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conrad1cal Newbie

conrad1cal

Hello Everyone!

Name is Conrad, looking to really devote a lot of time to my game this year after not being able to play much the last 2 years due to work & related traveling. I've been playing golf since I could barely walk and look forward to trying to get as close to scratch as possible this summer now that I've freed up some time.

Should be fun to discuss golf with everyone on this forum. I've been reading it for years, figure I'd finally get an account and join this awesome community! Can't wait for the weather to clear up around here so I can get to the range and get this 2012 season underway.




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1puttit Well Established Member

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Welcome to the site. Good to have another Chicagoan on board. Looking forward to to the start of the season and hopefully it wont be as rainy and cold as last year. Already getting email notices that courses are planning on opening the weekend of March 10th.

Where are you located? I'm out in Plainfield.

“You don't have the game you played last year or last week. You only have today's game. It may be far from your best, but that's all you've got. Harden your heart and make the best of it.”

~ Walter Hagen


Dan Garcia Member

Dan Garcia

Welcome Conrad,

This is my first post as well. I hope you have a great season! I'm out by the O'Hare area.

Regards,

Dan


rustyredcab Great Member

rustyredcab

Welcome to lovely Chicagoland in March. Snowing hard right now. It was 50* a few hours ago. Will it ever be Spring in Chicago? Looks like I'll buy another card for a bunch of golf dome hours at the Addison Dome.

I'm a Glen Ellyn/Lombard guy who plays at Prairie Landings in West Chicago. We need TheSandtrap.com hats or something so we can spot each other.

Russ - Student of the Moe Norman swing as taught by the pros at - http://moenormangolf.com

Titleist 910 D3 8.5* w/ Project X shaft/ Titleist 910F 15* w/ Project X shaft

Cobra Baffler 20* & 23* hybrids with Accra hybrid shafts

Mizuno MP-53 irons 5Iron-PW AeroTech i95 shafts stiff and soft stepped once/Mizuno MP T-11 50.6/56.10/MP T10 60*

Seemore PCB putter with SuperStroke 3.0

Srixon 2012 Z-Star yellow balls/ Iomic Sticky 2.3, X-Evolution grips/Titleist Lightweight Cart Bag---

extra/alternate clubs: Mizunos JPX-800 Pro 5-GW with Project X 5.0 soft-stepped shafts


GaijinGolfer Super Member

GaijinGolfer

Welcome to the site!  Its good to see another midwesterner on the board!

Whats in my :sunmountain: C-130 cart bag?

Woods: :mizuno: JPX 850 9.5*, :mizuno: JPX 850 15*, :mizuno: JPX-850 19*, :mizuno: JPX Fli-Hi #4, :mizuno: JPX 800 Pro 5-PW, :mizuno: MP T-4 50-06, 54-09 58-10, :cleveland: Smart Square Blade and :bridgestone: B330-S


conrad1cal Newbie

conrad1cal

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Hey Guys,

Thanks for the warm welcome. I"m in the Schaumburg/Streamwood area. I tend to play Bowes Creek, Bridges of Poplar Creek, and The Highlands of Elgin for the most part, but definitely looking to explore some new courses this season. Was able to golf a few times the past week at TopGolf in Wooddale, love that place. Also got a bucket of balls in at Green Valley off Lake St WHILE it was snowing...gotta love the weather!


conrad1cal Newbie

conrad1cal

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Originally Posted by rustyredcab

Welcome to lovely Chicagoland in March. Snowing hard right now. It was 50* a few hours ago. Will it ever be Spring in Chicago? Looks like I'll buy another card for a bunch of golf dome hours at the Addison Dome.

I'm a Glen Ellyn/Lombard guy who plays at Prairie Landings in West Chicago. We need TheSandtrap.com hats or something so we can spot each other.



How is Prairie Landings? I've never played there, played a LOT of golf at St Andrews, though. Great place to practice as well.


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rustyredcab Great Member

rustyredcab

Prairie Landings is a great layout. Sporty holes, classic holes, very good conditions, practice facilities that include practice holes.

Well worth a visit.

