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BER-WA-GA-NA campground dgc
Vassar, MI
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Pros:
A course at a campground, sounds pretty simple, but how many campgrounds have you been to that didn't have a course. So if you think about it, Having this course at this campground is a plus or a pro.
I liked the homemade "Birdcage" baskets!
Simplistic course, no holes are to far for a recreational player and most holes reachable for an advanced player= fun course to play!
Most challenging hole for me was hole # 7. being a LHBH player it was an easy hyzer, except for the small lake to the right of the basket.
I liked the homemade "Birdcage" baskets!
Simplistic course, no holes are to far for a recreational player and most holes reachable for an advanced player= fun course to play!
Most challenging hole for me was hole # 7. being a LHBH player it was an easy hyzer, except for the small lake to the right of the basket.
Cons:
I found this course on UDisc and added this course to DGCR. There wasn't any mention of how far the holes nor satellite mapage on UDisc, soooo.
Only 7 baskets. IMO there's plenty of room at this campground for other holes. But I also understand this course is mainly for the campers.
No benches
No restroom in the Disc Golf area
Only 7 baskets. IMO there's plenty of room at this campground for other holes. But I also understand this course is mainly for the campers.
No benches
No restroom in the Disc Golf area
Other Thoughts:
I guess I picked the right course at the right time. As at this course, you won't write home about, but you could write home about the scenery and IMHO, one of the best places to have lunch at. I always bring food w/ me when I'm traveling and playing new courses. And adjacent to the DG course is a small lake that has a bench that's on a small pier. I could have stayed on that bench for the rest of the day I was there. So peaceful and relaxing.
Waunakee DGC
Waunakee, WI
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Pros:
-Brand new tee pads installed!
-Great baskets!
-Grassy fairways
-Simple navigation
-Course map posted
-Good signage
-Arrows in baskets point to next tee
-Plenty of elevation
-Plenty of parking
-Dog and cart friendly
-Great baskets!
-Grassy fairways
-Simple navigation
-Course map posted
-Good signage
-Arrows in baskets point to next tee
-Plenty of elevation
-Plenty of parking
-Dog and cart friendly
Cons:
-Some wide open holes
-Heavy pines that eat discs parts of course
-The rough is thick in some areas during mid summer, especially right side of hole 6.
-Lower part of course can become soggy with wet weather
-Not a ton of shade
-Heavy pines that eat discs parts of course
-The rough is thick in some areas during mid summer, especially right side of hole 6.
-Lower part of course can become soggy with wet weather
-Not a ton of shade
Other Thoughts:
This is honestly one of the better nine hole courses in Dane County in my opinion. Great use of few obstacles in park. Intermediate level distance with holes between 215-360 feet. But if you're in the area I'd definitely give this course a shot!
THE WIND IS THE BIGGEST HAZARD. If it's windy that day at all you will likely struggle with putting and driving. Makes it fun but also super challenging. This course just opened up and has just enough challenge for top players but also a great place to take family or newbies out. The park is huge with about every sport you can think of played here along with nice shelters and walkways. Also a nice water tower near a small sledding hill. The course part plays along elevation changes and some pine trees behind the tennis court and baseball diamonds. The pine trees near holes one and two will eat your discs. There are bathrooms near by parking lot open from May-Oct. The course should be open year round as well. Course is closed around the 4th of July for Waunaboom event.
New tee pads just installed! Come check it out.
THE WIND IS THE BIGGEST HAZARD. If it's windy that day at all you will likely struggle with putting and driving. Makes it fun but also super challenging. This course just opened up and has just enough challenge for top players but also a great place to take family or newbies out. The park is huge with about every sport you can think of played here along with nice shelters and walkways. Also a nice water tower near a small sledding hill. The course part plays along elevation changes and some pine trees behind the tennis court and baseball diamonds. The pine trees near holes one and two will eat your discs. There are bathrooms near by parking lot open from May-Oct. The course should be open year round as well. Course is closed around the 4th of July for Waunaboom event.
