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Bflynn23

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sam004 Well Established Member

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Canton for me. I go to Pekin often. I use to hit balls at Lick Creek.

How is Lick Creek ?

I was looking for suggestions on courses to play in Peoria and Bloomington areas. I seen Lick Creek come up as one of the higher rated course in the area.

Driver: X460 tour- 9.5*
3-wood: 3+ - 13*
Hybrid: BB HW 20*
Hybrid: 24*
Irons: X-20 Uniflex SteelWedges: Colonial 56* & 60*Putter: XG SabertoothBall: GPS-8âIf you are caught on a golf course during a storm and are afraid of lightning, hold up a 1-iron. Not even God...


Bflynn23 Established Member

Bflynn23

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Lick Creek is in pretty nice shape. Pretty hard, fast greens, narrow fairways. They just redid the tee boxes, fairways, and green 2-3 years ago and went to bent grass. Prices are pretty good too. I think somewhere like $30-40 (greens fee and single 18 hole cart) for non pekin residents. I would recommend the course.

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G10_Jamie Member

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Grew up across the River from Quincy, town called Canton. Bought my last set of clubs from Nan's Golf World back in 94 or 95.
Went to Pekin for work a couple years back, first time in a long time I was in a bar and it wasn't a cardinals bar. Took me a few minutes to figure out why the Cards game wasn't on and why they had no intention of changing the channel!
I currently live in METRO STL, or rather, the Il side of st louis.


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ishot67 Newbie

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Grew up across the River from Quincy, town called Canton. Bought my last set of clubs from Nan's Golf World back in 94 or 95.

Hi Jamie, I actually live just outside canton. It is a small world!

tbjohnston Member

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No, I'm smarter than that. I root for a team that actually has won the world series in my lifetime! The Cardinals.

Heck. Where's the fun in rooting for a team that actually wins a World Series?

gotta root for the Cubs. They last won in 1908!

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HiMyNameIsMichelle Member

HiMyNameIsMichelle

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I hope you guys are all cub fans!

White Sox all the way

I grew up in that insignificant parcel of Illinois known as "Not Chicago." I am very familiar with the Peoria area.

Haha, I just tell everyone I'm from Chicago, it's easier. Then if they care to know more, I say the suburbs of Chicago where everything is about an hour away.

IDK, my bff Jill?

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Woods: Tour RxIrons: 4DWedges: 4DPutter: Divine Line BladeBall: ONEFollow me on Twitter."DESTINY, sometimes it means you're just going to fall short."


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sam004 Well Established Member

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Anyone here play the Palmer course in Bloomington, The Den at Fox Creek.
Just curious what others think of the course ?

I played it recently, I started off with 3 pars on the first 4 holes and then I got caught in the "Fox Trap" [holes 5,6,7]

Driver: X460 tour- 9.5*
3-wood: 3+ - 13*
Hybrid: BB HW 20*
Hybrid: 24*
Irons: X-20 Uniflex SteelWedges: Colonial 56* & 60*Putter: XG SabertoothBall: GPS-8âIf you are caught on a golf course during a storm and are afraid of lightning, hold up a 1-iron. Not even God...


sam004 Well Established Member

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Howdy from Chicago. I was just downstate at Heritage Bluffs recently.

LOL, I suppose if your from Chicago, Joliet area feels like downstate.

But really, look at the map Joliet is not in Central IL.

Driver: X460 tour- 9.5*
3-wood: 3+ - 13*
Hybrid: BB HW 20*
Hybrid: 24*
Irons: X-20 Uniflex SteelWedges: Colonial 56* & 60*Putter: XG SabertoothBall: GPS-8âIf you are caught on a golf course during a storm and are afraid of lightning, hold up a 1-iron. Not even God...


Kirby Newbie

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LOL, I suppose if your from Chicago, Joliet area feels like downstate.

Eh, anything south of Naperville is downstate for me.


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