Russ - Student of the Moe Norman swing as taught by the pros at - http://moenormangolf.com

Titleist 910 D3 8.5* w/ Project X shaft/ Titleist 910F 15* w/ Project X shaft

Cobra Baffler 20* & 23* hybrids with Accra hybrid shafts

Mizuno MP-53 irons 5Iron-PW AeroTech i95 shafts stiff and soft stepped once/Mizuno MP T-11 50.6/56.10/MP T10 60*

Seemore PCB putter with SuperStroke 3.0

Srixon 2012 Z-Star yellow balls/ Iomic Sticky 2.3, X-Evolution grips/Titleist Lightweight Cart Bag---

extra/alternate clubs: Mizunos JPX-800 Pro 5-GW with Project X 5.0 soft-stepped shafts


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showtime583 Well Established Member

showtime583

Figured I'd chime in on the Chicago thread....I live in the city, but play all over. My favorites in no particular order:

  1. Bowes Creek in Elgin - Great spot, unlimited golf/range with their "member for the day" policy. Around $80 and I always get in 36 when I head out there.
  2. Thunderhawk - Bit of a hike from downtown, but worth the trip. Big big course...
  3. Ravisloe - Nice track, former private club. Not too long, but a good test. Lots of trees and some holes are tight of the tee
  4. George Dunne - Best Forest Preserve course in my opinion. Bunkers have gotten better recently...long track and tough finish on 17 and 18. Great test for the game.
  5. Odyssey GC - Great shape, but a few holes are a little "tricked out". Check the calendar at the amphitheater next door for weekend rounds...played there once with a heavy metal concert going on and could hear EVERYTHING on a number of holes
  6. Ruffled Feathers - Love this track. Kind of pricy, but "unlimited" food and beverage (booze not included) is a plus...have a nice lunch or dinner after the round for "free"

Any suggestions I should check out? Haven't played St. Andrews or Cantigny...heard great things about both.

Oh - have mixed emotions about Harborside....2 nice 18s close to the city, but way overpriced in my opinion. Tends to always be windy as well.....

In the bag:

TaylorMade R11 Driver (10.5 stiff stock shaft)

TaylorMade R11 3wood (15 degree stiff stock shaft)

Adams IdeaPro 3i hybrid (20 degree)

Titleist DCI 4-PW (photo)

Cleveland CG15 wedges (52, 56, 60)

Odyssey White-Hot 2-Ball (Superstroke oversize grip)

Bushnell Tour V2 Rangefinder

Ping Hoofer 2012 Bag

 

 


rustyredcab Great Member

rustyredcab

St Andrews (the one in West Chicago not the one in Scotland) has a very good practice facility. One of the best in the area including good balls and lights on the range. The course is far from special. Practice there if you are in the area but play somewhere else. Arrowhead in Wheaton was a St Andrews like course that transformed itself into a very nice course (three nines) a few years back. Opposite of St. Andrews in that the practice facility is awful and the course is very nice.

Russ - Student of the Moe Norman swing as taught by the pros at - http://moenormangolf.com

Titleist 910 D3 8.5* w/ Project X shaft/ Titleist 910F 15* w/ Project X shaft

Cobra Baffler 20* & 23* hybrids with Accra hybrid shafts

Mizuno MP-53 irons 5Iron-PW AeroTech i95 shafts stiff and soft stepped once/Mizuno MP T-11 50.6/56.10/MP T10 60*

Seemore PCB putter with SuperStroke 3.0

Srixon 2012 Z-Star yellow balls/ Iomic Sticky 2.3, X-Evolution grips/Titleist Lightweight Cart Bag---

extra/alternate clubs: Mizunos JPX-800 Pro 5-GW with Project X 5.0 soft-stepped shafts


Acooper1983 Member

Acooper1983

Im up in rockford., Mainly play country courses (which are spectacular this year) and rockford courses including the venerable Aldeen golf club,  one of the top 50 courses for under 50$ in the country.  Extremly nice course.


Dan Garcia Member

Dan Garcia

Originally Posted by Acooper1983

Im up in rockford., Mainly play country courses (which are spectacular this year) and rockford courses including the venerable Aldeen golf club,  one of the top 50 courses for under 50$ in the country.  Extremly nice course.

I played Aldeen this past weekend 2 times through. Got a great deal for $35 off golfnow which included the cart and a bucket of range balls. Like Acooper said, it's an extremely nice course. Loved having water on 12 of the holes. I played from the back tees and scored a 123. I was sort of proud of that given that I'm barely about 7 months into the game.

I usually play Eaglewood out in Itasca. Its one of the few courses in my area that has some nice elevations.


redi630 Well Established Member

redi630

Originally Posted by showtime583

Ravisloe - Nice track, former private club. Not too long, but a good test. Lots of trees and some holes are tight of the tee

I played Ravsloe last summer for the first time and I would say it was the worst conditioned course I have ever played.  I know the summer was tough on courses last year but it was really bad.  Half of the greens were mud.  It was to bad because the layout was nice.

Has anyone played it this year?  Have they improved the conditions from last year?

Drive for show, putt for dough


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