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Reviews: 7
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Pros: -Easy to Nagivate
-New Baskets
-Has decent length
This course was created on a piece of land on that is basically exclusively being used for disc golf. It is also partially a dog park, but did not interfer in any way shape or form. They installed brand new Innova Discatchers and are in awesome shape. The course featured some decent length. There are some opportunities for bigger arms to air it out on some of the holes. That generally comes as a premium in the Chicagoland area. I had absolutely no problem finding my way around this course. If course nagivation is not your forte, there is a map at the beginning of the course you can photograph with your phone. However, I would not bother. Someone has maked the basket with black marker for which direction to go if you need it.
-New Baskets
-Has decent length
This course was created on a piece of land on that is basically exclusively being used for disc golf. It is also partially a dog park, but did not interfer in any way shape or form. They installed brand new Innova Discatchers and are in awesome shape. The course featured some decent length. There are some opportunities for bigger arms to air it out on some of the holes. That generally comes as a premium in the Chicagoland area. I had absolutely no problem finding my way around this course. If course nagivation is not your forte, there is a map at the beginning of the course you can photograph with your phone. However, I would not bother. Someone has maked the basket with black marker for which direction to go if you need it.
Cons: -Fairways too narrow
-Natural tees
-Basket placements illogical
-Not beginner welcoming
-Poor use of space
This course is not beginner friendly. I feel a very small part of it is only the length. I don't feel it's crazy long and I do not have the distance of most. Most of the holes a beginner player has no realistic chance of duecing. Not really a big issue if you are looking for a true par 54 course. However, majority of the fairways are only mowed about 10 feet wide. If you do not have pinpoint accuracy, this will be a huge issue. The weeds/grass is about waist high and will lead you to looking for your discs. I played a solo round, and without having a second set of eyes, I used my experience to play my round. I only threw my Element, Buzzz, and APX the entire round with the except of hole 11, where I threw a Cyclone with the expectation for a chance at a duece. This gave me almost nothing but safe pars the entire round. A newer player does not know how to control a disc as well and will lead to many lost discs, based on the number of them I found just walking knowing my disc was in the fairway. So with the length of the course, basically my second shot would be considered a NAGS shot.
A few of the basket were in really strange placements. I prefer that basket are not on a straight line off the tee. But a couple of the basket seemed like they were tucked off to the left or right with no real thought of disc flight or strategy. Hole 11 comes to mind, blanking on the other ones. I remember throwing off the tee and walking up assuming that the basket was in one place, and then had to search for it a little. Also, the natural tees are a huge mistake. People will be slipping and falling as they wear down. Especially if they are trying to crank one out there.
This course could have been something wonderful. I stopped a few times and looked around. There are plenty of mature trees and pines where this course could have been awesome if the right designer was involved. It really felt like someone walked the grounds once and said, "That'll do". There was plenty of opportunity with this course. There are other designers in the area who work with each other and work towards something great for the entire community. It also feels like a unfinished product. It's got that we'll cut the wood and build the bookcase for you, we are just not going to sand and stain it. That's what a good designer does. I am kind of glad there is not cement tees yet. I hope the park district realizes that the need some improvements and find someone to work with them.
-Natural tees
-Basket placements illogical
-Not beginner welcoming
-Poor use of space
This course is not beginner friendly. I feel a very small part of it is only the length. I don't feel it's crazy long and I do not have the distance of most. Most of the holes a beginner player has no realistic chance of duecing. Not really a big issue if you are looking for a true par 54 course. However, majority of the fairways are only mowed about 10 feet wide. If you do not have pinpoint accuracy, this will be a huge issue. The weeds/grass is about waist high and will lead you to looking for your discs. I played a solo round, and without having a second set of eyes, I used my experience to play my round. I only threw my Element, Buzzz, and APX the entire round with the except of hole 11, where I threw a Cyclone with the expectation for a chance at a duece. This gave me almost nothing but safe pars the entire round. A newer player does not know how to control a disc as well and will lead to many lost discs, based on the number of them I found just walking knowing my disc was in the fairway. So with the length of the course, basically my second shot would be considered a NAGS shot.
A few of the basket were in really strange placements. I prefer that basket are not on a straight line off the tee. But a couple of the basket seemed like they were tucked off to the left or right with no real thought of disc flight or strategy. Hole 11 comes to mind, blanking on the other ones. I remember throwing off the tee and walking up assuming that the basket was in one place, and then had to search for it a little. Also, the natural tees are a huge mistake. People will be slipping and falling as they wear down. Especially if they are trying to crank one out there.
