Eagle Pines DGC is located in the Almond-Bancroft school forest. Probably ten or so minutes outside of Almond. Very, very rural area which offers a nice peaceful round. The course is a former pine plantaion that doesn't appear to have been used in quite some time. Great piece of property for a course though.

The baskets are Mach V's that are all mounted level and look and catch great. Looks to be one pin position per hole, but that could change as the course is still in the very early stages.

The tee pads, currently, are a mix of rubber mats ( like Standing Rocks ) and natural dirt/grass. I don't mind the rubber mats and think these work pretty well. They're only on a handful of holes currently. The natural pads are all pretty level and work fine too. There's really only one tee per hole currently, but it appears that some of the holes at least, will have 2 tees in the future.

There are 4"x4" posts by the majority of the tees. Not all of them yet. No tee signs attached to them except one hole. There were a handful of laminated basic tee signs on random holes throughout though. All being held to the ground by a rock or large branch. The tee signs that were there had a pretty basic hole map, hole #, and distance ( in yards) which, obviously, is supposed to be feet.

The flow of the course is actually pretty easy to follow almost the entire way through. There were a couple little hiccups though. Some next tees signs would be a nice addition in the future but aren't the number 1 priority right now. If you have Udisc use the map function and you'll have no issues. Experienced players will find it pretty fluid in the flow. There's already noticeably worn paths between baskets and next tees in most places.

There's a really solid mix of different shot shapes required of you on this course. There's a good bunch of straight tunnel type shots. Tight, tight tunnels. I kept getting reminded of BRP hole 4. But there are also many left to rights and right to lefts as well. I would say that it is defintely a course that favors a righty backhand. A number of the left to right turning shots favor a RHBH anhyzer type shot that gets going right pretty quickly and glides out.

It'll be interesting to see what the pars are going to be on some of these holes. While most holes are under 350', all except hole 2 I believe, there are some that basically require a layup to a small landing area then a tough, tight tunnel to lay up to the pin for a 3. Easier said than done though. While I'm not great or even that good by any means. I scored 2 birds out of 40 holes played today. Played them all as 3's but a couple could be labeled as 4's.

The course is not too far off I-39 and about 15 or so minutes outside of Steven's Point but it is seemingly in the middle of nowhere. Probably won't ever be TOO busy, even though there was 3 or 4 other cars there today. I'm going to chalk some of that up to being new and the fact Standing Rocks isn't open yet. The course is free to play and in the ground year round. Double bonus for me.

The course plays in a clockwise front 10 which ends by the parking lot. Then a counter clockwise back 10 which also ends by the parking lot.

The cons I list here should be taken with a grain of salt. The course is still VERY new and many of these issues will probably be addressed in short order.

As mentioned above, there are a couple non intuitive routes to the next tee. Moreso on the front 10 it felt like. A couple next tee signs would do wonders for this.

There are some, let's just say goofy, shots off the tees currently. It appears there are trees marked to be removed which would eleviate many of the issues I'm referring to. But there are some other holes where I can't imagine any kind of shot would get you inside the circle without just pure luck. Or more accuratley the best tree kick possible.

The rough off the fairways doesn't appear like much but it is surprisingly thick in the form of both sharp thorns and young 4 to 8 foot saplings that are brutal to land behind. They're practically invisible from the tee. Again, the course is still very new. But good lord can you end up with nothing mere feet off the fairway.

No restrooms were onsite today when I played. Not a big deal for me, but not ideal for Mrs. wolf. Worth noting since it's a bit of a drive to the nearest gas station. No trash cans whatsoever on the course either. Just don't be that guy or gal. If you can pack it in, you can pack it out.

I had a blast playing 2 rounds here on a cool, windy spring afternoon. This course is a great addition to the area and is definitely going to go into my local course rotation. I won't be playing it as often as the more established courses in my normal range, but I'm excited to see how this one develops into the future. There's a lot of potential here and it'll be fun to see it evolve.

The designers here did an excellent job with the design and this course offers something different than the other nearby courses. Great compliment to the other ones nearby. Gives me a little bit of a Yulga kind of vibe with the pines but is a whole different animal.

I'm going to go ahead and give this a solid 3 rating currently. I think it's a "good" course as is right now. There is potential here to move up to a 3.5 to 4 with some improvements which I think will happen. But as is, it's gotta be a 3 from me. Happy to have it near me though, that's for sure.