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George Freeman

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Re: Ravisloe Country Club Pix: Chicago's Best Public Course?
« Reply #75 on: September 17, 2019, 11:38:25 PM »
Quote from: Howard Riefs on September 17, 2019, 07:08:10 PM
No Laying Up with a 'crash course' video profile of Ravisloe:


https://twitter.com/NoLayingUp/status/1174004899392237568
Cool video!  Great to see Rav getting some love.

"350 trees coming down"!!!  Has this happened yet?
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JReese

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Re: Ravisloe Country Club Pix: Chicago's Best Public Course?
« Reply #76 on: September 18, 2019, 03:18:22 PM »
Quote from: George Freeman on September 17, 2019, 11:38:25 PM
Quote from: Howard Riefs on September 17, 2019, 07:08:10 PM
No Laying Up with a 'crash course' video profile of Ravisloe:


https://twitter.com/NoLayingUp/status/1174004899392237568
Cool video!  Great to see Rav getting some love.

"350 trees coming down"!!!  Has this happened yet?


Right after he says 350 trees will be coming down, he states they will be replaced with different species.  I remember an email from a few years ago stating that part of ongoing maintenance would be to replace dead trees and also plant new ones.  Sounds like the current owner is a big fan of open spaces and a really big fan of trees, which is why he bought the property. 
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Tim Leahy

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Re: Ravisloe Country Club Pix: Chicago's Best Public Course?
« Reply #77 on: September 18, 2019, 07:02:15 PM »
At almost 6400 yds this course might be perfect for an LPGA event. Does the LPGA play an event near Chicago?
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JWinick

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Re: Ravisloe Country Club Pix: Chicago's Best Public Course?
« Reply #78 on: September 18, 2019, 08:34:25 PM »



Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but it was in pretty rough shape the last time I played in in July.   Don’t think I’ll be playing that for a while.   Owner way overpaid for the property (3MM).  Hard to make it work at those levels. 

Quote from: George Freeman on September 17, 2019, 11:38:25 PM
Quote from: Howard Riefs on September 17, 2019, 07:08:10 PM
No Laying Up with a 'crash course' video profile of Ravisloe:


https://twitter.com/NoLayingUp/status/1174004899392237568
Cool video!  Great to see Rav getting some love.

"350 trees coming down"!!!  Has this happened yet?
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BHoover

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Re: Ravisloe Country Club Pix: Chicago's Best Public Course?
« Reply #79 on: September 18, 2019, 08:48:28 PM »
Quote from: JWinick on September 18, 2019, 08:34:25 PM
Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but it was in pretty rough shape the last time I played in in July.   Don’t think I’ll be playing that for a while.   Owner way overpaid for the property (3MM).  Hard to make it work at those levels. 


So can anyone else tell us about the back nine?
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Peter Flory

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Re: Ravisloe Country Club Pix: Chicago's Best Public Course?
« Reply #80 on: September 19, 2019, 12:18:03 AM »
Quote from: James Reese on September 18, 2019, 03:18:22 PM
Quote from: George Freeman on September 17, 2019, 11:38:25 PM
Quote from: Howard Riefs on September 17, 2019, 07:08:10 PM
No Laying Up with a 'crash course' video profile of Ravisloe:


https://twitter.com/NoLayingUp/status/1174004899392237568
Cool video!  Great to see Rav getting some love.

"350 trees coming down"!!!  Has this happened yet?


Right after he says 350 trees will be coming down, he states they will be replaced with different species.  I remember an email from a few years ago stating that part of ongoing maintenance would be to replace dead trees and also plant new ones.  Sounds like the current owner is a big fan of open spaces and a really big fan of trees, which is why he bought the property.


I thought that I remembered hearing that the owner also owns a tree farm (or nursery, etc).  However, very hazy on this. 
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JReese

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Re: Ravisloe Country Club Pix: Chicago's Best Public Course?
« Reply #81 on: July 20, 2020, 10:36:06 AM »
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Peter Flory

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Re: Ravisloe Country Club Pix: Chicago's Best Public Course?
« Reply #82 on: July 20, 2020, 11:02:29 AM »
The frustrating part is that the owner sounds like a very nice guy.  He has experts telling him what to do and he just does the opposite.  I thought that I remember reading that besides being a vet, he also owned a tree nursery and was excited to be able to leverage that to continue to beautify the course. 
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