New tee pads just installed! Come check it out.
The Park at Faith Church
Penn Hills, PA
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Pros:
This course is built on church property, back in the neighborhoods of Penn Hills. Despite the course information on this site, it is now an 18 hole course. What I would say I liked so much about this course is the return to roots feeling. I have been playing disc golf for a long time. Things like concrete tees weren't always the norm. We were happy with any course and that's the way it should be. That love of disc golf is here. Despite what is an evident lack of major park resources and a very "homemade" feel to the course itself, it feels like someone's labor of love. It's also one of the things you need to keep in mind when coming here. This isn't a 20 year grown in course that has a park mowing the lawns. You are going on an adventure here. You'll crawl under a vine or two and you'll walk over some fallen trees. You are NOT bringing your cart.
The course plays in a lush forest valley that was really pretty. You're behind a church and ultimately playing in backyards, but it doesn't honestly feel that way. There were deer everywhere the morning we played. There were wildflowers popping. It was a nice walk in the woods absolutely.
They make great use of that woodland, also. You can see how much thought has gone into using the land for the best shots they could. There is a lot of variety here, both in left and right shots, as well as elevation up and down. You'll look at the distances on a scorecard and it's tempting to think that this course is going to be a layup. It's really anything but easy, though. This is a technical course that makes you throw your mids and putters with accuracy to even make par. The grass is a bit high and the brush is deep on the sides, so you really get punished for bad shots on this course.
The course plays in a lush forest valley that was really pretty. You're behind a church and ultimately playing in backyards, but it doesn't honestly feel that way. There were deer everywhere the morning we played. There were wildflowers popping. It was a nice walk in the woods absolutely.
They make great use of that woodland, also. You can see how much thought has gone into using the land for the best shots they could. There is a lot of variety here, both in left and right shots, as well as elevation up and down. You'll look at the distances on a scorecard and it's tempting to think that this course is going to be a layup. It's really anything but easy, though. This is a technical course that makes you throw your mids and putters with accuracy to even make par. The grass is a bit high and the brush is deep on the sides, so you really get punished for bad shots on this course.
Cons:
We'll start with the obvious ones. Accept that you're coming to a pretty raw courses that seems still in development. There are no real tees. They have wood markers on dirt, some of them uneven. There aren't really tee signs. Instead, they have laminated distance listings with written instructions like "up the hill on the left". There are navigation signs that work mostly well. We did get lost once. There are also no amenities. There aren't benches anywhere. There's no restroom to use.
This theme of "raw golf" extends to the general upkeep of the course. It was in pretty good shape considering they couldn't probably mow much, but the grass fairly thick all around. They have cut fairways, but they are definitely tight. If you get off just a bit, it's punishing because there was not mass brushhogging down here. One thing that would frustrate some is wooded greens. Many of these baskets sit in fairly thick stands of trees and brush.
There are a few holes that I didn't like. The parking lot holes are probably an issue on some days, but there is now an alternate layout. The 11th Hole was one I didn't care for in design. A fun downhill drive past a Mando on the left is sort of ruined because the fairway jackknifes back up hill to the left. A good drive isn't rewarded at all because you throw back the way you came. There is also another hole that almost plays in a tunnel. The "ceiling" on the brush is so low that you can't really throw the shot you need to think about a bird.
This theme of "raw golf" extends to the general upkeep of the course. It was in pretty good shape considering they couldn't probably mow much, but the grass fairly thick all around. They have cut fairways, but they are definitely tight. If you get off just a bit, it's punishing because there was not mass brushhogging down here. One thing that would frustrate some is wooded greens. Many of these baskets sit in fairly thick stands of trees and brush.
There are a few holes that I didn't like. The parking lot holes are probably an issue on some days, but there is now an alternate layout. The 11th Hole was one I didn't care for in design. A fun downhill drive past a Mando on the left is sort of ruined because the fairway jackknifes back up hill to the left. A good drive isn't rewarded at all because you throw back the way you came. There is also another hole that almost plays in a tunnel. The "ceiling" on the brush is so low that you can't really throw the shot you need to think about a bird.
