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Bismarck, ND

Bismarck State College

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ThrowBot
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Experience: 17.9 years 324 played 23 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Decent Course on Campus

Reviewed: Played on:May 27, 2022 Played the course:once

Pros:

+Nice variety of distances and elevation in play, with well spaced trees often adding to the challenge. A few areas of denser foliage and OB roads offer punishment for errant throws. +Plays through the college campus, which is well maintained and mowed, giving a very polished feel. +The course seems to avoid heavy traffic areas and buildings pretty well. +Baskets are well installed and in good condition. +Signs are mostly good, a few vandalized or missing.

Cons:

-Feels disjointed at times with some long walks between holes. This is a natural consequence of navigating campus and avoiding common pedestrian areas, but it does affect the flow of the course. -Some holes will be unplayable at times due to foot traffic or events. Despite the best intentions of the design, it's all multi-use area. Try to play during less busy times. Please don't be a jerk and throw when it's not safe; that's how courses get pulled. -Lacks more technical challenges like tight wooded lines and multi-drive holes. -Tees are concrete and in good condition BUT many have a very noticeable slope to them. This doesn't seem like it's due to settlement or broken concrete. It seems like they were installed to match the slope of whatever hillside they happen to be located on. -Hole #1 is weird, man. Narrow uphill 400 footer with OB road left and OB fence right that borders gated business property. Not really a fun starting hole, doesn't go with the rest of the course, and that risk of losing a disc over the fence on the first hole may scare away beginner/casual players. I guess I get it as a "here to there" type hole, but it's the first one! You can start wherever you want! It doesn't make sense to kick things off with one of the most punitive and least entertaining holes. (Just my opinion.)

Other Thoughts:

Overall I think that this course design does a lot of things well. There are compromises made to make it work on the property, but that's the price you pay to have a sustainable disc golf course in a functioning college campus environment. And the benefits are: nicely maintained trees and bushes, regularly mowed grass, walking paths and other infrastructure in good condition. Just a pleasant place to toss some saucers.The level of difficulty seems accessible for beginners and appropriate for rec/advanced players. There aren't a lot of teeth to the design and I think that's fine for a campus course. You probably wouldn't want to make it a lot more difficult given the property available, as that would make it seem contrived or add safety risks.
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