Recent content by brettowen

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    Review by brettowen in course Kiwanis Park

    0.50 star(s) Lawsuit waiting to happen NONE This is a really poorly designed course that is a lawsuit waiting to happen. The designers (if you can call them that) crammed seven holes into an area where not even three or four holes would comfortably fit. There are safety issues on ever single hole and if...
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    Review by brettowen in course Central Park

    4.00 star(s) Fantastic Redesign WOW is my first reaction to this impressive 9 hole course. From the time you step onto the raised up, meticulously built first tee you realize this is NOT your typical Chicago area nine hole. First and foremost this course is heavily wooded and will make you think on every...
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    Review by brettowen in course Central Park - Old Layout

    0.50 star(s) URGENT: Redesign underway URGENT: REDESIGN UNDERWAY Once one of the best 9 holers in all of the Chicago area is in the process of being redesigned. Over half of the trees on the course have been cut down. According to the park district this is to make room for a new synthetic surface soccer...
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    Review by brettowen in course Maryknoll Park

    2.00 star(s) Puzzling changes I really want to like this course more than I do, especially because it is 10 minutes from where I work. However I can't give it more than 2 stars because it's just not that special a course. As others have said I guess the designers did the best they could with the limited...
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    Review by brettowen in course Black Bear Park

    3.50 star(s) Fun Little 18 holes I had a great time on this course. The setting is really beautiful... near a small lagoon with cattails and a path winding through a very picturesque setting. Very new and so far well maintained. It is rather short as others have mentioned but it does make you think. It...
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    Review by brettowen in course Kress Creek Farms

    2.00 star(s) Work in progress This has the potential to be a very fun 18 hole course however when I played the course in March of 2011 there was no signage what so ever and no tee pads or even a tee areas marked on any of the holes. This forces you to make up your tee point as you go along. The front nine...
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