Other Thoughts:
Rating a course like this is hard. On one hand, I'm rating the enjoyment factor of a course and I did enjoy this one. It was a challenging course in pretty woods and that's all I really need. I'm also though ranking how this course compares to all others and you have to admit that it's still in a very raw phase.
Berwick Test Track
Berwick, PA
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Pros:
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Large and level concrete tees. Old DGA baskets with numbers on top. The only directional signage is large arrows suspended beneath most baskets. No tee signs or markings on the tees - so you really need uDisc or some other GPS to navigate.
With the exception of a hole or two, this is a really nice layout. The fairways are wide and well-defined, with enough trees to create gaps you need to hit. The run of holes near the river (the river never comes into play) is separated from the main park and if the grass isn't high, makes for very pleasant play
Large and level concrete tees. Old DGA baskets with numbers on top. The only directional signage is large arrows suspended beneath most baskets. No tee signs or markings on the tees - so you really need uDisc or some other GPS to navigate.
With the exception of a hole or two, this is a really nice layout. The fairways are wide and well-defined, with enough trees to create gaps you need to hit. The run of holes near the river (the river never comes into play) is separated from the main park and if the grass isn't high, makes for very pleasant play
Cons:
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- A couple of "stuck in" holes. 11 is a cute little 120' straight pitch and putt. 14 is a blind 200' that flows as a semi circle to the right, all the way through a "fairway" that's no wider than a walking path. Thick and tall trees on either side eliminate any kind of air shot, leaving just a dink-and-dunk up and around the trail. This is a hole not even worth playing. I skipped it, disappointed because the course was so good until I got to 14.
- Lots of indicators that the course doesn't get much attention. I understand from other reviews that the grass isn't mowed (there are a lot of fairways near the river that would be tough to get mowing equipment onto, so I imagine the grasses get pretty deep during the growing season). Hole number two has a whole bunch of downed trees that have been stacked right next to a very tight fairway, to the point where the hole is almost unplayable.
- A couple of "stuck in" holes. 11 is a cute little 120' straight pitch and putt. 14 is a blind 200' that flows as a semi circle to the right, all the way through a "fairway" that's no wider than a walking path. Thick and tall trees on either side eliminate any kind of air shot, leaving just a dink-and-dunk up and around the trail. This is a hole not even worth playing. I skipped it, disappointed because the course was so good until I got to 14.
- Lots of indicators that the course doesn't get much attention. I understand from other reviews that the grass isn't mowed (there are a lot of fairways near the river that would be tough to get mowing equipment onto, so I imagine the grasses get pretty deep during the growing season). Hole number two has a whole bunch of downed trees that have been stacked right next to a very tight fairway, to the point where the hole is almost unplayable.
Other Thoughts:
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~ A lot of this course seems pretty damn long. Four and six are over 350' par threes. Five is like a 550' par four, where a par felt like a birdie. 13 is another long par four. It's slightly uphill all the way, and while uDisc says it's 600', I swear it's longer than that. And 18, although slightly downhill and "only" 360', is tricky enough a bend, with a low ceiling at the green, that it might be better as a par 4 instead of 3. Note - these are all good holes, but adding a couple of strokes to par would make the course play fairer to a wider range of players.
~ Despite the generally decent layout, it's hard to give Berwick Test Track a "good" rating. There's just too much working against it: poor upkeep leading to unplayable conditions at times, lack of signage and a couple of poor holes. But if you're in the area in the winter or early Spring, adjust your expectations accordingly and give it a play. There's a lot of good here, if you time it right.
~ A lot of this course seems pretty damn long. Four and six are over 350' par threes. Five is like a 550' par four, where a par felt like a birdie. 13 is another long par four. It's slightly uphill all the way, and while uDisc says it's 600', I swear it's longer than that. And 18, although slightly downhill and "only" 360', is tricky enough a bend, with a low ceiling at the green, that it might be better as a par 4 instead of 3. Note - these are all good holes, but adding a couple of strokes to par would make the course play fairer to a wider range of players.
