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KePP
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 Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 10:13 am Post subject: New course in East Moline |
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| ajordanpippenfan wrote: | | what about the park in east moline next to soule bowl? that would be a good size for a beginner friendly, putter only course. |
| DVS1 wrote: | | KePP wrote: | | East Moline may be a great location for a beginner course since there aren't any courses out that way yet. |
Give it until Spring, there will be. See Thompson's post. |
Butterworth Preview
The QCDGC may have had zero knowledge or involvement in the development of this course, but we can at least bring you the official preview! Be sure to scroll down and checkout the course walkthrough.
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Lou Siffer
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| Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 10:36 am Post subject: |
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Wow, Wes! Fantastic job on that. Way to keep on top of what's going on.
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Sniper26
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| Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 10:48 am Post subject: |
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| There is a good chance that this course was designed by Gary Lewis. I saw Gary and a friend at Camden about a month ago and they said that East Moline contacted them about placing a course in their city, and they were down to check things out. |
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flyinplastic23
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| Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 11:59 am Post subject: |
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soo all this was under the radar? I dont recall hearing about a course in EM before this post. cool!
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Chase20460
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| Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 1:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Sniper26 wrote: | | There is a good chance that this course was designed by Gary Lewis. I saw Gary and a friend at Camden about a month ago and they said that East Moline contacted them about placing a course in their city, and they were down to check things out. |
Strange that they would call Gary Lewis down from Chicago. Stranger He wouldnt make contact with someone from the club, to let them know. Strangest that this is the first anyone has seemed to hear about it.
_ Correction. After re-reading the first post, Dan obviously knew something about it.
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ajordanpippenfan
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| Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 2:29 pm Post subject: |
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you know i'm excited. keep up the good work clark and friends. you guys do a good job for the game of disc golf.
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RonRazz
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| Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 3:00 pm Post subject: |
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| Whats with the proposed layout? The distance from ones basket to twos tee, and crossing a fairway to get to the third tee, not very well laid out IMO. |
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Orange Guy
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| Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 3:04 pm Post subject: |
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That's the best we could surmise from what little info we've been able to gather. Whomever is behind this isn't exactly putting a lot out there.
I should have more concrete info in the next few days.
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GDL17921
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| Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 3:18 pm Post subject: |
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<bites tongue>
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KePP
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| GDL2000 wrote: | | <bites tongue> |
You? Wow, it must be really bad. Like someone leaving behind thousands in debt for others to man-up to while they move on to dupe the next poor sucker. But it couldn't possibly be that bad...
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RedBird88
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| Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 5:30 pm Post subject: butterworth |
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The info for the course at Butterworth Park came from my website http://quadcitydiscgolf.com/ and has been available for a while. This course has been in the works for a couple years now, and with the success of Middle park and now the addition of the second course at Camden, the city of East Moline felt they were ready to finally add the course. It will be a nine holer with two tee pads and three pin locations, and will play primarily for the more rec type player but when played from the longs it will still be a fun challenge for more advanced golfers by using fast greens and elevation changes.
The City will be paying for the course and doing all the work, along with the help of a local volunteer group that will do mostly fundraising thru hole sponsorships. The vast amount of the leg work has been done by Jeff Clark, with help from me on the design. The park is small and tight, but I feel we came up with the best way to use the available space while staying within the tight restrictions from the city itself. The first tee pad has been poured along with the practice basket being installed, but the rest of the work will be done in the spring.
This is a great example of how far disc golf has come in the Quad Cities. No funds will need to be raised by the club nor will any work be needed, and the city is very excited about getting a great little course!
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Sniper26
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| I think this was a little shifty and underhanded, but as long as I don't have to saw trees and build the thing, great news. |
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Orange Guy
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| Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 7:08 pm Post subject: Re: butterworth |
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| RedBird88 wrote: | | This is a great example of how far disc golf has come in the Quad Cities. |
That's one spin, sure. I think it's sad the Club is the last to know about a new course in the area.
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Lou Siffer
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| Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 8:59 pm Post subject: Re: butterworth |
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| RedBird88 wrote: | | This is a great example of how far disc golf has come in the Quad Cities. No funds will need to be raised by the club nor will any work be needed...! |
Wow. There's just no way to sugarcoat this, but after almost $8000.00 and countless hours of labor, that really hurts.
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| Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 9:46 pm Post subject: Re: butterworth |
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| Lou Siffer wrote: | | Wow. There's just no way to sugarcoat this, but after almost $8000.00 and countless hours of labor, that really hurts. |
He probably means their club.
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