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Flat Creek DGC reviews
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Beautiful Property 2+ years
Reviewed:
Played on:Oct 26, 2017
Played the course:once
Pros:
This beautiful course winds through a vineyard/resort in the Texas Hill Country. There are ponds, creeks, mature oaks and pecans, and lots of open, mowed grass.
The infrastructure is top notch with new Mach X baskets, great tee signs, concrete tees (blue and some red) and rubber mats (some red). The small pro shop has a modest selection of discs, and if you are into wine there is a wine tasting included with your round.
Most holes have either short (red) and long (blue) tees, or a short and long basket positions from a single tee. Hole 8 has two tees and two baskets so you can really mix it up.
The red positions are quite short. I drove with a putter on many of them and would characterize them as "birdie or die" holes for advanced players. The blue positions add significant length and difficulty to the holes.
There is a good bit of out-of-bounds on the course, which is mostly the vineyards themselves. Wwhere else do you encounter that?
With the upper pond nearly dry the day I played, only Hole 18 had water in play. But it is a great finishing hole requiring a drive over the pond (blue tee) to a landing area, and then another drive across the pond to a basket on a peninsula. Very challenging, especially with the wind up.
The infrastructure is top notch with new Mach X baskets, great tee signs, concrete tees (blue and some red) and rubber mats (some red). The small pro shop has a modest selection of discs, and if you are into wine there is a wine tasting included with your round.
Most holes have either short (red) and long (blue) tees, or a short and long basket positions from a single tee. Hole 8 has two tees and two baskets so you can really mix it up.
The red positions are quite short. I drove with a putter on many of them and would characterize them as "birdie or die" holes for advanced players. The blue positions add significant length and difficulty to the holes.
There is a good bit of out-of-bounds on the course, which is mostly the vineyards themselves. Wwhere else do you encounter that?
With the upper pond nearly dry the day I played, only Hole 18 had water in play. But it is a great finishing hole requiring a drive over the pond (blue tee) to a landing area, and then another drive across the pond to a basket on a peninsula. Very challenging, especially with the wind up.
Cons:
I really wanted to like this course better, as I am a big proponent of private owners installing pay-to-play courses. So why didn't I?
Mainly because of the many long, open throws over mowed grass. While there are plenty of holes that play along the creek or into and out of groves of trees, I found many of the holes dominated by long, open stretches. Hole 8 is a great example. From the shorts you have a 458' drive over open ground to a basket set near the creek. The landing area is a bit of a challenge, but the drive is wide open. From the longs you have an 950' long hole with a gap at the halfway point to cross the creek. But everything before and after the gap is open ground.
For being in the Hill Country the elevation changes on the course are modest. Hole 12 comes to mind as a fun little downhill ace run, and Hole 15 is a longer downhill throw over open ground, but I didn't really get the sense of a Moderately Hilly course.
As far as water in play, the upper pond was mostly a dried out mudhole the day I played and the creek was essentially dry as well. However the lower pond (Hole 18) was full.
Mainly because of the many long, open throws over mowed grass. While there are plenty of holes that play along the creek or into and out of groves of trees, I found many of the holes dominated by long, open stretches. Hole 8 is a great example. From the shorts you have a 458' drive over open ground to a basket set near the creek. The landing area is a bit of a challenge, but the drive is wide open. From the longs you have an 950' long hole with a gap at the halfway point to cross the creek. But everything before and after the gap is open ground.
For being in the Hill Country the elevation changes on the course are modest. Hole 12 comes to mind as a fun little downhill ace run, and Hole 15 is a longer downhill throw over open ground, but I didn't really get the sense of a Moderately Hilly course.
As far as water in play, the upper pond was mostly a dried out mudhole the day I played and the creek was essentially dry as well. However the lower pond (Hole 18) was full.
Other Thoughts:
This is a well designed course with beautiful amenities. But the area of land made available lacked some desirable elements.
If you are looking for a destination experience with disc golf, wine, and perhaps a meal, this is a one-of-a-kind course.
If you are simply looking to play a couple of rounds of disc golf it is certainly worth a visit, but frankly there are other courses in the region that I enjoy more.
The fee to play is $20 ($15 if you are a PDGA member) and includes a wine tasting. Since my wife and I don't drink the tasting didn't happen, making the fee a little steep compared to many other private courses. I didn't deter me from trying the course, but I doubt that I'll go rushing back.
If you are looking for a destination experience with disc golf, wine, and perhaps a meal, this is a one-of-a-kind course.
If you are simply looking to play a couple of rounds of disc golf it is certainly worth a visit, but frankly there are other courses in the region that I enjoy more.
The fee to play is $20 ($15 if you are a PDGA member) and includes a wine tasting. Since my wife and I don't drink the tasting didn't happen, making the fee a little steep compared to many other private courses. I didn't deter me from trying the course, but I doubt that I'll go rushing back.