This course could have been something wonderful. I stopped a few times and looked around. There are plenty of mature trees and pines where this course could have been awesome if the right designer was involved. It really felt like someone walked the grounds once and said, "That'll do". There was plenty of opportunity with this course. There are other designers in the area who work with each other and work towards something great for the entire community. It also feels like a unfinished product. It's got that we'll cut the wood and build the bookcase for you, we are just not going to sand and stain it. That's what a good designer does. I am kind of glad there is not cement tees yet. I hope the park district realizes that the need some improvements and find someone to work with them.
Other Thoughts: All and all, the course will not be too bad to play late Fall through early Spring. It is not something I will do in the summer again. In it's current condition, I can only give this course a 2.0 reasonable. It is not a 2.5 decent/typical course and it's definitely wouldn't be a 3.0 good course. However, it should be if it was complete. Doing some more clearing, and a little more wider mowing, as well as adjusting a couple baskets or tee locations I would give this course a 3.0 WITHOUT installing tee pads. Add the pads, and it would probably be a 3.5. I wish this was near my house. I would love to work with the park district to make this something special. Unfortunately, it is about an hour ride for me so it is not an option. If the park district desides to utilize their investment and decide to bring someone in for inprovements down the road, there is plenty of opportunity for greatness. This land could easily accommidate dual tees or baskets (really both), and some of the most interesting holes in the Chicago area. You could make shorters holes for newers players and families and add/keep longers holes for advanced players. With dual options, and tweaking this place really could be a 4.5. This course could be packed everyday. It is a shame I was the only one on it on a Friday evening while school is out.
Like I said, 2.0 in current state. Greatness is there, maybe in time someone will make it something special. For now, I would wait to play it until the ground freezes.
Like I said, 2.0 in current state. Greatness is there, maybe in time someone will make it something special. For now, I would wait to play it until the ground freezes.
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Pros: This course is located in a large multiuse park. It's pretty much secluded from all other activities. The rough is down right nasty! Tons of trees and thick vegetation. This is a challenge and you will be punished by errant throws. This land is very unique to the Chicagoland Area. The land is very flat.
There is a course map at the end of the parking lot.
Brand new Innova Discatchers.
Tee signs are plenty adequate with hole #, distance, & description.
We took a picture of the map and did not have to use it once. The course flow was pretty good.
There is some risk and reward. Staying in the fairway is a premium. There are chances to take out a distance driver and smash it.
There is a course map at the end of the parking lot.
Brand new Innova Discatchers.
Tee signs are plenty adequate with hole #, distance, & description.
We took a picture of the map and did not have to use it once. The course flow was pretty good.
There is some risk and reward. Staying in the fairway is a premium. There are chances to take out a distance driver and smash it.
Cons: I have the biggest issue with the tee pads. The natural tee pads were wet, muddy, & slick in places. With as much rough that comes into play slipping on a shot is super frustrating.
The course needs some more clearing. The tall grass and heavy rough is going to scare away newer players. Keep an eye on your shots!
There are a ton of holes where the pin is tucked on the left side or right side of the fairway. They are very sharp angles and not ideal for disc flight.
Hole #2 could have been a really cool looking hole. It has an awesome natural tunnel. The visual stimulation is killed by having the basket placed all the way at the end of the right side where it's not visible.
The course needs some more clearing. The tall grass and heavy rough is going to scare away newer players. Keep an eye on your shots!
There are a ton of holes where the pin is tucked on the left side or right side of the fairway. They are very sharp angles and not ideal for disc flight.
Hole #2 could have been a really cool looking hole. It has an awesome natural tunnel. The visual stimulation is killed by having the basket placed all the way at the end of the right side where it's not visible.
Other Thoughts: With proper tees I'd bump the rating up to 3.0. With a few pin position changes and some minor clearing/mowing it could go to 3.5. The land had 4.0 disc golf potential and is very unique for Chicago. A top designer could have created something special out there.
5 of 6 people found this review helpful.
challenging
2-4 
5/24/2013 
4/16/2013
Review By: mjs2055 Played: 25 Reviewed: 1 Exp: 11 Years
This review was updated on 6/13/2013
Pros: The holes are not overlapping and make good use of the terrain. The course is not for beginners. The holes are not too challenging when it comes to distance. You will be required to use many different throws. The course is not well traveled and there is so much land here that they could have fit more than 18 holes on the land. Tons of trees with very few wide open shots. Some very narrow throws with virtually no possibility of an ace.
