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Evergreen Park, IL

50 Acre Park DGC

3.595(based on 22 reviews)
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jamskatehlado90
Experience: 1 played 1 reviews
4.00 star(s)

A well-rounded course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jan 24, 2017 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

A great diversity of open holes, long-stretch, partially wooded holes, as well as holes that play to the terrain landscape (such as holes 8, 9 and 11. This diversity gives you plenty of room to really strengthen and fully test your roller shots, hyzers, and long-range drives. Overall, I think this is a well-designed course.

Cons:

There is always fallen tree debris in the way, and nobody ever seems to clear it up. I appreciate that they keep the lawn maintained, as well as the tees, but fallen branches can be potentially dangerous and should be cleared up.
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jnmayer37
Experience: 8.8 years 4 played 3 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Fun Course - if not wet 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Mar 26, 2016 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

This is my home course and I love that I can basically walk here. That doesn't help most others, but I play the course almost 4-5 times a week. The first 7 holes snake through the same grove of trees. You can easily navigate around the giant oaks by selecting the longer tees. The course opens quite a bit at around 8-11, then back through more oak groves. 8 is a gut check. There is a lagoon to the left with tall cat tails and the right floods a lot. If it your disc fades too must left, forget it. You're better off laying up to the right of the burm...when there is not much water on the right, that is. :)

The back half of the course is more open than the front half. In a way, there are not many challenging shots, but you can practice just about every throw and every disc you have in your bag. As many have already mentioned, there are two tee pads on almost every whole (on 4 there is only one tee), but all have concrete pads with signs. In many ways, the longer tees offer better lines to the basket on some holes. And in talking to a lot of players that frequent the course, they argue that they can score better on the long tees. If you think there is only one pad on 7, look way by the back of the driving range net. It's way back there. Fun.

There is a dog park close by, but the dogs are really not a problem. It's fenced. The dog owners are regulars and I have talked to most of them. So they know about disc golf and are very respectful of our space. A few of them have even picked up on the sport now. So be nice when out and about.

**The dog park is actually in play on hole 1 and 2. If you throw an errant disc and it ends up in the fenced in dog park, good luck. If there are dog owners near by, they will retrieve your disk for you. But if there is nobody there, you can't get in the park unless you have a special electronic key or are superman and can jump the fence.

There is water in play on the last whole...you have to carry over about 200 ft on the long tee and about 100 feet on the short tee. It's not a big deal unless you just starting playing. In which case, just lay up on the right. :)

As many have mentioned, the course is wide open, so wind comes in to play. But honestly, what the course lacks in a challenging design, it makes up for it with wind coming into play a lot. It's windy there. But that's part of the fun!

Cons:

During the spring and summer, they cut the grass on Tuesdays. It can take quite a bit of time. But the landscapers are super respectful, so go ahead and go throw.

It's wet when it rains and in the spring. They have had drainage issues...it used to be a golf course, so just bring some waterproof shoes. I have some Goretex boots and sneakers and that takes care of the problem. If you have waders, you could probably go into the lagoon and retrieve 100+ discs. Just call me if you find mine!

Other Thoughts:

It's a fun course, if not a bit wet. It's quiet most days, as many people in the south suburbs have not really discovered this course as of yet. They have held two tournaments to date and I expect more.
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