~ Despite the generally decent layout, it's hard to give Berwick Test Track a "good" rating. There's just too much working against it: poor upkeep leading to unplayable conditions at times, lack of signage and a couple of poor holes. But if you're in the area in the winter or early Spring, adjust your expectations accordingly and give it a play. There's a lot of good here, if you time it right.
Torzewski Park DGC
Lapeer, MI
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Pros:
Good usage of the many elevation changes around the course.
Link style course with 2 tees per hole. The short tees we're the red tees and to help the first timers playing this course they even had a red ribbon around the tee sign to indicate that was the short tee from afar.
Many cool holes, even playing from the short tees like I did. # 7 stands out the most!! I don't normally throw multiple throws on a given hole, but I threw 3 drives from the short tee and didn't lose any in the tall prairie grass.
The tall prairie grass makes the open holes that much more challenging and defines each fairway. Which is good for the wildlife and the park mowing budget. I feels that if the grass was all cut, this course wouldn't be as fun and would be kinda boring on the open holes.
Wooded holes had a fresh supply of mulch spreaded around the soggy areas as well as around the baskets.
Decent sized parking lot with bathrooms available at several locations throughout the course.
Like most Michigan courses this course was clean as a whistle, no trash anywhere!
Link style course with 2 tees per hole. The short tees we're the red tees and to help the first timers playing this course they even had a red ribbon around the tee sign to indicate that was the short tee from afar.
Many cool holes, even playing from the short tees like I did. # 7 stands out the most!! I don't normally throw multiple throws on a given hole, but I threw 3 drives from the short tee and didn't lose any in the tall prairie grass.
The tall prairie grass makes the open holes that much more challenging and defines each fairway. Which is good for the wildlife and the park mowing budget. I feels that if the grass was all cut, this course wouldn't be as fun and would be kinda boring on the open holes.
Wooded holes had a fresh supply of mulch spreaded around the soggy areas as well as around the baskets.
Decent sized parking lot with bathrooms available at several locations throughout the course.
Like most Michigan courses this course was clean as a whistle, no trash anywhere!
Cons:
No benches, but I'm thinking that this redesign isn't completely finished, so maybe by the next time I play this course there will some benches.
Other Thoughts:
I played this course out of season. But even if they charge one to play this course . It would be still worth it as one can see the improvements being made around the park.
This green space with a lake offers fishing, nature trails & a pavilion, plus a water park. Picnic tables available · Playground swings available · Has barbecue grill
Lapeer also has a downtown Disc Golf course.
This green space with a lake offers fishing, nature trails & a pavilion, plus a water park. Picnic tables available · Playground swings available · Has barbecue grill
Lapeer also has a downtown Disc Golf course.
Agape Farm Championship DGC
Shirleysburg, PA
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Pros:
Agape Farm is the latest top-notch Championship Course in this part of the state, and boy is it something! Immense elevation, creatively challenging par 5s, and gorgeous views across many acres of a Christian camp.
Three layouts plus a fourth championship layout (whose baskets were not in for the tournament I played in). The Reds (8,252') play quite comfortably to par while the Blues (11,098') are a nice challenge. Goldilocks Whites come in at 9,733'.
Not as many of those patented John Houck double fairways as some of his other courses, but there are plenty of decisions to make on all of the par 4's and 5's, as there are not many flat landing zones to choose from.
Large pristine tee-pads, great signage, and perhaps the most efficient design from hole to hole that I've experienced on a Championship-level course like this, hardly any time spent walking from one basket to the next tee.
On the longer holes, the greens themselves are numbered with clear signage so new players don't have to squint and wonder if they're throwing to the right basket.
The back 9 in particular is quite picturesque as you move further away from the rest of the course and the camp infrastructure.
