50-Acre Park

"Really great course with some bomb shots. The long tees score pretty well if you can drive decently."

"Fun and challenging park course with elevation"

"Only downside is the inaccuracy of the hole placement on the guide maps at each tee, otherwise incredibly well marked and kept"

"Conditions = Long grass and some garbage. First play through, longs, the course is tough with wind and elevation. Some par 4s should be 3s but aside from that worth the drive from Uptown to play and get some good exercise."

"Good course but needs arrows for clear hole marking "

"Course overview is very accurate. Good difference between short and long tees. Well maintained park. Two “Top of the World” shots from long tees. Enjoyed the round."

"Very long, love that it’s in Chicago "

"Beautiful course, very easy to play and open"

"wet and missing 3 holes currently but a really fun and well laid out course. Variety of shots and low risk to lose a disc "

"Tough course. A lot of giant trees make for tough shots. Really muddy. "

"7,9, and 12 all not up"

"Open style beginner friendly course, par 4s very friendly even from long tees a few basket missing unfortunately. "

"Very nice course. Fairly challenging from. The longs. Missing baskets on 7, 9, and 12"

"Baskets pulled on the hill in the middle of the round. Little swampy but playable."

"beautiful park, average tee boxes and baskets."

"Baskets 7,9, and 12 are missing "

"I think this is a 4.5 star beginner course. Open holes and decision between long and short tees is cool. Great course for beginners and people just trying to have a very casual game. Every hole is pretty much just a wide open hole with a few big trees. "

"Really nice pitch and putt course. Beginner friendly."

"Well maintained, beautiful park. The Root and Rocket sculpture were very cool. Wind really affected my game. "

"Very open, few gap hit holes. Overall the elevation on this course is pretty fun. Would recommend "

"Very well up kept all open shots up and down hill. Overall fun course not too long as well"

"Super fun, soft pars, good mix of elevation and distance, not a ton of obstacles but still super fun! "

"Big throws, not many OBs to worry about. Head wind on long tees does crank up the difficulty. Fun course. "

"Lots of elevation change for a city park, well maintained too "

"Super nice course. If I was local I would play it a lot. Extra cool wood carvings. The holes are not challenging enough to be a real destination course but it is a beautiful park. The course is in great shape with multiple pads. "

"Grass cut short, great conditions. "

"Lots of hills, dips and trees. Prepare to get your steps in! Lost a disc in the pond on 18 😑"

"Clean and well kept course, wide range of holes, and all in all just fun"

"🙌🏼"

"Beautiful course "

"Nice layout, some good elevation and some fairly long holes. Mostly open with park style trees scattered throughout. Good tee pads - both long and short."

"Love this course it’s very well manicured grass is always cut and there’s a variety of layouts."

"Lots of good far open shots and elevation holes. Course design could be better "

"Course had wet spots, but that’s expected after the rain we had. Course was great and clean!"

"Couple old assholes felt like they owned the place; line of us after them, they played at least 3 discs for every stroke. I hope they see this too. Course was beautiful"

"Wide open course with some hills"

"Super rad course but needs mowed "

"Very simple open field course. Good to practice but not many challenging shots"

"Loved it! Great use of the hills, some trees, some water, but nothing to crazy. It a great course for a beginner to play and feel they're playing an elite course, but also great for pros to practice some huge throws with different lines."

"Enjoyed playing nice open course"

"Great course "

"Solid course with flats as well as hill shots. WEAR WATERPROOF BOOTS if it's been raining at all, lower course is soup when wet."

"Nice wide open park and all baskets in place today. There’s a designated dog park but encountered a few people with dogs off leash grabbing my discs and hitting ball golf balls in the middle of the fairway. Otherwise nice course!"

"Great land, but missing some baskets"

"Any tournaments being played here in the spring or summer? "

"Course was wet and did not drain."

"Signs renovated recently. Clean tee pads. Very nice course with lots of shot variety. Final two holes at risk of pedestrian traffic, though. "

"Fun course, first 9 are up and down hills which is fun. A few signs the basket is wrong from the picture. (Hole 5? Signs says basket right but it’s to the left) Groots arm is missing. Still a great carving in the tree. "

"Great design in a beautiful park. Very well kept. Nost holes feature long and regular tees, UDisc Main layout uses a mix of them. "

"really enjoyed this course!"

"Super fun & well kept course, definitely worth checking out"

"First time at this park, very satisfied! Beautiful course that feels a bit like a ball-golf course, minus the rough. Long open holes with good tree placement for a bit of a challenge. Elevation change is great and a good workout. Teepads are large and in great condition. I took off a half star because the signs are very faded, the direction to the next hole needs to be something other than spray paint on the grass, and some of the holes are a bit congested. "

"Fun course. Nice park also. Would recommend "

"Very nice. Open course not much obstacles and pars are very generous but just enough to keep it interesting. "

"Nice course, cool hills on front nine. Windy conditions "

"Hot. So. Hot."

