Can also look at a Dubs/Ravines package at COG (usually only like $200 for both with cart) for people who may want to play 36. I would be down but its gonna depend on the date cause of tournaments and such.
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Could not be more excited about this at Kohler - thanks @thefriedegg for sharing this AM. Great way to take a golf trip up north with non-golfers…
The meet-up sounds great, I only recently moved to the Chicagoland area so would be great to get out and meet some like minded golf heads!
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Additionally we’ve been efforting a (very) early before work round on Thursday mornings at Sydney Marovitz. Giving it a bump here LMK if interested-
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Signed up! Can’t do it if it’s Sweetens weekend though.
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I’ve got 29 responses to that Google Form! I am gonna leave it open for a few more days and then announce the date and push out the second Google Form with the course selection poll. What I’ll do is tally up each course you guys listed and let everyone vote for one course from the five most mentioned. Refuge favorites like MP, Ravisloe, Sunset Valley, and Cog are getting some love.
Basically all of you wanna play some type of game as do I. I’m kinda shooting from the hip with this idea - but how about a stroke play event, balanced teams of 4, all handicaps given, play 4 score 3? That way everyone’s playing their own ball all day. $20 buy in per guy, cash to top 3 teams? I’m a history teacher and not a math teacher so someone will have to help me with those numbers after all this is finalized and tee times are booked.
I would really appreciate some ideas on what game to play so I can add them to the second form and let you all vote. In the past I’ve only played scrambles at outings and if I’m bored of them at 25 I can only imagine the more veteran players on this thread are as well.
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Date and then location are more pressing. Figure those out and the numbers, then we can kind of wing the format. The specific game is probably secondary right now (except if it’s a scramble, fuuuuuuck scrambles).
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Agreed date top priority.
Is sunset valley a must play? How have I never played that.
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Date should likely be top priority, that way you can request a tee block from a course way ahead of time, chase a 2nd option if you have to, etc.
Also could be cool to do some sort of charitable component like other meetups have done.
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“Must play” is a bit strong. Personally, I’m not sure any public course in the area is a must play. But it’s definitely up there w/ Mt. Prospect, Ravisloe, and Ravines for me.
gotcha, good to know.
i hear you on the must play, it’s sort of how you define it. for me, if you play public golf in the area, i’d consider all the ones you mentioned a must play!
wait maybe i think every golf course is a must play?
I’d say its one of better public places to play, they redid it a couple years ago. Very playable and walkable, some interesting greens and holes. Biggest drawbacks - no range or place to warm up aside from putting and pace of play can be a crawl if you don’t get out earlier in the day.
That wasn’t my intention. Obviously book it the Sweetens weekend if that works for everyone else.
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Great point. I don’t wanna put the cart before the horse by trying to figure out the game now when we don’t have the more important details down first.
I love the charity idea. Anyone know a good COVID charity?
great idea on a feel good give back!
i don’t know of a good covid charity, but pretty much every charity has been impacted massively by covid.
the chicago community trust has a covid response fund that they would then give to charities that fit the bill.
could always go evans scholars or first tee, again every charity is in dire need of funds due to no events for five months and the state of the economy.
For me personally it’s one of the better public courses in the area. Staff is super friendly and the bar attracted to the club house is pretty damn legit as well
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i gotta get out there!
One team game I like in this setting is called 1-2-3 (also called ChaChaCha or Irish Fourball) -
First hole you count your one best score, second hole you count your two best scores, third hole you count your three best scores, fourth hole it starts over to your one best score, etc.
Very simple, no handicap needed (not a problem if you can roughly balance the teams), everyone plays their own ball, everyone gets involved in the scoring but there’s not too much pressure on the high handicappers.
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@PinkPantser is the Minister of Games.
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That’s an awesome idea