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Lake Geneva, WI

White River DGC

3.215(based on 14 reviews)
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DiscGolfer80
Experience: 4.9 years 57 played 56 reviews
3.50 star(s)

2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Nov 13, 2021 Played the course:once

Pros:

Great use of the old golf course and seems to be well maintained. Two sets of tee boxes depending on level. Not too challenging and loved the elevation changes on some of the holes. Creek and pond adds a challenge and push towards accuracy on throws.

Cons:

Can imagine course gets busy during the summer months.

Could add couple more holes.

Other Thoughts:

Hidden gem in Lake Geneva. Well layout course on old golf course. Nice place for exercise before shopping / eatting downtown.
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mostlynorwegian
Experience: 8.1 years 9 played 4 reviews
3.50 star(s)

A lot of water, and some tight lines. 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 4, 2017 Played the course:once

Pros:

Fun course that plays on top of an old golf course.
A lot of holes offer a range of ways to approach and offer some precision as well. WIth alternate tees and alternate baskets, this course is worth time figuring out.

Cons:

I really wish some of the holes in the mid-section of the course were spread out some more.
WIth so many tee pads and baskets in the field with holes 6 - 14. It becomes almost confusing with having the signage placed so that one is not really sure which way they should be throwing.
Drainage on some of the holes was a big issue.
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Spike Hyzer 23
Experience: 30.8 years 92 played 88 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Great Course That Could Be Even Better 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Apr 14, 2016 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

The course is very cleverly designed, with exceptional pin placements that demand precise shots. The first hole will put many players in the river for a penalty, the second has a mound of a green with the tiniest landing space that requires a precise putt or upshot. The third has one of the most massive tangles of dead and living trees that block a short hole. The entire course is designed along these lines, with mature willows and baskets tucked around tight corners in the woods, and great use of slight slope and swales on greens that can force discs to roll away and cost a stroke.

Cons:

Some distances as marked are WAY off starting at hole 11, which is at least 70 feet shorter than marked. Hole 14 is marked 130 and is closer to 95. #16 is listed at 230 and may only be 210.

While there is mostly a great deal of variety and the land is used pretty well, it does have a certain sameness on the back 9. The shots required on 13, 16, 17, and 18 are all almost identical lefty hyzer shots for easy deuces.

Water. It's in play and great on some holes, but the standing water was an absolute abomination. The course was rated a 3 and said that 8, 9, 13, and 14 had a little standing water but were playable, and this is completely untrue.

Yes, you could throw a tee shot from the am tee on #8. Less than 50 feet up the cart path to the green, the water becomes 3-4 inches deep and only increases as you move forward. The entire fairway of #9 coming back had a minimum of 8 inches of standing water. The simple fact is that you will get completely soaked if you attempt to play these two holes right now.

The am tee for 13 was also completely under water at a depth of nearly a foot (the water that crosses to the pin is on the edge of a cat tail marsh and 2-3 feet deep, and shouldn't have standing water at all). That water just mentioned parenthetically covers the pro tee for #14 to a depth of over two feet. The trunks of trees in that area were covered up to 2-3 feet high and bird houses that I would presume were over 8 or 10 feet tall has water a mere SIX INCHES from the bottom of the house.

Other Thoughts:

There are drainage tunnels from housing developments that keep the water off the course after hole 15 and feed it down to the creek that runs along 1 and 2. There seems to be no reason for this much standing water. We had a great deal of rain over a 2-3 week period, but have had no rain for over a week.

