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Eagle Ridge/Civic Center

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EspressoPatronum
Gold level trusted reviewer
Premium Member
Experience: 18.6 years 232 played 223 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Solid and challenging.. but where are the eagles? 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Sep 23, 2018 Played the course:once

Pros:

- solid mix of open and technical shots
- good distance variety, all over 200' but many in 300'-400' (max) as well
- great concrete tees on both red and white tees for every hole
- well mowed and manicured, undergrowth is limited even on heavily wooded holes
- all holes had tee signs intact
- benches and garbage cans at many of the tees
- wood chips put down in areas that could get muddy
- very nice park with older trees, playground for kids, etc.
- baskets are all in good condition despite being fairly ordinary

Cons:

- mostly pretty flat
- no particular "wow" factor for me, despite being a very legitimate course
- tee signs are pictures of the hole but have no map
- no signage for pro/alternate tees
- no practice basket

Other Thoughts:

Eagle Ridge is a solid course and may even be a 3.75 for me. I really have very few complaints about it but nothing about it blew me away compared to other courses which kept me from rating it a 4. It's clearly well maintained and I enjoyed playing it.

This course definitely provides more technical challenge than openings for distance enthusiasts. It's fairly challenging but is still fun. I especially like if discs go into the woods or rough they are always pretty easy to find. You will be forced to use a variety of shots if you want to score well.

Hole 9 is rather unique with a basket mounted about 10' up in the air. It's a bit gimmicky but my 4 year old sure liked it. Even I thought it was kind of fun. Most people aren't used to trying to putt at a 45 degree upward angle.

I don't see many courses that actually have concrete tees for all the alternates. This course does which is nice, though they aren't eapecially well marked. Most are so close to the main tee it's obvious, but to some degree this means they don't add much to the course.

Fox Valley has a disc golf club that does events here if you want to get involved. All said, I'll probably come back and play it sometime. It is better than most in Chicagoland but the Lockport/Joliet area still wins out for me.
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Taylor510ce
Experience: 10.1 years 15 played 12 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Great Beginner/Intermediate Course! 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Mar 6, 2017 Played the course:once

Pros:

I give it 3.5 because it's pretty straightforward and friendly to new throwers. Playing the Long tees offers a better challenge, and the use of the park land is GREAT. They really used the hills well to create some downhill/uphill/mando type shots, and that bumps it up a half star.

Nice Tee Pads
Good signage for short course

Cons:

Sloshy when wet, and some of the long tees make you think "Where is the line?"

Could use signage for the long tees
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3seconds2live
Experience: 10.9 years 16 played 6 reviews
4.50 star(s)

2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 1, 2016 Played the course:once

Pros:

Easily one of my favorite courses. It plays challenging with a lot of diversity due to its location and natural elevation changes available near the fox river. There is a mix of open holes and heavily wooded holes. The t-pads are a nice concrete with wood chips being placed throughout to help limit the muddy nature of many of the holes. I like the diversity of this course. It makes you think while being easy enough for a novice player to navigate. TREES!!! They are everywhere and will be sure to slap your disc from the air at some point. I love that. Some may find that a con but I like a course to be hard to navigate when it tends to play short. This makes the pars a challenge rather than the standard.

Cons:

It can get very sticky and muddy in the low holes due to the wooded nature after rain. The park service thinned out a few hole this last year making the course "more playable" to some and less exciting to others. On the plus side the trees were mulched and that mulch was spread across the field of play where needed.

Other Thoughts:

There are two access points either from the river side up the walking path to the east or from the civic center by the pool across the walking path to the west .
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The Valkyrie Kid
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Experience: 45.8 years 1563 played 1507 reviews
3.50 star(s)

This Course Has Been Shown A Lot Of Love! 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 27, 2016 Played the course:once

Pros:

To find the Eagle Ridge DGC, park in the parking lot by the pool, cross over the path through the woods and then over the RR tracks. The course has a very nice little staging area complete with picnic tables, nice benches, garbage can and a kiosk with lots of articles about Oswego's own, Gavin Rathburn, who won the 2016 US Amateur Championship. The kid kinda reminds me of me.