The par 5s are really worth singing about. One or two (depending on the layout) on the front nine and three on the back nine. The first one, hole 5 (1095'), asks you to throw straight across from one hill to another, hopefully progressing far enough that on your second shot you can punch through a gap in the trees to get into the open. Your final approach is across an open field downhill into a tiny green cut out into the edge of the woods.
Hole 13, coming in at over 1300'(!) asks you to beat a few trees off the tee, throwing slightly downhill and hopefully avoiding getting caught up by branches too high. If you fade too far left along the slope of the hill than the best you can hope for your second shot is to make it just through the gap, setting you up to throw up over an open rise, which should get you close enough for an easy though somewhat blind approach to a basket nestled in a depression with several guardian trees and a slope that loves rollaways drifting away past the basket.
I love hole 9, which I have yet to figure out after three rounds. Par 4, 651' from the blues, it forces you to throw a very straight shot through several gaps that lands in a very specific landing zone which will allow you to throw a delicate BH turnover or maybe a flippy FH down a gradual slope to the green that skips quite quickly into the pond beyond.
Three layouts plus a fourth championship layout (whose baskets were not in for the tournament I played in). The Reds (8,252') play quite comfortably to par while the Blues (11,098') are a nice challenge. Goldilocks Whites come in at 9,733'.
Not as many of those patented John Houck double fairways as some of his other courses, but there are plenty of decisions to make on all of the par 4's and 5's, as there are not many flat landing zones to choose from.
Large pristine tee-pads, great signage, and perhaps the most efficient design from hole to hole that I've experienced on a Championship-level course like this, hardly any time spent walking from one basket to the next tee.
On the longer holes, the greens themselves are numbered with clear signage so new players don't have to squint and wonder if they're throwing to the right basket.
The back 9 in particular is quite picturesque as you move further away from the rest of the course and the camp infrastructure.
The par 5s are really worth singing about. One or two (depending on the layout) on the front nine and three on the back nine. The first one, hole 5 (1095'), asks you to throw straight across from one hill to another, hopefully progressing far enough that on your second shot you can punch through a gap in the trees to get into the open. Your final approach is across an open field downhill into a tiny green cut out into the edge of the woods.
Hole 13, coming in at over 1300'(!) asks you to beat a few trees off the tee, throwing slightly downhill and hopefully avoiding getting caught up by branches too high. If you fade too far left along the slope of the hill than the best you can hope for your second shot is to make it just through the gap, setting you up to throw up over an open rise, which should get you close enough for an easy though somewhat blind approach to a basket nestled in a depression with several guardian trees and a slope that loves rollaways drifting away past the basket.
I love hole 9, which I have yet to figure out after three rounds. Par 4, 651' from the blues, it forces you to throw a very straight shot through several gaps that lands in a very specific landing zone which will allow you to throw a delicate BH turnover or maybe a flippy FH down a gradual slope to the green that skips quite quickly into the pond beyond.
Cons:
It's a great course and an absolutely blast to play, the designers and the whole Agape Farm team have really gone above and beyond to put a beautiful course in the ground. But there are just a few things holding it back from being 5 stars:
There are three holes that feel a bit like filler in my opinion, hole 6, hole 12 (which feel like a real missed opportunity to push a little further into the woods to make a par 4), and hole 16.
Similar to Muddy Run, holes 17 and 18 are just wide-open bomber holes. I think these holes would be totally fine within the context of the whole round, but not the most magical way to end a round and they feel like they stick out from the rest of the course in an underwhelming way.
The course had been whipped into great shape by the grounds crew for the Grand Opening tournament but the rough still feels raw in some places and the fairways are not quite beaten in yet. I suspect it'll take plenty of maintenance to keep Nature at bay and I wonder if a course this far out will ever get enough traffic to feel comfortable softened up into that perfect space.
There are three holes that feel a bit like filler in my opinion, hole 6, hole 12 (which feel like a real missed opportunity to push a little further into the woods to make a par 4), and hole 16.
Similar to Muddy Run, holes 17 and 18 are just wide-open bomber holes. I think these holes would be totally fine within the context of the whole round, but not the most magical way to end a round and they feel like they stick out from the rest of the course in an underwhelming way.
