Snow and temperatures in the mid-20s blended for a excellent day on the one-way links for 155 golfers taking part in the Chili Open Saturday at Golfing Center in Des Plaines.

Golfers applied florescent-colored balls with string attached as they tried out to hit barrels standing in for holes on the greens of the 9-gap system. Bowls of very hot chili and awards awaited gamers at the completion of their rounds.

“It’s meant to be a entertaining winter round with good friends out there,” claimed Brian Panek, superintendent of income amenities for the Des Plaines Park District. “It is really a thing exceptional for a ton of the individuals that they get to golf in the snow.”

There had been three, rather than two, shotgun commences because of to a higher range of registrations at this year’s function, Panek stated.