"Fun course in a (dedicated?) park! Good use of elevation on the front-9, long holes on the back-9. Soft pars on the signs, but a good design to play the long tees with tighter pars to challenge all skill levels. Good tees, nice hole number stamps. Signs are fading in the sun, but that wasn’t critical. Great baskets. "

"Baskets are in again. Birdies nowhere to be found"

"Great course through the park. Long tees can play very long with the hills"

"Missing three baskets around the sled hill"

"Well maintained course. Front 9 is fun throwing up and down hills, over little valleys, basket on a steep hill. "

"One of the most fun, best kept courses I’ve played. Definitely worth an hour drive."

"Great Course. Loved it! Freshly mowed and getable birdies even from long tees! Beautiful! "

"Very well maintained course (it was being mowed as we were playing) with no fear of losing a disc except on 2 holes. Very fun and challenging in a good way for beginners with just enough obstacles and plenty of elevation changes to make you think about your shot selection. Also has option for short or long tee pads."

"Pretty well up kept. Long holes make it more challenging. The front half is really fun with elevation changes. The back is a lil on the boring side, just bombs down a field. Hole 18 over the water is always fun! "

"Awesome open course to learn wind play "

"Great layout, long and short tees on many holes. Wind comes into play on quite a few holes, which is fun. A few opportunities to lose a disc-cattails and a pond on 17/18. But otherwise my favorite course right now"

"First hole has a fair amount of leaves, the rest is clean. "

"50 acre was better than we expected. Really solid course and not terribly far from the city at off hours. Like 32 mins on the way home last junction. Some good elevation change too "

"Beautifully kept, great range of elevation and mix of technical holes vs. wide open bombers. Would be perfect if a bathroom was thrown into the back area of the park somehow for us ladies. Great course to play! "

"Nice park, well manicured. It's a wide open part barely any trees and there's a water hole that's not really a water hole. Even though it's wide open none of the holes are giving me because they use great use of the land. Nice elevation changes. Great use of the hills."

"Large mainly open course on some rolling hills with a few trees scattered throughout. Front 9 is shorter and slightly more finesse than the longer back 9. Slightly confusing to find the next tee on a few holes. Very windy, but fun!"

"Beautiful course, open with some trees to get in the way with a little wind to even it out. If you have a big arm you’ll love this place"

"Great upkeep. Can get pretty windy"

"Really well taken care of course and park in general. Fun shapes for lhbh players. It can be confusing where the next tee is so use the app. Definitely going back. "

"Lots of people walking around the course, and sitting on benches halfway down fairways! Beautiful course other than that.."

"Nice park, a little more variety with in hole length/Pars would be nice. Beginner friendly. Could be laid out/mapped out better. Without this app I’d be clueless where to go "

"Very open layout."

"Front nine basically zigzags up the same hill, but has fun shot shaping. The back 9 is pretty open and tests your distance. Pretty windy when I went. The tree art is awesome. "

"Love the elevation changes. Would love to see a club help update the signs. I'll be back"

"I really appreciated the open fields along with elevation changes because I could practice a lot of my throws the only thing I didn’t like is that the last hole was over a body of water which I skipped"

"Great course! Love it! One of my favorites course in IL."

"The course is great! The basket placements are smart and technical, but the constant elevation of the front nine will wear you out. "

"Very clean, good course for a nice open park (except today was windy as heck)"

"Great overall course. Has a fantastic mix of long and short par 3’s. Mixed in with some par 4’s. "

"Baskets missing. Wet. Playable."

"Course itself is nice, but condition’s almost unplayable. Over 6in of water under snow. "

"January Update: No basket on 7, 9, 12 because of sledding hill. "

"Back nine are very long holes. "

"wide open, only downside is some areas are slightly wet"

"A great course that challenges you. I can’t stop coming back. Can be windy and watch out if it rained the day before it will be a soggy play through. "

"Front 9 was pretty fun. Back 9 are just super long. Break out the broomstick for those holes"

"Open lawn cut grass with lot of big trees. Uses the area well with hole layout. Missing harder holes design. "

"Beautiful open course. A shame it was so windy when I went here. Will 100% be back"

"LOVED this course. I was impressed with how well maintained it was! Had a good mix of short, long, upshot, and down-shot holes which was great both for diversity and practice. The grounds are beautiful and my husband and I personally loved the dog park and horses nearby. I liked it better than the very popular Dellwood course myself. Made for a picturesque and fun afternoon. "

"Fantastic course "

"Beautiful course! Groot is random but obviously amazing. 18 is over water with very tall foliage that makes for a somewhat difficult shot. Also there's a dogpark nearby which is a bonus because dogs. This course will test your abilities. Forehands, turnovers, backhand bombs, and accuracy. Absolutely loved it."

