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Anchorage, AK

Russian Jack Springs

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2.255(based on 2 reviews)
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Mr. Butlertron
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Experience: 21.2 years 673 played 131 reviews
1.50 star(s)

Long Bomber Course 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 22, 2015 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

- Baskets
- Free parking
- Fun elevated holes
- Landscaped fairways
- Bathroom on location

Cons:

- Pay to play.....sort of
- Sharing course with the golfers
- Overly long holes with no fairway defining obstacles.
- No teepads
- No tee signs with distances

Other Thoughts:

Russian Jack is one of the few courses in the Anchorage area that you'll need 2 distance drives for the same hole. The course is a really long 9 hole. I especially liked throwing drives over long distances downhill that I knew beforehand would be easy to find. The downside to that is these wide open fairways have little to define the path to the baskets. Beginners learning how to throw will appreciate how forgiving the fairways are for sure. This Golf/Disc Golf course unfortunately is pay to play, but a local told me anything after 8 pm is fo free. There is plenty of summer daylight after 8 pm to play for many hours.

Another downside is having to share the course with golfers, this can be unnerving. I have a hard time relaxing when I'm worried about getting blasted by golf balls at any moment. The course has an astro turf teepad the golfers use that doubles as a teepad for stand and deliver tee offs, however, the pad is too short and unevenly layered to use for run up and /or x-steps. As far as pay to play, I expect there to be teepads and tee signs if I'm paying these types of courses.
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Broccili
Experience: 13.9 years 2 played 2 reviews
3.00 star(s)

First time 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 16, 2010 Played the course:once

Pros:

Gave it 'good' as this was the first time we played, on any course.
Follows the regular golf course, and they maintain the fairways pretty well. Russian Jack is a nice course, with reasonable use.
The holes are all in tact, and easy to find.
Played the nine in about an hour.

Cons:

Since this was our first time playing, it would have been nice to know what 'par' is for each hole. Still not sure how poorly (or well) we did in respect to the normal player.
It's Alaska, so there are skeeters.
It's a pay course, and no dogs allowed. Both of which were negatives for my son and I.
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