Clearly, some serious engineering work needs to be done to assure that standing water of this depth never occurs.
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CConnors3
Experience: 20 years 197 played 17 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Worth it 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Nov 9, 2015 Played the course:once

Pros:

Old ball golf course style of shots.
Elevation and water hazards challenge you for placement shots
Variety of distances and lines to play on every hole
Great baskets
Concrete and level tee pads on long and short tees
Great tee signs with accurate distances and tips for each hole

Cons:

At times, difficult to figure out next hole location

Other Thoughts:

With some redesign to the layout, this could be a very good course to play for anyone within the area to visit and play. So much unused potential with the layout and the space available to use. There isn't much difference in shots when comparing the Pro vs Am pads but it's nice to have the option to play from both. Next tee arrow signs would be helpful for inexperienced players. With a few clean up days from local clubs or other organizations would make a huge difference to this course. As time goes by, I only see this place becoming better and better! Will return!
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Danger Rick
Experience: 1 played 1 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Water in Play! 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Apr 19, 2014 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

-Holes with water in direct play are relatively rare on most of the larger courses in the area. It's a treat to play around the river that runs through the course.

-Two sets of pads (pro and am) per hole already, a great start to a great course.

-Terrain and elevation used with great imagination.

-Existing trees incorporated in play very well

Cons:

not really fair to notch this against the course since it's early in development, but some of the holes and tees are still not groomed. As mentioned, some of the inner chains are twisted, but these didn't cause any of my putts to spit out. Some of the tee setups are questionable to me, mostly the Am. pads. I can't knock this course. even in it's infancy it's more fun that most comparable courses.

Other Thoughts:

I play Grey Fox pretty frequently, so it's great to have another larger course in the ground within short distance. Many day trips will be taken out there this year. I much prefer these courses to the crowded Milwaukee area courses on weekends.
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wdb4th
Experience: 18 years 32 played 5 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Can't Wait for Leaves 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Apr 13, 2014 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Lots of great holes. Many different shots. Plays different from each set of tees. Water on some holes.

Cons:

The last 4 holes kind of feel like a race back to the parking lot. Tee on #11 is sloped forward so be careful.

Other Thoughts:

Some work to be done. Mostly brush clearing. Keep your eyes open for a work day. Piles of dirt have started to appear on tee boxes. Not sure why.
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Ziggy
Experience: 287 played 10 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Bald yet has potential 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Mar 30, 2014 Played the course:once

Pros:

Another 18 holer in an area that is screaming for more disc golf. Plenty of opportunities to rip a throw. Dual concrete on every tee. Creative with what the old golf course's open field was able to provide. Was able to see several alternate pvc pipe pin placement potential that may add a couple of strokes.

Good use of a winding creek to provide some pucker up factor. Comes into play with #1's pin, #5, #7, #8's drive, #9's pin, everywhere on #13, and #18's pin. The creek was approximately 2 feet after the snow's thawing.

Cons:

The holes are pretty much wide open and very forgiving in terms of throwing a disc off the tee. For a 900' rated player, it can be difficult trying to drive for dough on 16 of these holes to get into the circle. The long tees were long for my 300'-350' noodle arm. I was playing the 30'-100' upshot one time too many. The only challenge outside of length is trying to secure your upshot on #2, #12 and #18. Trying to crash your RHBH hyzer into #10's pin protected by woods or shooting it a bit long so you have the opening in the back felt a bit ridiculous but given the overall design, it added a bit of spice.

With the lack of teesigns, a bit difficult in navigating #7 through #15. I had to use the map file from this site on my iphone to help me out here.

#12's long tee took me awhile to find since it was 200-300 feet south of the "flow" where the course took me without directly looking at the map.

Other Thoughts:

I did not like #7 long tee. I hope they will clear that hole up.

I kinda wished they played hole #12 backwards to provide another downhill bomb potential (currently #1 is the only downhill throw but pin's nestled by water) Alas, we had the uphill challenge to park the 2nd throw.

The untouched area east of hole #13 has so much potential in terms of elevation, woods and navigation but it was left undisturbed, pity. That slice of land had me drooling and wondering why the original designers did not take advantage of that area.

Given the proximity, this unfortunately may be the best available course unless you are willing to travel to Silver Lake, Wi, Madison, or Rockford.
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