Pros:
- Lakeshore Disc Golf Complex (LDGC) provides two nine-hole loops to the parking lot on this disc-centric piece of western MI property. Sandy-soiled from nearby Lake Michigan, with an idyllic fern field, fairways comprised of wild blueberry bushes, and more than enough tasty wooded holes to satisfy all but the most demanding and/or fussy discers. Nothing gets super lengthy, rather the holes focus on precision shots to navigate the at times bushy, at times heavily wooded fairways.
- Amenities are a bit thin. Decent concrete tees, benches, enough signage to eke it out; the baskets are fine enough. Bell to ring after one of the blind holes (I think hole #3 or 4).
- Dips and wrinkles of elevation used well throughout, but nothing major to get one's heart aflutter.
- OB garden tiki on #2, IIRC, just to the right of the basket. A fun touch, that would be even more fun if a sign existed to inform you of it, being blind from the pin and all. Hole #10 has a guardian gargoyle on the steps up to the basket, just past the double mando.
- Several of the holes at LDGC looked and felt sorta like mini Flip City-lite with the sumac, et al., others seemed like some LoZ Lost Woods kinda shizz, even others threatened to devolve into a blueberry picking jaunt, and one or two holes (#'s 6-7) gave off an Ichabod Crane vibe. I dunno, maybe it was the isolation, or the fact I was on my 6th course of the day, but I loved the vibes on this course.
- Good mix of distances, though I think it topped off in the mid-400's.
Cons:
- Navigation got dicey, specifically after hole #8, with a couple of paths to choose from. I'm usually fairly straight-headed in navigating through courses, woods, etc. I was so turned around here it was a bit alarming, heh. Signs help a bit on front nine but disappear complete on the back. Next tee signs are direly needed. There actually could be a risk here of someone just wandering off into some lost screen never to be seen again.
Other Thoughts:
- A good eye went into designing this course, but a little more work towards signage would help the above average golf on hand here really shine.
- Pulling into the lot you'll see three openings: left, center and right (closest to the road). Left is to Hole #1. Center is the egress to the lot after Hole #18. Right is to Hole #10.
- Edit: after reading other reviewers talk of swamp-like and water conditions, I found the course completely devoid of water, although I could see the "pond spot" on #8, for lack of better term. The course did smell kinda funky but was otherwise dry.