Cons: There are no elevation changes. You will need to wear pants even in the summer due to the thorns and the rough terrain. During the summer it can be easy to lose a disc in the thick rough so be careful. No tees as of yet.. however it may be difficult to put permanent ones in good positions. Very few water hazards.
UPDATE: The warmer weather has brought many ticks to the course. All of my friends including myself have discovered ticks on us after playing the course, including several hours later! BE CAREFUL!
UPDATE: The warmer weather has brought many ticks to the course. All of my friends including myself have discovered ticks on us after playing the course, including several hours later! BE CAREFUL!
Other Thoughts: It's a nice course and quite different than the other courses in the area. It will be challenging even for experienced players and will probably continue to improve in the years to come. Do not bring beginners here! It will be treacherous for them and you should take them to Wheeler Park or Jericho Lake instead.
1 of 3 people found this review helpful.
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Pros: - Brings a new type of course to the area
- Kind of hidden for now
- Low Traffic
- a good amount of holes are surrounded by trees so wind won't play as much as a factor
- what everyone else said so far
- new course = clean course with no one ruining the baskets writing their aces on them. Hope we can keep it that way.
-No water hazards except #15, but you'd have to over shoot the green and it's just a shallow creek.
- Kind of hidden for now
- Low Traffic
- a good amount of holes are surrounded by trees so wind won't play as much as a factor
- what everyone else said so far
- new course = clean course with no one ruining the baskets writing their aces on them. Hope we can keep it that way.
-No water hazards except #15, but you'd have to over shoot the green and it's just a shallow creek.
Cons: - Needs teepads
- Although it's not that hard, it would be nice to have a marker to where the next tee pad is near/on basket (thinking about bring tape and doing what I've seen at wheeler and kress creek
- Still needs to remove some trees/ brush to make it less frustrating, but still difficult
- Thorns everywhere
- Pine trees eat disc (ended up getting a good cut on my arm climbing a tree on hole 15 for a disc stuck at the top)
- Ground is pretty uneven on paths to the next hole.
- No garbage cans, plenty of places to put them. I'm sure they'll come in time.
- as of right now it's difficult to figure out exactly where to tee off from as in which side of the post.
- Part of a dog park, owners won't pick up after their dogs so watch where you step.
- Although it's not that hard, it would be nice to have a marker to where the next tee pad is near/on basket (thinking about bring tape and doing what I've seen at wheeler and kress creek
- Still needs to remove some trees/ brush to make it less frustrating, but still difficult
- Thorns everywhere
- Pine trees eat disc (ended up getting a good cut on my arm climbing a tree on hole 15 for a disc stuck at the top)
- Ground is pretty uneven on paths to the next hole.
- No garbage cans, plenty of places to put them. I'm sure they'll come in time.
- as of right now it's difficult to figure out exactly where to tee off from as in which side of the post.
- Part of a dog park, owners won't pick up after their dogs so watch where you step.
Other Thoughts: Don't bring novice players to this yet. My friends were living in the thorns.
Keep a golf ball or slingshot in your bag in case a disc gets stuck in a pine tree.
Part of a park with soccer/baseball fields so you can do some field throws before or after in case you want to.
Can't wait to see what it becomes.
Keep a golf ball or slingshot in your bag in case a disc gets stuck in a pine tree.
Part of a park with soccer/baseball fields so you can do some field throws before or after in case you want to.
Can't wait to see what it becomes.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.
In Progress
1 1/3/2013 1/3/2013
Review By: kevdiv48 Played: 39 Reviewed: 7 Exp: 6.6 Years
This review was updated on 1/4/2013
Pros: The course at West Main Park fills a gap in western Chicagoland that did not previously have any courses. It is on a unique plot of land that is not your typical wide open Chucker course. Most of the pin locations are well thought out and all need to be thrown precisely to score well. The course flow is pretty good. The new Discatchers catch well. There is some variety in left or right shots, though none are terribly long.
Cons: There is still a lot of cleaning up that needs to be done. As of the time of this review, this lack of clearing makes the course unnecessarily difficult. Low lying branches and stumps still need to be removed. Holes such as 4, 12 and 16 have no clear shot to the basket. Hole 7 is a sweet short tunnel that has both the tee and basket off center...unnecessary in my opinion. Hole 13 forces you to throw an awkward shot into a skinny fairway that parallels the dog path. Hole 18 is unique that you must pick one side of a line of bushes to have a clear shot, except that the right side needs to be cleared a good 10 to 20 feet more.
