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Eau Claire, WI

Princeton Valley

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wolfhaley
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Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Jan 7, 2024 Played the course:once

Pros:

Princeton Valley is home to a nine hole disc golf course in the winter months. The course goes in the ground starting sometime in November thru March, possibly April I'd assume, depending on the severity of the winter. This course is basically the big brother of the other winter only course in town, Pine Meadows.

The baskets were the back nine pins from Tower Ridge I. Mach II's with the red cages and number plates on the top. So hole 1 said number 10 on the number plate on the top, hole 2 said 11, etc. The baskets themselves are in decent shape and catch alright. The red paint job on them makes them stand out better than if they were just silver. One basket and pin placement per hole.

Natural tees which is to be expected for a golf course. There's two tees per hole. The posts with the orange flags denote the longs and the ones with the yellow flags are the shorts. There's a pretty significant amount of distance between the two tees too, which is a bonus. I played the longs which are above my skill level, distancewise. This is the better of the two winter courses if you want to air it out and have solid distance. It still caters to most casual players though with the short tees. About all you can ask for here honestly.

The course design is about as good as could be done out here. There's some ever so slight elevation in a few spots and most of the holes have at least a few trees to contend with. There's a pond in play, technically, on hole 4 long. It'd be pretty tough to manage to land in it. Or I should on it actually. There's a second pond that's more in play on hole 7 too.

The flow of the course is pretty straightforward. Very easy to navigate for the most part. The course starts and ends pretty close to the parking lot.

There's a bar and restaurant in the clubhouse too. I didn't stop in but it's right there onsite. The course is free to play as far as I can tell.

Cons:

There's a couple longish walks that warrant having a map available. You don't need one but it'll help you speed things along if it's your first time playing and there's no snow on the ground to follow tracks.

It's on a golf course so the course plays like it's on a golf course. Feels a bit repetitive after a few holes. That's just the nature of these types of courses though. Some may enjoy this, for me it's not very exciting.

No tee signs or next tee arrows. It'd be kind of tricky for first timers, especially from the longs where the basket isn't in plain view. I just threw in what I thought was the general direction on about half the holes, which worked for the most part. It didn't work great on hole 5, which was about the only hole I had a legit chance to birdie. Had I actually known where the pin was I might've had a chance.

Other Thoughts:

This is a good addition to the area for the winter months. It's worth a visit if you find yourself in the area and want to get a round in. I preferred this one over the other one in town, but just barely. It's almost a toss up tbh though.

I'd play this a few times a winter if I was local. No reason to go out of your way to play this one, obviously, but you can do worse than this one too.
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