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Princeton Valley reviews
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The Valley of Princeton
Reviewed:
Played on:Nov 30, 2023
Played the course:once
Pros:
- The people of Oh Claire have a place to get their disc fix during the winter. Well, in actuality there's quite a few places to throw plastic during the winter but most of them are either schools, churches, or on the courses rated at the lower end. But hey, at least this place has a bar and grill to head to afterwards. See next pro.
- There's a bar and grill inside the clubhouse as well as a pizza place that had a really goofy name that I cannot think of right now but it had me giggling like a dumb teenager for some reason. The pizzas were priced at $12 and I'm pretty sure they weren't very big so can't really comment on the quality of the pie. If I wasn't on a strict disc golf bagging trip that was trying to race against time (early winter sundown) and alas, I had two more courses on my list and it was already about 2PM when I started my round there, I would've totally tried out some of the food there.. or at least gotten a quick drink from the bar.
- There's two different sets of teepads. One for shorts and one for longs. Some of the teepads were scooted back to add 20-30 feet of distance, some were slightly further back but off to the side to create a different line to the basket. I decided to play the shorts for the first two holes then got bored and switched to the longs for the rest of my outing.
- I am 99% sure ball golf is not allowed during the winter so this is one of those ball golf DG courses you will have all to yourself and will not have to deal with the annoying tasking of letting bolfers play through.. or the risk of getting beaned in the head by a random golf ball.
- Baskets were fine. They are from Tower Ridge so again, they are decent and caught well. No complaints here.
- There's a bar and grill inside the clubhouse as well as a pizza place that had a really goofy name that I cannot think of right now but it had me giggling like a dumb teenager for some reason. The pizzas were priced at $12 and I'm pretty sure they weren't very big so can't really comment on the quality of the pie. If I wasn't on a strict disc golf bagging trip that was trying to race against time (early winter sundown) and alas, I had two more courses on my list and it was already about 2PM when I started my round there, I would've totally tried out some of the food there.. or at least gotten a quick drink from the bar.
- There's two different sets of teepads. One for shorts and one for longs. Some of the teepads were scooted back to add 20-30 feet of distance, some were slightly further back but off to the side to create a different line to the basket. I decided to play the shorts for the first two holes then got bored and switched to the longs for the rest of my outing.
- I am 99% sure ball golf is not allowed during the winter so this is one of those ball golf DG courses you will have all to yourself and will not have to deal with the annoying tasking of letting bolfers play through.. or the risk of getting beaned in the head by a random golf ball.
- Baskets were fine. They are from Tower Ridge so again, they are decent and caught well. No complaints here.
Cons:
- The course design sucked. There's no real way of putting it nicely. I was pretty bored with this one and honestly, I felt like they could've easily fit an 18er on this piece of property even if they would've been on the shorter side in terms of distance. This course was only 9 holes but it felt like it didn't utilize the property well at all. There was a pond near I believe hole 5 that didn't really come into play. Very disappointing. Although on hole 4, you do get to throw over a smaller pond on the longs. I'd say that was the most fun part of the course. Can't say too much for the rest of the holes.
- Grass teepads. Yea I know, it's a winter only bolf course. But hey, even rubber mats would be great and work well as a temp teepad even during the winter. In fact, I'd prefer rubber mats over cement during the cold season. The amount of times I've almost broken a leg or ankle due to ice hidden under the snow on cement teepads is insane. Also part of the reason I don't really play during the winter anymore.
- No tee signs on this one. Navigation wasn't THAT bad and I think I only had to bust out the uDisc maybe once. Most people will probably have to use their phone to navigate or like me, to be able to figure out where the darn pin is without having to walk down 50% of the fairway which is always really annoying.
- Grass teepads. Yea I know, it's a winter only bolf course. But hey, even rubber mats would be great and work well as a temp teepad even during the winter. In fact, I'd prefer rubber mats over cement during the cold season. The amount of times I've almost broken a leg or ankle due to ice hidden under the snow on cement teepads is insane. Also part of the reason I don't really play during the winter anymore.
- No tee signs on this one. Navigation wasn't THAT bad and I think I only had to bust out the uDisc maybe once. Most people will probably have to use their phone to navigate or like me, to be able to figure out where the darn pin is without having to walk down 50% of the fairway which is always really annoying.
Other Thoughts:
I wasn't too impressed with this one. I am really glad that they do not charge money to play here because most of these types of courses at these types of places do.
My biggest complaint was just how boring the course design was. I understand it's really hard to make an interesting and fun course on a ball golf course but it just felt really lackluster. That being said, this is totally worth checking out if you happen to live on the north side of Eau Claire. Like I said up above, it's a free course and from what I hear, the food is not too bad inside the bar and grill/clubhouse. This one would be a great warmup for driving up to play Leine's or Ojibwe.
Oh and I didn't really put this in the cons but any BG course that doesn't allow disc golfers to rent golf carts is always gonna look bad in my eyes. I'm not sure if they would've let me but I'm just going to assume no since it was a free course.
My biggest complaint was just how boring the course design was. I understand it's really hard to make an interesting and fun course on a ball golf course but it just felt really lackluster. That being said, this is totally worth checking out if you happen to live on the north side of Eau Claire. Like I said up above, it's a free course and from what I hear, the food is not too bad inside the bar and grill/clubhouse. This one would be a great warmup for driving up to play Leine's or Ojibwe.
Oh and I didn't really put this in the cons but any BG course that doesn't allow disc golfers to rent golf carts is always gonna look bad in my eyes. I'm not sure if they would've let me but I'm just going to assume no since it was a free course.