Other Thoughts: There is a lot of potential here and it is clearly not finished, so I will give it the benefit of the doubt. Adding concrete teepads and clearing rough will go a long way in increasing the rating here. With long teepads I could see west main maxing out at 3.5 to 4.0. Time will tell, and I hope the best is yet to come.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful.
lots of potential
Pros: -good location, from what i understand it is on an old tree farm
- lots of long and technical shots
-this course is a most welcome change from the mostly open courses in the area
-heavily wooded but unlike the other heavily wooded courses around it is still a long 18
-even in its rough early stages it was a blast to play
-a great challenge for better players
-still has a few good bomber holes as long as you can bomb accurately
-the first few holes are easy compared to the rest of the course(still harder then a lot of the courses around) that make for good warm up holes.
-even without signs navigation was not that bad with only a few exceptions
- lots of long and technical shots
-this course is a most welcome change from the mostly open courses in the area
-heavily wooded but unlike the other heavily wooded courses around it is still a long 18
-even in its rough early stages it was a blast to play
-a great challenge for better players
-still has a few good bomber holes as long as you can bomb accurately
-the first few holes are easy compared to the rest of the course(still harder then a lot of the courses around) that make for good warm up holes.
-even without signs navigation was not that bad with only a few exceptions
Cons: -this course still needs a lot of work
-very rough pads
-some very rough holes that are heavily wooded with low hanging branches( i thought it made for a good challenge but started to get a little frustrated)
-watch where you step lots of small tree stumps that you can stub your toes on
-the rough is still very rough with lots of thrones and i can see it getting much worse during the summer.
-it is also a dog park and did have a dog try to run off wit ha friends disc but he got it back undamaged
-there are one or 2 holes that are hard to spot from the tee but once signs get put in the few problems we had finding tees will be easily fixed
-they still need to mark the tees and baskets as of now there are orange stakes next to tee/ baskets that say what holes are what
-very rough pads
-some very rough holes that are heavily wooded with low hanging branches( i thought it made for a good challenge but started to get a little frustrated)
-watch where you step lots of small tree stumps that you can stub your toes on
-the rough is still very rough with lots of thrones and i can see it getting much worse during the summer.
-it is also a dog park and did have a dog try to run off wit ha friends disc but he got it back undamaged
-there are one or 2 holes that are hard to spot from the tee but once signs get put in the few problems we had finding tees will be easily fixed
-they still need to mark the tees and baskets as of now there are orange stakes next to tee/ baskets that say what holes are what
Other Thoughts: - once this course gets a little foot traffic through it it will start to clear up a bit
- still needs to be cleared out a bit but i hope they don't clear it out to much
-this course has the potential to be the best course in the area not counting the courses down by joliet but this could easily be on par with those courses. even if they only put in pads i would bump my rating of this course up and if it had quite a bit more work done to it i would bump up the raiting quite a bit
- still needs to be cleared out a bit but i hope they don't clear it out to much
-this course has the potential to be the best course in the area not counting the courses down by joliet but this could easily be on par with those courses. even if they only put in pads i would bump my rating of this course up and if it had quite a bit more work done to it i would bump up the raiting quite a bit
5 of 6 people found this review helpful.
to new
5+ 1/6/2013 12/31/2012
Review By: infinategem Played: 24 Reviewed: 4 Exp: 6.1 Years
This review was updated on 1/29/2013
Pros: Long and tight. this is a hard course with many challenges and absolutely no room for arrent throws. tucked behind the rest of the park so there is not much foot traffic other then frolfers.
Cons: not enough throws! Its tunnel shots and straight fairways from start to finish. There are a couple holes that have no line available to take but midwest discgolf still has time to fix them. The rough consists of huge thornplants everywhere, dont where nice shoes or clothes. The tree will eat your discs! There are very full pines that are generally impossible to recover a disc from uptop. Roughs are hard to see through aswell and it's the middle of winter.
Other Thoughts: i dont know how to add discs lost on the info page but believe me many many discs will be lost. so far there are no tee boxes, i do not know what they are putting in but anything short of concrete will be a poor decision. the plants that were cut down for fairways still need to die so walking is a larger challenge then you'd think. it will definately get better but its still a work in progress.
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