The course has nice concrete, trapezoid shaped tee pads, tee post signs with pictures of the hole/fairway and a variety of DGA baskets with the red numbers. So many extra touches have been put into course. There are Blues (longs) and Reds (regular) tees. The Blues can add just 30-40' or as on 17 and 18, can add 100 to 150'. Each basket has some blue and red tape on one of the rungs pointing you to the next tee. What a great, easy and cheap navigational aid. Someone has gone through the course and painted all the tripping hazards (buried rocks and roots) red to warn you.
The course has an nicely designed elevated basket on # 9. Each basket and tee pad are bordered by wood chips. And some potentially slippery areas have wood chips laid down.
The course length from the Reds is not long, probably just a little longer than recreational. I imagine the Long Blues would play at an intermediate level. The elevation was used well here. I liked # 6 with it's basket tucked some trees near the bottom of the fairway. 4 and 14 were both very pretty holes.

Cons:

Wow, not much. Probably some players would want more distance and challenge from the Reds.
The rough on the right of the # 13 fairway was pretty nasty.

Other Thoughts:

There were lots of cute little baby rabbits and cool looking brown squirrels all over the course today. Just made me like this course all the more.

I didn't feel overmatched on this course. How I would love to have close to my home!
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Bpaulsen1
Experience: 13.6 years 12 played 8 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Eagle Ridge 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 26, 2015 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

-Mostly Short holes so plan on playing quickly.
-Practice/warm-up putting chain near the first tee pad
-Good Elevation Changes.
-Friendly area
-Tall prairie grass for roughs along fairways was very short compared to what you usually see.

Cons:

-Lot of tight wooded areas.
-hole 17 has a lot of dead trees that need to be chopped down by the park district still. Would make it a better playing experience once taken care of.
-If prairie grass gets too tall again in the future I can see it being trouble some for most players.

Other Thoughts:

-Can cause players to overthink and overannalyze shots so come mentally prepared and have your trick shots/discs ready for use!

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SneakyJedi
Gold level trusted reviewer
Experience: 14.8 years 143 played 83 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Solid Course 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:May 30, 2015 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

- Decent balance between tightly wooded and more open holes
- Decent amount of elevation is used well
- Shot variety and accuracy required to shoot well
- Plays through a well manicured, mostly secluded park with few chances to run into other park users while playing
- Equipment is in good repair with benches at many tee pads

Cons:

- Lacks a bit of distance variety, fairly short
- Thick and punishing rough throughout most wooded holes, and tall prairie grass on open holes
- Few exciting holes

Other Thoughts:

Eagle Ridge is a very good course that just fails to 'wow' me. A number of the course's highlights and 'on paper stats' would lead me to think it has most of the things I look for in a course I love to play, but somehow it falls just short of greatness.

Make no doubt, there are a lot of things to like about Eagle Ridge. I quite enjoy handful of holes (such as 3, 4, 9, and 13) and the course is usually well manicured and nice to play through with a variety of holes that will have you throwing left, right, straight, uphill and downhill. The elevated basket on 9 makes what could be a fairly boring hole much more exciting, and a number of other holes have baskets on precarious greens, where running your drive or approach long, or missing a putt will put you down the backside of small hills of varying heights.

However, a number of the wooded holes can get a bit repetitive, and the long and/or thick rough, combined with a number of blind shots, can result in a lot of time spent looking for discs, even for some more accomplished players. Poison Ivy is also present, and there are frequently large numbers of mosquitoes in the summer months, so rounds ending uncomfortably itchy is also a possibility.

A number of holes have benefited from recent trimming, but a handful more still seem a bit ill-designed, particularly from the long pads with incredibly narrow, difficult lines required. Hole 1 suffers the opposite problem, with virtually no current obstacles, it is basically a par 2. Hole 2's long pad is downright foolishly placed requiring a completely blind shot over a large mass of thick growth directly in front of it.

I want to like Eagle Ridge, and I can certainly appreciated the things it does well, but I never end up enjoying my rounds there that much. Maybe it is the long grass and thick rough requiring at least one extended search for missing plastic a round, or that I somehow never seem to play up to my own personal standards there, but I tend to always leave thinking: "That was alright."

Eagle Ridge is definitely worth checking out, and there are a lot of people who really enjoy the course. But for me, I will usually drive a little further to get to the Joliet area courses.
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BogeyNoMore
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Premium Member
Experience: 19.8 years 479 played 183 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Fun in the 'Burbs! 2+ years

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Aug 30, 2014 Played the course:once

Pros:

Very solid course in a nice, well-maintained, multi-purpose municipal park in Suburbia, USA.