"Course is laid out pretty well, it’s relatively short through much of the course, but the elevation changes and sporadic trees make it not just a short open run most of the time. Some opportunities to bomb shots, but not a distance course by any means."

"Beautiful "

"Course is confused as a park for families. They sit on the fairways, use baskets as tables, and random children appear while you tee off as if by simulation glitch. Nice course when the neighborhood permits."

"Nice park style court. Fun for family's and new players"

"This is my home course and I'm glad to call it that. Large course paths out from narrow uphill drives to wide downhill fields, to open hook shots and everything in between. Backhand and forehand - scatter opportunities. 👍 for beginners + A challenging - but doable, 1000 for anyone who plays often. The course is seldom excessively crowded by other disc golf players. However, having said that, it DOES tend to get crowded by pedestrians arbitrarily lying about and passing through, the course."

"I lost a tie die wraith on hole 7 and I left my orange destroyer on hole on the back nine, has a little basket on the back. if anyone foundbit let me know, thank you"

"When the weather has been dry, this is a lot of fun; when wet, it’s a quagmire of disappointment..."

"Fun course, but really two different kinds. The first half is a hilly 3 par with trees blocking shots and sight lines. The second half is long 4 par open field shots with little shade. First half not forgiving with baskets on hills so a miss means it’s rolling. Worth a trip. "

"Very open, few trees but very hilly, real pretty park"

"Well kept park. Not especially challenging but it gets to four stars for the manicure, the proximity to the city, and the cheap clubhouse hot dogs and beer"

"Ton of walking, well kept. Had a good time."

"Very open, small amount of hazard O.B. Still a good challenge "

"Wonderful"

"Nice upkeep but cramped with fairways nearly overlapping and kind of boring at certain points "

"Nice open course. A few layouts to play good course to not lose discs "

"Nice park, very well maintained, wide open shots, not too crowded. Solid if you’re in the area, probably won’t travel to again though. "

"Beautiful course. A little muddy in spots but beautiful landscaping"

"Wet in spots"

"It's a lil muddy by basket 2. 4 "

"Horrible maintenance and so wet"

"Very wet and muddy"

"Great course overall. Lots of variety between technical & open shots. Can get muddy, boots highly recommended."

"Good mix of holes. Back 9 are open field leaving lots of room to practice drives.. When wet, it’s soaked "

"Decent enough course, up and down hills for the front, longer for the back 9. I had fun, I'd play again, too"

"Beautiful! Well marked. Good variety. Some trees, some open. Quality baskets. Great tee pads. "

"“Beware the Groot” tournament on Oct 27th. Sign up! It’s mostly mowed grass so very easy to spot discs. Can be wet along hole 10/11, sometimes base of 4 but that’s okay right now. A fair amount of tree obstacles and elevation changes. Hole 1 is along the netting to the golf driving range. "

"Nice park. Front 9 is hilly, back 9 pretty flat. A few wet spots around 10 and 11 (by Groot) and it hasn't rained for several days. Not too bad though. "

"The upkeep was well, they had really cool tree carvings through out the park along the course! To top it off its free"

"Nice variety of distances on this Wide-Open course"

"Long holes but great lay out "

"Beautiful! Very well maintained course! Wide open fairways with small hills. "

"Mid Week Event Wednesday Aug 21 www.discgolfscene.com flyers at course"

"Muddy on first few holes"

"Amazing course!!! 18 is beautiful going over the pond!!! "

"A little muddy in spots, freshly mowed as of today"

"A little muddy, but overall fun course with a lot of elevation. Good design on a relatively open park"

"Great course.. horrible is after a rain though"

"semi challenging course with lots of elevation changes in the first 10 holes. Final 8 holes are filled with a few 400+ footers. "

"Well maintained course. Multiple tees. Cement tees. Good signs. Some elevation on front 10. Good variety of shots and distances. Grass course, little water hazard. "

"Surprising elevation changes for a course on the south side of Chicago. Definitely won't be putting much off of flat ground. Definitely a play if you're in the area."

"Love this course. "

"Low traffic, good distance on long tees, good signage, not too many holes with tough lines"

"Former west half of 18 hole ball golf course. Front nine hilly, back nine longer. Course is fairly open so can become difficult in high winds. Lower half of the course does not drain well so it is best played Memorial Day through fall."

" We open cool elevation "

"Great course!"

"Slightly soft ground starting after hole 10. Otherwise in great condition "

"If you're stuck in the city like myself then this is a great course to check out. Nice mix of shots. Well kept and easy to navigate. Cheers!"

"A bit swampy if it rains the day before. Very fun course with challenging uphill shot and fun down hill shots. "