The course had been whipped into great shape by the grounds crew for the Grand Opening tournament but the rough still feels raw in some places and the fairways are not quite beaten in yet. I suspect it'll take plenty of maintenance to keep Nature at bay and I wonder if a course this far out will ever get enough traffic to feel comfortable softened up into that perfect space.
Other Thoughts:
$12 to play, there's a drop box at the first tee.
Plenty of bathrooms throughout.
There's a pitch and putt micro-course on-site as well.
RV parking and amenities.
I think a brief comparison to the other big boy course in the area, Faylor Lake, would be helpful to draw out some of the virtues of both courses:
Agape Farm is absolutely challenging on every shot. There is aggressive utilization of elevation throughout, greens are sloped, second shots on fairways are almost always forcing you to deal with unbalanced footing and throwing up hill or downhill.
Agape is, I feel, also more mentally demanding. Hole to hole, Faylor mostly asks you land your tee shots in a few particular places, and challenges you to figure out what type of throw to get there, while Agape allows you to play your game off the tee to land in a variety of spots, but you may not know clearly what spot is best.
I do find Agape plays easier to par than Faylor but the physical and mental experience of a round at Agape is more taxing. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing!
Agape is a little less picturesque and lacks some of the water danger of Faylor, but Agape's big bomber holes feel a little more natural (though perhaps also a little less memorable).
Definitely play them both and decide for yourself!
Plenty of bathrooms throughout.
There's a pitch and putt micro-course on-site as well.
RV parking and amenities.
I think a brief comparison to the other big boy course in the area, Faylor Lake, would be helpful to draw out some of the virtues of both courses:
Agape Farm is absolutely challenging on every shot. There is aggressive utilization of elevation throughout, greens are sloped, second shots on fairways are almost always forcing you to deal with unbalanced footing and throwing up hill or downhill.
Agape is, I feel, also more mentally demanding. Hole to hole, Faylor mostly asks you land your tee shots in a few particular places, and challenges you to figure out what type of throw to get there, while Agape allows you to play your game off the tee to land in a variety of spots, but you may not know clearly what spot is best.
I do find Agape plays easier to par than Faylor but the physical and mental experience of a round at Agape is more taxing. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing!
Agape is a little less picturesque and lacks some of the water danger of Faylor, but Agape's big bomber holes feel a little more natural (though perhaps also a little less memorable).
Definitely play them both and decide for yourself!
Shelley High School
Shelley, ID
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Pros:
- Brand new baskets, easy to spot and catch well
- Navigation is easy, though Udisc helps
- A few long holes for letting it rip
- Basket locations are behind trees or bushes
- Good roller course
- You'll be the only one playing disc golf here
- Navigation is easy, though Udisc helps
- A few long holes for letting it rip
- Basket locations are behind trees or bushes
- Good roller course
- You'll be the only one playing disc golf here
Cons:
- Only 4 baskets
- Not open during the week except after 5pm
- Open course, not very exciting or challenging
- Not open during the week except after 5pm
- Open course, not very exciting or challenging
Other Thoughts:
The course is in the back of the school, just go around to the right in the parking lot and you'll see baskets. From here make up your own course or follow Udisc. Personally I'd head up the road about a mile to North Bingham and play that course before I'd come here but then again Freeman is less than 20 minutes from both and is vastly superior. The club is talking about expanding this to a true 9 holes but talk is cheap as they say. Currently I would advice only coming here if you need more courses to bag.
