Kress Creek Farms reviews
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EspressoPatronum
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Experience:
18.8 years
256 played
241 reviews
I Won't Be Back... 2+ years
Reviewed:
Played on:Aug 9, 2018
Played the course:2-4 times
Pros:
- full 18 holes
- combination of open and more technical shots
- seemed well mowed and somewhat maintained
- nothing to give this course a "wow" factor over any other courses
- bugs were eating me alive
- combination of open and more technical shots
- seemed well mowed and somewhat maintained
- nothing to give this course a "wow" factor over any other courses
- bugs were eating me alive
Cons:
- tee signs are largely destroyed at this point and haven't been fixed
- tee posts can be confusing and many are leaning
- no tees, essentially
- post often gives little indication which way you are supposed to throw
- navigation is extremely confusing
- usually pretty windy (depending on how you look at it, maybe not a con)
- tee posts can be confusing and many are leaning
- no tees, essentially
- post often gives little indication which way you are supposed to throw
- navigation is extremely confusing
- usually pretty windy (depending on how you look at it, maybe not a con)
Other Thoughts:
I've tried to give this course a chance, but after playing it twice, and struggling to care enough to complete it both times, I won't be back.
The amount of land here has the potential to be something better, but the course just isn't designed or set up all that well. While it is clear someone is mowing and doing general maintenance of the land, this isn't even always a good thing - as other reviewers have commented, in some areas so much brush was cleared as to reduce the difficulty of the course.
Both times I have been here, I found the navigation extremely confusing. At least one basket was either missing entirely or I just never found it. At some point you just get sick of this - there are tons of courses around the Chicago suburbs that are beautifully laid out and maintained.
The bugs are seriously thick here too - this is a fact of life playing disc golf I suppose, they just seemed awful here.
Some of the initial open holes, coupled with the poor/nonexistent tee signs, made it confusing in terms of where you were throwing to, since there was no clear direction of which way to throw and multiple baskets were visible.
Like I said, there's enough land here this space could probably be better, but it just falls short in so many ways. I think more than anything the navigation frustrations made it not worth it for me.
There are courses nearby that are much better, such as Knoch Knolls in Naperville, Katherine Legge in Hinsdale, Madison Meadows in Lombard, or several courses in the Lockport/Joliet area (Highland Park, The Canyons, etc.) if you're willing to go further out. I would skip this one.
The amount of land here has the potential to be something better, but the course just isn't designed or set up all that well. While it is clear someone is mowing and doing general maintenance of the land, this isn't even always a good thing - as other reviewers have commented, in some areas so much brush was cleared as to reduce the difficulty of the course.
Both times I have been here, I found the navigation extremely confusing. At least one basket was either missing entirely or I just never found it. At some point you just get sick of this - there are tons of courses around the Chicago suburbs that are beautifully laid out and maintained.
The bugs are seriously thick here too - this is a fact of life playing disc golf I suppose, they just seemed awful here.
Some of the initial open holes, coupled with the poor/nonexistent tee signs, made it confusing in terms of where you were throwing to, since there was no clear direction of which way to throw and multiple baskets were visible.
Like I said, there's enough land here this space could probably be better, but it just falls short in so many ways. I think more than anything the navigation frustrations made it not worth it for me.
There are courses nearby that are much better, such as Knoch Knolls in Naperville, Katherine Legge in Hinsdale, Madison Meadows in Lombard, or several courses in the Lockport/Joliet area (Highland Park, The Canyons, etc.) if you're willing to go further out. I would skip this one.
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DiscGolfShopping
Experience:
20 years
9 played
7 reviews
Tee Pads? 2+ years drive by
Reviewed:
Played on:Apr 13, 2017
Played the course:once
Pros:
Challenging on a few holes dude to narrow fairways
wooded on portions of the course
wooded on portions of the course
Cons:
Where are the teepads?
Where are the signs so I know where the next hole is?
A beginner disc golfer will have a decent shot at losing a disc.
Where are the signs so I know where the next hole is?
A beginner disc golfer will have a decent shot at losing a disc.
Other Thoughts:
I'm not sure why they spent so much money on turning this into a disc golf course and with decent baskets, but not add any type of tees. If people don't play this course I can see how new people will have no clue where the hole starts.
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Arocep
Experience:
21 years
82 played
2 reviews
Eh. 2+ years drive by
Reviewed:
Played on:May 23, 2011
Played the course:once
Pros:
Could be a decent 9 hole course.
Cons:
The front 9 is gone, taken out. There are no kinds of tees or signs or anything indicating anything. Most of it is in a valley that stays pretty mushy in parts and mosquitos/bugs are everywhere.
The hole layouts from where you might think the tee would go are awkward.
The hole layouts from where you might think the tee would go are awkward.
Other Thoughts:
If you like picking where to choose from then u might like this course. Not my style as I prefer to keep track of how well i do at a set couse.
