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Spring Lake, MI

LakeShore Disc Golf Complex

2.975(based on 15 reviews)
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The Valkyrie Kid
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Experience: 46 years 1562 played 1507 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Will Only Improve With Hard Work, $ And Breaking In! 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 23, 2017 Played the course:once

Pros:

Nice disc golf only piece of property is flat, heavily wooded, marshy in places and quite brushy. The locals are working hard with the township trying to get basic improvements. Volunteers were out today pouring a tee pad. I think it would be the seventh concrete pad. Hopefully, with the township building a pond across the street and improving the ditch along the front of the property will improve the wetlands problems.

When completed, the course will be a solid technical recreational course. There are five holes under 200' and only two over 320'. The challenge here will come from the tight fairways. Controlling your drive is of the utmost importance. There is an excellent mix of straight, hysers and annies.

I would have liked this course without such thick rough. I spent 30 minutes (found it) hunting for my drive on # 3 and then the next group after me had to hunt, too. I think this rough will get beat down, broken off and trimmed in time. I know, I did my part this afternoon, breaking off lots of branches.

There is a kiosk with a map, notices (course is closed November 15-31 for deer hunting season) and an old barbecue. Obviously, this is not an urban course here. I've never had to wear hunter's orange before! Some teepads are a natural sandy loam soil while 6-7 concrete ones are in. The dirt ones were fine here in late summer. They might be a little slippery later on. The tee signs are rustic, just a 4" x 4" pole with the hole #, distance and a route drawn on with a Sharpie. I've seen worse signs with less information. The baskets are Chainstars. There are benches on many holes, numerous garbage cans and cans for butts on some signs.

The front and back nines both start and finish at the parking lot which is a recent addition and holds roughly 20 cars.

I liked # 6 with it's cool little anhyser route. The basket back in the woods on # 4 was in a neat placement. # 10 with the double mando is interesting.

Cons:

The course is currency in it's toddler stage. It'll get better.
Tough course to play by yourself.

Rustic signs.

Dirt pads.

The course must get pretty wet as many little walkways have been placed in places.

Other Thoughts:

# 9 is a 325' S curved hole. A Jeff Brittan has signed his name on the post for Having Aced this hole. Normally, I'd be ragging on him for writing on the equipment but actually I'm pretty impressed here. I'd probably sign the post if I Aced this hole.

I think, when complete, this is will be a nice, average course. Currently, with dirt pads and rustic signs, I'm giving it a 2.0. I'll be glad to come back and increase that to 2.5 when all the pads are poured. And hopefully, the rough is thinned out quite a bit.
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