Lil' Oozlefinch Putting Course
Warrenton, OR
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Pros:
+mach x baskets (same as the main course)
+ace runs
+variety: length & obstacles/trees
+ends where it starts (loop)
+ace runs
+variety: length & obstacles/trees
+ends where it starts (loop)
Cons:
-short
-natural tees
-crammed
-natural tees
-crammed
Other Thoughts:
this "course" is a nice putter warm up/cool down. all the holes are under 60ft, with the shortest being around 20ft. you could really rack up your ace count (not sure you should put too much weight on a 20ft ace).
it's well marked with numbered posts for the tees & numbers on the top of the baskets.
the layout is really tight; next tee is basically right next to the previous basket, so if there are others on this course you will have to wait.
this is a cute little place in the trees to wait for your friends, but not really challenging & crammed into this small space next to the parking lot.
it's well marked with numbered posts for the tees & numbers on the top of the baskets.
the layout is really tight; next tee is basically right next to the previous basket, so if there are others on this course you will have to wait.
this is a cute little place in the trees to wait for your friends, but not really challenging & crammed into this small space next to the parking lot.
Margaret Berman Memorial Park
Palm Beach Gardens, FL
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Pros:
short, manicured 50-100ft only, little neighborhood hook
Cons:
family park and occasionally kids around to not throw around
Other Thoughts:
wouldn't go out of your way to come here, but if you want a spot to work on putting or teach a kid. this is your spot
High Springs Sports Complex DGC
High Springs, FL
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Pros:
(2.167 Rating) An improving sports complex course that still needs a lot of work.
- UPGRADES - High Springs first nine was redesigned after the first review on DGCR. The locals wisely incorporated the big dry sinkhole and it now features a pair of really cool shots. Hole (5) is flipp'n awesome, which for Florida, is a rare 25 foot down and up valley shot. I really liked the pair of large limestone rock outcrops on (7). Hole (9) was a great way to finish the front nine, even with its 900-foot walk back to tee (1). (9) is a shot towards the bottom of the sinkhole. Perhaps that should have been (8) and a different hole (9) should have gotten play closer back towards tee (1)
- HOLE VARIETY - The gameplay dynamics felt on par with my standard 2.5 rated course. I think it's a par 54 course. Hole (2) had two placements, with the far one at 450 feet. Perhaps a local MA3 par 4. I liked the mix of wooded and open. Some holes brake right, while other brake left. On the back nine, hole (16) stood out being a blind play over a 20-foot tall man-made mound with one tree. The elevation change was even a factor a couple times, which is rare for Florida.
- TIME PLAY - I logged 54 minutes, which included a 5 minute drive to the back nine. A majority of the holes are simple and only a couple were over 300 feet long.
- UPGRADES - High Springs first nine was redesigned after the first review on DGCR. The locals wisely incorporated the big dry sinkhole and it now features a pair of really cool shots. Hole (5) is flipp'n awesome, which for Florida, is a rare 25 foot down and up valley shot. I really liked the pair of large limestone rock outcrops on (7). Hole (9) was a great way to finish the front nine, even with its 900-foot walk back to tee (1). (9) is a shot towards the bottom of the sinkhole. Perhaps that should have been (8) and a different hole (9) should have gotten play closer back towards tee (1)
- HOLE VARIETY - The gameplay dynamics felt on par with my standard 2.5 rated course. I think it's a par 54 course. Hole (2) had two placements, with the far one at 450 feet. Perhaps a local MA3 par 4. I liked the mix of wooded and open. Some holes brake right, while other brake left. On the back nine, hole (16) stood out being a blind play over a 20-foot tall man-made mound with one tree. The elevation change was even a factor a couple times, which is rare for Florida.
- TIME PLAY - I logged 54 minutes, which included a 5 minute drive to the back nine. A majority of the holes are simple and only a couple were over 300 feet long.
Cons:
Back nine blues
- THE NEW NINE - High Springs appears to have added a second nine in the last year or so. In concept, it's ok. It's more open than the front nine, has two tees and has much less multi-use conflicts. It does have a hoard of issues however, although many of them can be fixed. The biggest unfixable issue is the gap after basket (9). Not only is it a long walk back to tee (1), there is also likely a closed off tall fence with locked gates from the BMX course separating the two loops. Signs are prominent every 50 feet stating to not jump the fence. To get to the second nine, it requires driving out of the park and around the cemetery. If I hadn't driven it, the walk may have taken 20 minutes, or so. Fixable issues include no signage, terrible carpet tees, shaggy fairways and lots of trash. I had a good chuckle from seeing the half-destroyed outhouses inside circle one for basket (12). The recent addition hasn't really improved the course overall. Perhaps with time, it will. I have a feeling that many locals would opt to throw the front nine twice, over throwing both nines.
