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Edgebrook DGC

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prerube
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Experience: 16.9 years 275 played 236 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Big Arm Paradise. 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 14, 2013 Played the course:once

Pros:

Beautifully manicured. The golf greens can give your discs unique skips and slides.
Marks to tell you how far you have left to the golf flag.

8 and 16 had nice elevated tees.

10 was an interesting shot over a swamp, but the basket is to the right while basket 12 sits infront of you and appears to be the correct basket.

Flow is relatively easy, the pro shop warns you about potentially confusing area.

As a single player I did not need a tee time for an early morning weekday round (however I called for reservation anyway to be safe)

Golf carts can add to the fun for an additional $9.00

Cold delicious water and cups were spread out through out the course in igloo coolers.

Bathroom in the clubhouse, but there were porto-potties on the course as well.

Air conditioned clubhouse that serves snacks is always a pro. Employees were top notch and treat disc golfers just like ball golfers.

Cons:

I will not complain about the actual distance. You have to know what you are getting into when you come here. This is a very long, open course that favors big arms, but I did get tired of using the same shot over and over on a majority of the holes, sometimes twice on the same hole.

Many of the distances on the score card are off by hundreds of feet. Hole 13 for example says 662. After 2 drives I landed by the marker that said I had 600 feet to go to the golf flag.

Baskets in rough shape. Some are tilted because the concrete they used to lock them is not flush with the ground, so the baskets lean to the left or right. Basket 1 was demolished, but still in use.

Baskets are unmarked, so it is easy to shoot at the wrong basket (which I did twice).

Hole 5 is infested with poison ivy if you do not make the hill. I lost a GL River that hit the tree on the right and fell straight down into a dense patch of Poison Ivy.

$11 a round (to walk) is a bit excessive considering the condition of the baskets.

Other Thoughts:

If you play early (6-7am on Friday) there will be workers all over the course and they will stop, but not move out of your way. It is a bit of a distraction, but they must get ready for the rush of weekend golfers.

Know what you are getting into before going. This is a big arm course that costs over $10. If you do not like that, than this may not be a course for you.
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shanagins80
Experience: 21 years 1 played 1 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Novelty 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Apr 30, 2008 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Its on a ball golf course, so there are golf carts, and the holes are very long (and if feels like you can just drive farther on this course for some reason), one hole with serious elevation change and water, being able to throw a disc farther than some of the ball golfers drives :)

Cons:

Shared course with ball golfers who may not like DGers (BTW, the baskets are not on the ball golf greens, usually nearby). It is a pay course and not terribly cheap, so I usually only play here once a year or so. Pretty wide open, so not technically challenging, though it is fun to throw a bunch of bombs.

Other Thoughts:

This course is a novelty. Its one of very few courses in Chicago (and you can even take a train from the city and walk there). Its also fun to ride around in a golf cart. Certainly not a fantastic course, but I have fun everytime I play here (though I guess I have fun pretty much everytime I play).
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