tastes/philosophies to disagree with me. See my profile for my rating philosophy.
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duain
Experience: 25.9 years 75 played 14 reviews
0.50 star(s)

do not stop 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 24, 2008 Played the course:once

Pros:

the baskets

Cons:

no signs, no teepads, no flow, have to search for the half the baskets that are in the police departments empty lot. a few blocks and under an overpass away. lots of biting flies

Other Thoughts:

will never go here again. the only thing this place has going is the nice baskets.
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0 4
tntbuffallo
Experience: 7 played 6 reviews
0.50 star(s)

close but no cigar 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Oct 2, 2008 Played the course:once

Pros:

LIke the other said before, not much of a coarse. I live very close and I hoped for the best.The only reason too go back to this coarse is to practice my putting.

Cons:

It's like a maze, no real design to the coarse. Good luck in finding all 9 holes in three differant parks. One might have to drive (car) to get to the last 4 holes.

Other Thoughts:

I gave this coarse .5 just for the baskets.
I would rather go to my local forest preserve and use trees as my holes.
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krc1130
Bronze level trusted reviewer
Experience: 15.8 years 25 played 25 reviews
0.50 star(s)

Avoid! 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 7, 2008 Played the course:once

Pros:

Very few pros here, if any. Nice course to practice some shots.

Cons:

Oh goodness, where to begin. First off, I had a heck of a time finding the first tee. I had to guesstimate and shoot from where I thought it would be. It took me a little while to figure that the holes are marked with almost unnoticeable markers in the ground. That alone makes me want to avoid it. It also doesn't help that the course is wedged in the middle of a busy park, surrounded by homes, a playground, a busy road, and a parking lot for a baseball field. You definitely run the risk of breaking a car/home window or hitting someone. Bad flow, lots of backtracking, poor hole layout...the course itself provides very little. There is no challenge with these shots, as it looks like someone just randomly placed a bunch of baskets in the middle of a busy park. It looks like no time was spent designing this course.

Other Thoughts:

There's not much else to add, really...this course has almost no redeeming quality, as it is just not a pleasant place to play a round of disc golf. Too many dangers with your shots, and that certainly isn't worth it to play a poor course like this.
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agentdave
Experience: 9 played 5 reviews
0.50 star(s)

Never again 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:May 13, 2008 Played the course:never

Pros:

Close. Maybe good for putting practice at one of the holes if bored

Cons:

Where to start. Well, I get to the course, park the car and get out, and I am swarmed with little bugs. EVERYWHERE. Holes 1-4 play close to one another to the point where you may be sharing fairways with people on other holes. Hole one plays perpendicular to and towards Rt.31, Don't over shoot this hole!!! The basket for hole 2 is about 15 feet from the parking lot for a baseball field. Really, there were 5 cars right next to each other, with the first being no more then 15 feet from the hole. Mind you the basket is also directly across a creek you must throw over. It was a little windy today, although I was behind a hedge. Being about 25 feet from the hole, I threw perpendicular to the cars, which were to the left. I threw 5 feet to the right of the hole intending to lay up short and to the right. No power. Well, the disc crossed the creek, which was acting like a big wind tunnel and turned it left, then the straight driveway to the parking area is right at the hole, so now with my disc lifted and rolling left, it hit the next wind tunnel from the driveway and went 90 degree's left and doubled it's speed. Well, the owner of the car was right there, and I only scuffed it and I gave him my info. Needless to say most people would not expect the creek to create a wind tunnel and roll a disc so hard. More cars will get hit. The wind in the open field was about 15-20 mph, when I crossed the bridge over the creek I about fell over. Next, hole 4 plays with the parking lot for the park a little to the left. Release a little early, or throw to high with-out much power and you will hit a car. What do most new people do, throw to high with little power. Right back hand to high, and that disc will go 40+ feet to the right about 100-150 ft out. That will put you right into the middle of the parking lot.
I could not find the tee for hole 5. By the way, the course has no signs or maps, the tees are grass, and they are marked with 4"x4" flat number markers, with the numbers facing the sky. They stick about 3/4 inch above the dirt....the grass is usually 2 or more inches, so unless you are looking down on the marker, you will not see it. I threw from my own tee for #5. At the hole there is a sign the reads "you have just completed hole #5...bla bla bla... please go through the park past the building under the bridge to holes 6-9" Well, after I realized they did not mean a build that is under a bridge I got a good laugh at myself. Seeing the building was large, and not relatively close, and then there is a bridge with four lanes over the river, then hole 6 beyond that somewhere, I gave up. I did not feel like walking a 1/4 mile to the next hole. Maybe I was to upset about hitting that car, and the woman that was cursing because she had a baseball game to watch and didn't want to "worry about some stupid frisbee game." At least the guy that owned the truck I hit was nice and understanding. (By the way, his truck was the 5th vehicle over, my disc cleared the other four, including to full size SUV's. That is how much the wind took it.) Anyway, maybe being new they just have not finished yet with signs and stuff. I would like to know the person that placed the holes and what they were thinking. I know there is not much room to work with there, but I think the golden rule in hole placement and fairway design is "thou shall not put parked cars in harms way."