• Disc play: Really nice variety covering a range of shots and fairway types. A great mix of semi-open, moderately wooded and well-wooded fairways of varying shapes and lengths. Invites you to throw hyzers, annies, spike hyzers, straight shots and more... well-balanced in that respect. Nice mix of holes allowing multiple routes as well as holes that limit you to one or two routes. Transitions from open to wooded a few times to avoid monotony. Holes 3 - 18 all give you something to think about. Admittedly, the first two are the weakest, but I've seen much weaker filler holes and they serve to ease you into your round.
+No hills, but the rolling terrain creates moderate elevation changes on many holes, making them play longer/shorter.
+Distances are a bit on the short side, but there are a few reasonably long holes where most players should be able to let rip (4, 15 and 16).
+ Plenty of great pin placements. Many guarded by trees, making tee shot placement important to line up good par and birdie opportunities. Also has a few pins with roll-offs or other trouble behind them to make you think on putts and approaches. Raised basket on 9 will have will also have considering whether or not to run at the basket, especially if it's windy.
+Rough ranges from dense brush to prairie grass/weeds to dense woods, but all the fairways were well-mowed and clearly defined. Punishing in some spots, not so bad in others... as far as I'm concerned, that's all part of the balance between risk/reward: if the rough looks scary, maybe you should consider a safer, more predictable shot.
+ Dual tees should accommodate skill levels from Novice to Advanced. Shorts will be challenging for beginners, but not intimidating. Longs aren't necessarily much longer, but present tighter windows/tougher lines to hit. The longs also present a few more blind looks than the shorts (hence I recommend not playing the longs solo unless you're familiar with the course or willing to accept the risk of disc loss.

• Flow/Navigation: Virtually seamless. There were only a couple of questionable spots, think I only checked the map once... pretty much just followed the well-worn path.

• Basically isolated from the rest of the park, I didn't see other activities likely to bring non-DG traffic near the course. Fairly compact and efficiently laid out - can be played quickly if there isn't a lot of traffic.

• Equipment: Tee posts with hole #, distance, and picture (only at the short tees). Long and short tees are both concrete, reasonably sized, in good shape with little to no signs of erosion. Baskets were a bit older, but in good condition (one was bent, but not so bad it warranted replacement).

• Aesthetics: Very pleasing to the eye, somewhere between a pleasant walk in a city park and that away from it all feel. Didn't see any trash.

• Extras:
+ Plenty of benches throughout.
+ Bathrooms and snack bar that sells drinks near parking.
+ Practice basket has bricks marked at various distances.

Cons:

No glaring deficiencies - only the first two factor into my ratings. The rest are just informational.

• Some holes are packed in a bit close together... expect to hear "FORE!" if it's busy when you play.

• Although it's a solid course, none of the holes have any real "wow" factor.

• Signs at both tees would be optimal, but if you're only going to spring for one set, it makes sense to put them at the shorts. Presumably, people playing the longs should be more adept at finding their way around a course.

• The rough is dense in spots - there's a reasonable chance of losing a disc here.

• Quite a few blind holes (even from the shorts) will have first timers walking up fairways.

Other Thoughts:

Eagle Ridge/Civic Center is a well-executed, reasonably challenging course with high fun factor. Lots of deuceable holes that are protected well enough to really make you earn birdies. Interesting enough to make you want to return. If I were local, I'd play here regularly.

Some will say it starts out a bit weak, but I like the way it eases you in before things get tougher. The long tees will prove challenging for most players, but even the longs require placement moreso than distance. I'd give the disc play a 3.75 on it's own merit, but the superb course maintenance, design and fun factor make this an excellent place to play - thoroughly enjoyable in pretty much every way... enough for me to bump it to 4.0.

