Salt Creek Golf Course

Salish Cliffs Golf Club at Little Creek Casino Resort Set to Open

All 18 holes and the driving range/practice facility feature T1 bentgrass turf. The log and cedar clubhouse - which reflects the style and structure of Little Creek Casino Resort - sits next to a deep ravine and its wrap-around porch and mezzanine will overlook hole Nos. 9 and 18, which share a 15,000-foot green. The clubhouse also plans to include a full-service golf shop and restaurant. "The opportunity to come home and be part of a brand new golf course of this caliber made this an easy decision," said Koch, who will give lessons at Salish Cliffs and plans to integrate a junior program similar to the one he directed in Hawaii. "I'm excited to be part of a team that will do everything in its power to help Salish Cliffs become a world-class golf facility." Shane Baldwin, a principal of SilverLeaf, said: "We are enthusiastic about this opportunity and want to assure the residents, members and staff of Pine Canyon that they will continue to see and experience the same standards of excellence Pine Canyon has always experienced. Pine Canyon is a unique place and we are committed to preserving and improving its facilities and amenities for families, golfers and private residents for many years to come.

Golf Confessionals: Salt Creek Golf Club « ChicagoDuffer.com

This morning I decided to wake up and play golf in 43 degrees below in the western suburbs of Chicago because, well, I'm a little silly. May say that I am an "addict" is more accurate, especially when the temperature is accompanied by winds of 25 mph. Even with three layers of clothing, a hat storage, and thermal socks, I managed to freeze my butt off. It was quite impressive actually, feeling off and landed in a bunker. Was the damndest thing. Read on to see how was my turn. Anyway, Salt Creek Golf Club was my choice of course this week; an executive 18-hole, par 63 course in Wood Dale, Illinois just a mile or two off of I-290.  I know what you’re thinking: why the heck am I doing playing golf on a par-63 golf course in the middle of April?  The easy answer is that I have a golf outing next weekend at this course and I wanted to try it out before the event.  The real answer is that, as I mentioned above, I am a golf addict and this was my latest “fix”.  Let’s just go with the former.

At 8:40am this morning I walked up to the clubhouse directly across from Top Golf and was greeted by the pro shop clerk/starter/head pro along with a 60-something man who was going to be “my partner for the day”.  Not only that, we were both riding for the round, so the Mr. Starter Guy basically informed me that I better introduce myself to this other player quick because we would be sharing a cart for the round.  Awkward.

Long story short, the round went by fine even though I played pretty awful (78 on a par 63?  Good lord…) and my playing partner was hilarious.  Not only was he a pretty decent player, but whenever he would hit a bad shot he would scream a curse word at the top of his lungs.  I mean every word in that previous sentence, by the way; he would scream a curse word.  Why was he hilarious?  Because when asked what he did for a living, he told me he was a retired Psychologist.

The highlight of the round took place on the back nine of our round when I was about 20 yards short lying 3 on the par-4 11th; Sigmund Cuss-a-Lot was about 30 yards short off to the left of the green.  I hit a pitching wedge chip into the cup for birdie, then he does the exact same thing.  Never seen that before in my life.