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San Marcos, TX

Flying Armadillo - Gold

4.045(based on 14 reviews)
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sillybizz
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Experience: 22.3 years 427 played 413 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Fun factor 5/5

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Apr 25, 2024 Played the course:once

Pros:

- So much fun you will want to empty your bag trying for aces
- Every hole is a gimmick but none more than the "gimmick hole"
- Every hole has a name and a theme
- Course infrastructure is outstanding
- Lots of sick artwork and pictures to be taken
- Another course on site to stretch out on
- Pro shop has discs, cold drinks, and snacks
- Very unique course, great idea, tons of fun

Cons:

- $10 to play both courses when you can get multiple 5 star courses on the same property elsewhere for this price
- Really, really short holes, average length of 105 feet per hole

Other Thoughts:

I think this course is more fun and worth it more than the bigger course on the property. With all of the fun and aces to be had it's still a very short course. This getting more than 4 stars here and something like a 4.7 on Udisc is a bit much for me. I can't see rating this similar to some of the best courses in the DFW area no matter how much fun it is. Do I think you should play it? Yes. Do I think it's worth a multiple hour drive to play it once? Yes. Should it be rated in the top 3-5 in Texas? Oh hell no.
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JerryChesterson
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Experience: 29.8 years 186 played 42 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Great Miniature Golf Course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Dec 31, 2015 Played the course:once

Pros:

It's not disc golf, it's miniature golf with discs.

Every hole is unique.

Every shot is needed.

Lots of cool art and stuff around the course.

Did I mention you through one shot from a club house / elevated deck area.

Did I mention there are 2 different ramps on the course to ramp your discs into the hole, also a slide and several hoods of cars.

Lots of cool bells / wind chimes

The most unique course I've ever played

Looks to be setup well for night golf.

Cons:

It's not disc golf, it's miniature golf with discs.

Natural tee pads, but not really a factor since it's all short holes

Other Thoughts:

After reading the other 2 reviews, I had to post mine. This is the review if the mini course, not the regular course. There should be 2 entries as there are 2 distinct courses. First, this is a great property a great course, and a GREAT TIME. I went with my friends and we just did ace runs twice at every basket. I got an ace, saw 3-4 splash outs and a friend got an ace. The obstacles on the course make this a one of a kind experience. Again, don't misunderstand the following as anything negative about the course. Its a great time and you should come play this course. I plan on playing it regularly. If you are passing through on 35, this is the course you have to stop at and play.

All that said, at the time of this writing the mini course was rated as a 4.5. This isn't a 4.5 course. In fact this isn't really a disc golf course, it's miniature golf for disc golf. Courses like Winthrop gold, and seleh are 4.5's, that factored into my rating of just a 3. If you are rating this against how good of a time you'll have or the uniqueness or a bunch of other characteristics this is a 5 out of 5. Just don't show up at the mini course and expect to play disc golf, its all trick shots, skippers for aces, throws off of ramps and hoods of cars for aces. That doesn't take away from the experience or the fun that this place is. It was so fun we played it twice and then played the big course. The big course is also really nice (again there needs to be a separate course that on here too, it deserves it's own ranking). The big course was about 3/4 done when we played and I liked it a lot too. The tee pads on the big course suck but I'm sure in time they'll add concrete for that as you are throwing some long shots.

All in all it looks like the owners take a lot of pride in the course. I liked it and will be back for sure.
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