Not that it isn't suitable for tournaments, but you can tell this course was designed with the fun, casual round in mind, rather than challenging top (or even local) Pros... goal achieved!
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Btown316
Experience: 12.9 years 13 played 1 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Not What I Expected 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 22, 2014 Played the course:once

Pros:

-Multiple concrete tees
-good use of limited land
-nice mix of holes (R+L doglegs, modest uphill and downhill shots, wooded and open shots)

Cons:

-Prairie grass, and lots of it
-Bugs
-Signage is showing its age, longs have no signage
-No full power throws
-Some blind shots with nearby rough
-Too many short to mid range wooded shots for my liking
-Tightly packed in places (one of my drives ended up on the edge of the fairway for another hole and I was still close enough to have a legitimate birdie putt attempt, though my putting failed me per usual)
-High risk, don't let your disc find the rough
-Private property perilously positioned parallel to play on holes 3 and 4

Other Thoughts:

I came to Eagle Ridge with high hopes for one of the best reviewed courses in my area. Sadly this course did not live up to my expectations. Any course that uses long prairie grass to define a narrow fairway automatically loses points for me, searching for a disc in knee high rough while wearing shorts on a hot day is not my idea of a fun disc golf outing. I understand its high risk high reward aspect of it but the risk is not worth the reward which leads to safe layup shots which again is not my kind of disc golf. The rough in the woods was just as bad with poison ivy a constant concern. There is no way, imo, this course should have a similar rating to any of the 3 courses at Rockford's Anna Page Park (my personal favorites).
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rohrean
Experience: 11.8 years 129 played 11 reviews
4.00 star(s)

great course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Apr 5, 2013 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

- Great mix of woods and open holes
- beautiful setting
- nice concrete long and short tees
- great use of the elevation changes
- well taken care off

Cons:

- the longs need signs

Other Thoughts:

Great course that I would play again and again if I was local. I am out of state.
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kevdiv48
Silver level trusted reviewer
Experience: 17.4 years 263 played 30 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Eagle Ridge 2+ years

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Dec 16, 2012 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Eagle Ridge offers a great variety of shot types. I had to throw straight, hyzer, anhyzer, up and down. There are some almost completely open holes and some completely wooded ones and nearly everything in between. The distances also vary from under 200 from the shorts to over 500 on the longs. The long tees are now concrete, which is a very big plus. The tees they have here and at Jericho Lake across the river are some of the best I have ever played on. The signs and posts are also among the best I have seen. Navigation is not terrible, but the proximity of a lot of the tees and baskets can make it difficult for those who are unfamiliar with the layout. I honestly could not have done more with the land that is present.
There is a practice basket with bricks for around the world, a bulletin board and picnic tables at the start.
The baskets show some age but still catch quite well.

Cons:

The rough can get very rough in the summer and spring. Playing on a dry day in late fall is about as clear and clean as it is going to get. The park is usually pretty well manicured, but the rough can definitely get thick with poison ivy.
Update 5/27/2014: After playing a round from the longs, I realized there are some definite NAGS's that occur. Number 3 has the tee partially behind some bushes that do not allow a clear shot at the already challenge intended path. Hole 8 and 12 are similar.
To bring this course up to nearly a 5 it would have to be longer overall. Even from the longs it was not a huge challenge to get a 3 on most holes. That is really nitpicking though.

Other Thoughts:

Eagle Ridge is quite possibly one of the best courses in the area between Rockford and Joliet. Even set in a nice suburban park, the holes are very well thought out and have clear lines that need to be hit to score well. I live 30 minutes away and at first did not think it was worth driving to, but definitely have changed my mind.
For the novice player this will be a challenging course but for intermediate players it is the perfect combination of challenge and fun.
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booradly
Bronze level trusted reviewer
Experience: 11.9 years 165 played 24 reviews
2.50 star(s)

very solid course 2+ years

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Apr 1, 2015 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

-nice park
-cement pads (and the pro pads are cement now too dunno when they did that)
-easy navigation/ good signs
the disc course is in its own section of the park so there is little worry of hitting random people
-holes 1,2,3,make for good warm up holes being mostly open
-hole 4 starts the holes that go into the thicker woods and start to get very fun holes 4,5,6,7,8
all have nice fairways clear of under brush but with lots of trees(lots of trees are gone and more getting cut out every time i go there) and tight fairways make for some really fun shots
-holes 9,10,11 shoot back out into the open but still use the few trees and bushes well 11 starts open then ends back into the woods
-12,13,14 are in my opinion the best three holes on the course 12 being a downhill hook to the right and 13,14(these holes are lame now after almost every tree on 12-13 were cut out and the trees on 14 are all ash trees so im guessing they will be gone soon) both very hard heavily wooded shots(14 can really kick your ass)
-15,16 are both just open shots but have the most distance that this course has to offer
-17 they pushed the pin way back into the woods. and a good run at the basket now means being very close to the 18 fairway.18 a mostly open right hook with the basket behind some tall bushes that make it hard to ace unless you sky it and let it hook down sharp

