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Griggsville, IL

Lake Pittsfield: Vulture Pines

4.215(based on 7 reviews)
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Siiimmons
Experience: 12.6 years 124 played 4 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Fun course, but missing something 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Dec 1, 2020 Played the course:once

Pros:

First off, this course is probably a 3.75/5, but that is not an option. Onto the review:

-Great views of the lake, very scenic in the pine forest
-several tunnel shots, right bending/left bending/early tunnel/late tunnel
-fun use of the lake, not a lot of danger of losing a disc in the water if you are an intermediate or above player
-awesome titan baskets, catch great
-a couple of great stretches of holes, 4-10 or so has some great tee shots and greens

Cons:

-with the current tees, this course cant be a 4 or higher. They are turf, very skinny, and already uneven. Whoever layed them did not put a proper base layer down, they just staked turf on top of the ground.
-the long tees and natural, only 2 pavers to designate them
-the holes can get repetitive. There are a lot of 250-300 foot holes that seem to come in a row.
-A LOT of unused area. Im assuming this is a restriction from whatever city owns the lake, but I would like to see some of the holes lengthened into multiple shot par 5s

Other Thoughts:

This is just a really fun course. Requires several different shot shapes and is a really beautiful location. The par 3s are great. The par 4s are not as fun as id expect from a mccormick design. Would definitely make the 2 hour drive to play again.

Leveling the tee pads and adding them to the blue tees could bump this course up to the low 4s/5 IMO.
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