- AMENITIES - The baskets are good, Dynamic Patriots. The rest of the amenities are not present, partially present or bad. Tee signage is good on the front and absent on the back. No course map. Tees are mostly carpet and sometimes sorta level on the front, and not level on the back. There are a handful of benches and there are two baskets on hole (2). Off the course there are shelters with picnic tables and I saw a porta-potty in the locked adjacent BMX area.
- LACK OF CHALLENGE - Perfect for MA4s and MA3s. Local MA2s I assume will often skip town to throw Alligator Lake, Jonesville, or even Northside. I played terrible as an MA2 and shot 4 down. I only felt intrigued on holes (4), (5), (6), (7), (9), (12) and (16). The rest were bland or blandish.
- NATURAL BEAUTY - Had I just seen the front nine, I would have scored the beauty a hair south of average. Only the stretch of holes from (4) thru (9) were worthy of an above average ranking on this aspect IMO. The rest of the course brings my score back on beauty substantially. As noted, the back nine is full of trash and hole (1) is a bland short open field shot.
- THE NEW NINE - High Springs appears to have added a second nine in the last year or so. In concept, it's ok. It's more open than the front nine, has two tees and has much less multi-use conflicts. It does have a hoard of issues however, although many of them can be fixed. The biggest unfixable issue is the gap after basket (9). Not only is it a long walk back to tee (1), there is also likely a closed off tall fence with locked gates from the BMX course separating the two loops. Signs are prominent every 50 feet stating to not jump the fence. To get to the second nine, it requires driving out of the park and around the cemetery. If I hadn't driven it, the walk may have taken 20 minutes, or so. Fixable issues include no signage, terrible carpet tees, shaggy fairways and lots of trash. I had a good chuckle from seeing the half-destroyed outhouses inside circle one for basket (12). The recent addition hasn't really improved the course overall. Perhaps with time, it will. I have a feeling that many locals would opt to throw the front nine twice, over throwing both nines.
- AMENITIES - The baskets are good, Dynamic Patriots. The rest of the amenities are not present, partially present or bad. Tee signage is good on the front and absent on the back. No course map. Tees are mostly carpet and sometimes sorta level on the front, and not level on the back. There are a handful of benches and there are two baskets on hole (2). Off the course there are shelters with picnic tables and I saw a porta-potty in the locked adjacent BMX area.
- LACK OF CHALLENGE - Perfect for MA4s and MA3s. Local MA2s I assume will often skip town to throw Alligator Lake, Jonesville, or even Northside. I played terrible as an MA2 and shot 4 down. I only felt intrigued on holes (4), (5), (6), (7), (9), (12) and (16). The rest were bland or blandish.
- NATURAL BEAUTY - Had I just seen the front nine, I would have scored the beauty a hair south of average. Only the stretch of holes from (4) thru (9) were worthy of an above average ranking on this aspect IMO. The rest of the course brings my score back on beauty substantially. As noted, the back nine is full of trash and hole (1) is a bland short open field shot.
Other Thoughts:
High Springs is good enough to get routine local league play. Beginners won't be overwhelmed on the front nine and there is enough intrigue for local veterans that they'll often opt to play here, over making the 25-minute trip to nearby Jonesville. No need for anyone beyond a 30-minute drive to come check it out unless they enjoy exploring courses. Both Gainesville and Lake City have superior set-ups as goto courses IMO. Overall, a 2.25 ratings tweener to me. I'm not sure the new back nine adds any value currently. I probably would have scored the course the same had I not seen the back. The course reminds me of regional places like DeFunk Disco in Defuniak Springs Florida, Creola in Mobile and The Bulldog in Perry Florida.