Cons:

-the first three holes are a little boring
-all of the open field shots are kinda boring except for 10 that is still a good challenge
-not many holes with distance
-in the summer the rough an be very thick
-can get a little crowded

Other Thoughts:

-this wasone of the best courses around (besides the joliet) until they cut down all the trees.
- this course is a lot of fun and is close enough to jericho lake to make for a solid afternoon of disc golf(this time of the year more of a day)
- i wish/hope that more courses were like this one instead of the mass amount of bland park district courses around
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steven2361
Bronze level trusted reviewer
Experience: 15.9 years 286 played 53 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Watch for IVY 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 1, 2010 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

There are two sets of tees. Lots of different types of shots: wooded, open, tunnel, and many interesting holes. There is nice practice basket by hole 1's tee. Hole 4 from the short is a very rewarding birdie to get. 6 is a nice low slightly downhill tunnel shot. Hole 12 from the long has a very unique fairway. It is a downhill hole that goes from right to left and then back the left. 13's green is very cool as there is a steep drop off down to OB behind it. 14 from the short has a very tight drive but is a rewarding birdie to get. 16 is a fun hole to grip and rip on. This course has a fair amount of elevation for a chicagoland course.

Cons:

The poison ivy on this course is absolutely awful. Ye have been warned. Not all are concretes. Some boring holes. A couple blind holes here and there. Some of the holes from the long pads are kind of fluky. The rough can be very bad and hard to find discs in certain spots especially when playing long 17.
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Bodangle22
Experience: 14.7 years 95 played 2 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Worth the in state drive 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 9, 2012 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

This course is in a fairly secluded part of the civic center's land. Only a section of a path runs through but only comes into play from 2 of the long sets of tees (which are elevated 10 feet over joggers/bikers heads). Once you walk over the train tracks you notice (especially if your from the chicago area) your stepping into an actual DGC. The land used gives the best variety for this course. The "open" holes have enough obstacles in the way to make you still choose a line while the wooded holes offer enough challenges to where if you hit a tree off the box your never guaranteed a 3 or a 4 and even a 5. Something nice to have in this area. The shorts are a great course to get in your buzzz/roc practice while the longs force you to use every disc your brought. The longs add plenty of lengths to the shorts and plenty of challenge for the adv/pro player. Not a destination course in the country but certainly for the state.

Cons:

The longs are limestone as of right now. Money was raised just waitng on the park district to get their arse in gear. Some of the long tee pads could use some minor tweaking as far as placement. Poison ivy could be a pain in the ass but the park district put very imformative signs around to warn people about them.

Other Thoughts:

I love this course and will miss it when I move. Special thangs to the FVMDG especially SR. for all the hard work he puts in as well as the DG sodfather Frank for taking the time to make the trip to lend a hand and install some of those sweet new benches.
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sthomas128
Experience: 15.7 years 54 played 16 reviews
3.50 star(s)

High Fun Factor, Good Variety Here 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Jul 3, 2012 Played the course:once

Pros:

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**Easy to find
**Parking right on the street.
**Walk past the playground equipment and over the railroad tracks to the course (don't forget to look BOTH ways, I don't know if these are active tracks or not).
**Easy navigation thanks to a Yellow painted basket tine and the foot paths.
**The course starts out with the first few holes being pretty easy. I kind of like a course that starts this way to give you a few holes to loosen up.
**Lots of blind shots which left me laying up in the middle to see what was on the other side.
**Good use of the minimal elevation available.
**Nice picture tee signs with a yellow arrow pointing towards the basket.
**Fairly short and technical, but, that's OK.
**I think almost the entire course was in like the 230-260ft range

Cons:

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>>>I HATE PRAIRIE GRASS...
>>>You can be a foot off of the fairway and lose your disc.
>>>It's like a cheap way to save on a little mowing to define a fairway using Prairie Grass.
>>>Nobody wants to lose their favorite anhyzer disc that's beat-in just right in this stuff...
>>>How much fun is that???
**Poison Ivy
**Punishing rough
**I've heard that the bugs are ferocious here, but, even they had run for cover on the 105+ heat index day that we played.