Other Thoughts:

I really think this course should not be played until it is rearranged. I know on a calm day I would be fine, but most recreation players would be in danger. Plus it is not fun for anybody when you have to worry about hitting valuable things during the game
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Three Putt
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Diamond level trusted reviewer
Premium Member
Experience: 29.2 years 152 played 127 reviews
1.50 star(s)

The people have voted, you can see it in the tees. 2+ years

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Aug 15, 2007 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Village Center Disc Golf Course is actually located in three separate parks. Two are next to one another (Community Park & SEBA Park); the third is several blocks to the north (Panton Mill Park.) Holes 1-4 and the tee for 5 are in Community Park, the basket for 5 is in SEBA Park, and holes 6-9 are quite a distance away in Panton Mill Park. They came up with a nice solution to the problem of not enough land to find room for nine holes. Some of the holes have some decent distance. Not Pro-challenging distance, but you can pull out a driver a few times. The course has poles marking the tees with flags noting the hole #, and the baskets have flags on top to help you locate them..

Cons:

Holes 6-9 are poorly designed. The basket for 9 is actually in the fairway for 6. If you had people on all four of these holes at one time, somebody would have to yell "Fore!" None of the tees are marked all that well, but I had a particularly frustrating time finding the tee for # 8. It is unnecessarily close to the pin for # 7 given all the room they had to put it in. ***UPDATE - There is a parking lot where hole # 9 used to be. Hole # 6 has been moved so that the basket is so close to the tee for # 7 that it might be in the 10M circle. Hole #9 is now a wide open, very short hole with a tee that is much too close to the basket for # 8. As bad as these back four holes were originally, they are actually worse now. On the plus side, the tees are marked better now and # 6 and # 9 are now nowhere near each other. ***

Holes 1-5 are better, but there is really nothing special about them. The fairway for # 1 runs parallel to some back yards pretty closely on the right, so that's not a good hole to practice your hyzerflip drives on. The basket for hole # 2 is across the creek from the tee very near an area where cars park for the trolley museum and baseball fields, and that could cause a problem when those areas are open. The basket for # 5 is in the same general area as a playground, and more than once I've had to ask kids to stop hitting the chains with sticks and move out of the way to play that hole.

IMO the two areas are farther than walking distance, so I would recommend driving over to the back four holes.

The tees are marked with a simple pole with a flag showing the hole number. No distances are noted. There are blocks on either side of the pole so I guess you can tee from either side of the pole. Perhaps the most telling thing about this course is the fact that almost three years after it opened there are no wear patterns at the tees. It evidently has not gotten enough play over that time to even wear out the grass on the tees.

Other Thoughts:

Because there really isn't a sign anywhere giving the name of this course and it is located in more than one park, you will hear it called by several different names. Most commonly it is just called "South Elgin Disc Golf Course" but it is also commonly called "SEBA Park," probably because SEBA Park is the middle of the three parks in use.

The general feeling about this course can be summed up when you stand on a tee and look down...that grass growing happily under your feet proves that few disc golfers have stood there before you. It's not the worst disc golf course I've seen, but if you skip it you really are not missing much.
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