Other Thoughts:

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Nice Course, in a nice neighborhood.
My wife and I had a good time playing here.
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Jashwa
Gold level trusted reviewer
Experience: 19.8 years 173 played 86 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Awesome Variety 2+ years

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:May 26, 2012 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

My round at Oswego was incredibly fun! The course's best feature is it's large variety of shots demanded in its holes. Normally, I consider myself a right hand backhand thrower. Here, however I found that the course forced me to have a consistent game with all sorts of different shots, including forehand drives and approaches... very good practice for people trying to get better. Additionally, there is a lot of variety in the distances of each of the holes and this is enhanced even further by the long sets of tees. Unlike some courses, the long tees here, though not concrete, are fairly easy to judge as to where exactly the teepad ends and begins. There's also some good scenery as you go in and out of a forest that kind of takes you away from the park, which is in fact pretty busy.

To summarize: A moderately challenging round, thanks to variety. There are birdies to be had though, so if you are having a good day you should have an awesome round.

Update 3/31/13!!!!
One of my few gripes about this course when I first played it was that the pro tees were not concrete. Well that has changed, so I felt the course deserved a half a disc increase in its rating.

Cons:

*I wasn't very impressed with the first three holes from the short tees... they were pretty short and open. The round picked up considerably after that.

*There simply was not a hole on the course that was amazing. They were all pretty good, and you'd get to the teepad and say "what a neat hole." there weren't any that blew my mind.

Other Thoughts:

When I went here, the baskets for holes 2, 17, and 18 were down, but a Parks person was picking them up in a pickup truck. I don't know if vandalism is common at this course, but if so that would be a most unfortunate way of ruining a very fun place!

Finally: several snakes seen throughout the round! For some people that's a deal breaker.
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Bltsandwich1
Experience: 12.8 years 5 played 5 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Great Chicago (area) Course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Mar 22, 2012 Played the course:once

Pros:

-Well maintained
-Good variety between wooded, and more open shots
-There is some up and down to the course which is nice to see near Chicago
-Good hole distance variety
-Punishes poorly planned shots
-Good looking course
-Pro and Am tees
-Concrete Am tees
-Baskets are in good shape
-Signage is decent

Cons:

-No signs a pro tees
-More benches and trash cans would be nice
-Brush is too punishing at times
-Bugs can be a problem especially on the mid-9
-Some trails can cause hazards on Pro tees

Other Thoughts:

Overall a very nice course, and well worth a drive to get too. Not too long so playing twice through is possible. Keep in mind how rough the rough is, and stay careful, and bring bug spray. Other than that a wonderful course that keeps giving
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earth2sean
Experience: 12.6 years 6 played 6 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Oswego Disc Monster 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Nov 5, 2011 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

This course has lots of variety when it comes to shot selection, as well as balancing between wooded and open holes.

Cons:

This course will eat your discs if you are not an accurate thrower. To some, that provides incentive away from risk-taking, but for others, it just means $10-$20 down the drain.

Other Thoughts:

Fun course that is great for experienced players but maybe a little frustrating for inexperienced players.
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Jax11
Silver level trusted reviewer
Experience: 14.8 years 103 played 35 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Eagle Ridge 2+ years drive by

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

Pros:

- Variety in hole design
- Distance variety in holes
- Good use of the given terrain
- Modest elevation changes
- Well defined fairways
- Risk/reward in shot selection
- Blind holes
- Interesting basket placements
- Solid tee signs
- Two sets of tees
- Concrete pads on the the short tees
- Baskets in Good Conditions
- Navigation is fairly simple.
- Bathrooms at Civic Center (when open)

Cons:

- The rough is thick thick thick.
- Large Amounts of Poisin Ivy
- Bike path runs through the park
- Some of the long tees have "unfairways"
- Long tees have no tee signs
- Long tees are gravel marked by two yellow stones.
- Fierce Bugs
- No waterfountain

Other Thoughts:

Eagle Ride is an excellent disc golf course that starts out in a Prairie setting and transitions into some moderate-tight woods. This course boasts a good variety of distance with both long open drives and tight technical shots. Each hole feels unique and memorable and they will test your arsenal of shots. The holes in the woods are very technical and will force you to control your shots. The thickness of the rough creates high risk/reward decisions by forcing you to make the choice to go big at the risk of an errant shot that burrows deep into the thicket or to play it safe for three by keeping it in the fairway. Hillside basket placements also create high risk reward decisions as missed putts could result in roll-aways. The long tees are for the most part very different than the shorts and make the course much more challenging. Only a few long tees seem to be a longer shot of the short tee, each other long tee requires a different shot than the short tee to score successfully. Overall the course design is all that it can be. Some added amenities such as concrete pads and tee signs for the long tees and some clearing of rough (especially poisin Ivy) could bump this course up to a 4.5 for me. I highly recommend this course because it is significantly better than most Chicagoland courses.

*** Survival Notes:
-There are restrooms on site only if the Civic Center is open.
- No water fountain on site that I could find, bring liquids the prairie holes get quite toasty in the sun.
- Bring bug spray the bugs are fierce in the summer time.
- Watch for poisin Ivy (there is lots)
- If you throw a disc over the fence on the East side of the property, the company can get ornery about you jumping it to retreive your disc. I would try and get permission before searching for it.
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chillis
Bronze level trusted reviewer
Experience: 23.8 years 103 played 28 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Must play! 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:May 26, 2011 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

-Great variation! Lots of chances to utilize different driving techniques for all types of throwers.
-Recreational and professional tees (pros only gravel)
-Good signage with pictures of the holes from the Red tees.
-Good mix of hole layouts. Tightly wooded holes demand and reward accuracy, a few open 350Ft+
-Great shot-shaping here! Wooded holes force you into throwing a certain technique or disc...even on the more open holes this is evident.
-Easy to navigate. I've never seen "Next Tee" signs, but the walking lines guide well. Even when the course is busy, it's not congested.
-Elevation is utilized decently here. Throwing up/down the ravines, there's a couple elevated tboxes.
-Plays well after a rain. This course was dry/drained enough to play a day after a huge thunderstorm. If you're wearing proper footwear, this course is like a walk in the park.
-Good practice area, which is also used as the 19th pin/green, throwing from the backside of 18's green.
-Nice park information board and benches at the start. A couple man-made stools near tboxes throughout.
-Beautiful, lush park. So green! (I'm used to desert terrain)
-Plenty of trash cans throughout, please use them!

Cons:

-Course plays short. I'd bet it was designed with technicality in mind over raw distance, and that's fine. However, I would prefer a few more options in the 375+ range.
-Lots of thick brush/undergrowth here. Now that the course has been around for a few years there's been improvements. However, an errant throw will likely lose you a disc.
-Change. Started playing this course when it was only 9. Moved away from ILL, only to come back and find all but one of the baskets in the same position. This leads me to believe the pin placements never move.
-No water hazards. I find this to be a Con, not because I like diving for discs, but the risk/reward isn't as high and I normally like it.

Other Thoughts:

This is one of my favorites in the Western suburbs! Very solid design, and you can't coast through this round and expect to score well. Playing the pro tees, and this turns into a different course. The difficulty skyrockets, and the Con listed above (lack of distance) isn't an issue, and there's plenty added when playing Pro.

I would suggest long pants and hiking footwear. Don't come out in flat Adidas (like I normally wear). If you go into the rough, you want to be protected from the plants and bugs. Bugs CAN be bad here, however I didn't notice many after a thunderstorm, which I found to be odd.

This course is 5 miles away from Jericho, which, is no Gold level course for sure, but very enjoyable nonetheless! I do think, however, that Eagle Ridge is a MUCH stronger course than Jericho Lake.

Leagues here on Thursday nights, I believe 6PM start.
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kizzle54
Experience: 16.9 years 10 played 7 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Worth Your Time! 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 5, 2009 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

- Nice mixture of wooded and semi wooded holes. Some more open, but a solid mixture.

- Several alternates set up for the holes.

- Very well maintained course, virtually NO litter, and the grass is always trimmed up nicely.

- mostly dirt or sand tee pads, but very clearly marked with signs, etc.

- Some use of elevation which is nice.

- Baskets are all pretty new and in good shape.

Cons:

- Not much bad about the course other than I did almost have a disc stolen... Left it at a hole, and some kid tried to lie and say it was his, he even tried to rub off my name on it but you could still see it. I got it back though

Other Thoughts:

I think this is one of my favorite courses I've ever played really. I think the only thing that could be better is maybe having cement tees? I think that's nitpicking, but I like them.
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