What is the most unusual or unique hole you have played?

[kingjames1014]

Some fun tunnel shots: Muldraugh, KY, hole one shoots about 100 ft, goes through a 10 x 10 foot tunnel about 40 ft. long, and before ending at a semi-protected basket.

As fun as Muldraugh's opening hole is, Indian Rock in Huntington, WV has it beat. Number 3 is a steep drop off through the woods, try to follow the creek bed, zip through a tunnel about 200 feet out without a direct route from the tee...then once you're through the tunnel, you are shooting directly up hill to the basket, still a good 50+ feet away. I stop here to play almost every time I come through WV just because I love this hole.

FTFY

 

[JC17393]

Is it fair to count object holes?

At a now defunct New England disc golf winter tradition, the Frozen Fruits tournament, there were many unique object holes. One hole had a tractor tire on its side that you had to land in. Another hole had an apple box nailed to a wall. Yet another required landing and staying on a millstone. The finishing hole, in years in which the water was frozen, was a canoe out in the middle of a duck pond that you had to land in (the slide-away factor on missed putts was huge). One of the few holes that had an basket target actually had two targets (player's choice), but you had to tee off inside the barn next to the pigs and goats, trying to get out the 6' X 8' door then 350 feet out into the pasture.

But perhaps the most unique and frustrating hole was #13, the Clown's mouth. The target was literally a clown's mouth. A sheet of plywood propped up vertically with a clown's face painted on it. And within the mouth was a two foot wide slot into which you had to throw your disc in order to "make" the putt. Here's a couple pictures, first from the tee then up close to the target...

What really made the hole was that it had a speaker built into it that would play taunting quotes at random times. Occasionally the timing was good, such as maniacal laughing when your putter bounced hard off the plywood. Sometimes it wasn't so good, such as saying something funny just as you were about to release...either startling you into missing or making you laugh so hard you couldn't throw. And you could hear the thing as soon as you got to hole 11, so it started preying on your mind well in advance of actually getting to the hole itself.

 

[kingjames1014]

also here's hole 1 at Buffalo Trace Park. I call it the "gallows"

 

[OcDiscGolf]

also here's hole 1 at Buffalo Trace Park. I call it the "gallows"

That's obviously a racist hole

 

[JC17393]

That's obviously a racist hole

I really hope you're joking.

 

[Disc Fiend]

FTFY

I would have to look at the hole better in person, but I don't think I would even try to hit that tunnel shot. I would just lightly toss a Wizard up and over.


@JC17393- That course sounds awesome, and the hole in the pics looks like it would be a ton of fun to play.

 

[Jukeshoe]

I really hope you're joking.

I really really hope YOU'RE joking. :|

 

[JC17393]

I really really hope YOU'RE joking. :|

I really really really hope it's just that my sarcasm meter is on the fritz.

 

[adamtheviking5]

The flume hole at Lions park in Placerville, CA. You throw into a tunnel and if you play at the right time of day, the basket will be lit up by the air vent directly above it.

Is this new? How did I miss this?

 

[TempleOfDoom]

Is this new? How did I miss this?

No, it's old, but they only use it for tournaments apparently. It just happened to be in play the only time I was there. I wouldn't have found it if I wasn't playing with some locals.

 

[mashnut]

I would have to look at the hole better in person, but I don't think I would even try to hit that tunnel shot. I would just lightly toss a Wizard up and over.


@JC17393- That course sounds awesome, and the hole in the pics looks like it would be a ton of fun to play.

It's a mando through the tunnel so people don't throw up and over the road. It's not a tough hole, I almost aced it by skipping off the wall and floor of the tunnel when I played.

 

[The Valkyrie Kid]

I'd like to add three pretty unique holes, all owing to their amazing, innovative tee pads.

1) # 13 at Finnon's Reservoir DGC in Placerville, CA. At # 13, you climb up into an old water tower. It's about 16' across and has been refurbished with a nice bench. It's a wonderfully cool place to rest on those hot, central California days. You're throwing to a basket probably 300' ?? out yonder which has been painted black with the paint used on pick up bedliners.

2) # 7 at Sudstrand DGC in Kellenhusen, Germany. # 7 teepad is the second level of a three story metal lifeguard viewing platform which extends out over the beach right on the Baltic Sea. So you're standing about 15 feet above the beach throwing a little 125' flip shot to a basket set right in the middle of the sun worshippers. The Baltic is to your left about 30 feet and the wind is blowing hard out to sea. This course doesn't get a lot of play and all these German sun bathers are wondering what the hell you're doing. And you don't want to look like a fool and hyser your disc into the Baltic. Or do what I did, which is miss your 25 birdie putt with the German gallery looking on!

3) A little closer to home. #1 at Paradise Point in LaCenter, Washington. Paradise Point DGC is right on (under actually) Interstate 5 between Portland and Seattle. The first hole is just 116' but it has a double MANDO between the two concrete pillars holding the freeway up. So you are actually playing DIRECTLY UNDER the INTERSTATE trying to ACE this simple little 116' with hundreds of cars passing overhead. It's truly a one of a kind unique hole.

 

[Dave242]

Diamond X

 

[Qikly]

I feel like I could pick any number of holes, even if some are just more memorable than unusual, but here are a few that stand out to me.

- Hole 7 at Linbrook, western PA: 7 starts with a tightly wooded fairway typical of Linbrook, but brings you round a bend looking down into a gorgeous moss-covered valley. It really is amazing. A fun hole with a variety of lines to take that takes your breath away with its scenery. I felt like I was walking into a scene from Fern Gully the first time I played it.

- Hole 3 at Peregrine Point, northern CA: Holes 3-7 at Peregrine play along a serious, serious cliff (as in, 100'+ drop off). 3 has a fairly tight fairway and OB on the left, forcing you to thread a tight straight shot or bomb a hyzer out over the abyss. It's probably the scariest (in a good way; you never feel unsafe throwing) hole I've ever played. The whole course sort of feels like you're playing a round on Mars, with the red sand and volcanic rocks. Awesome setting.

- Hole 6 at Moraine State Park, western PA: There are a lot of memorable holes at Moraine, including the oft-cited 15, but 6 is actually the one that has seared itself into my mind's eye. It's super long, very narrow, and the majority of the fairway's center is filled with pine trees. Such a daunting hole, between the distance (934 from the gold tee!), the low hanging branches in the center, and the avoid-at-all-costs rough lining the fairway. For the life of me I have no idea how to score well on this hole. You'd have to have a monster arm to throw over top of it, and the center pines provide such a low ceiling that getting reasonable hangtime on a drive is nigh impossible. I've never seen another hole just deny you a line like this one does.

Flanacher Park (LA) also has some of the craziest lines I've ever seen.

 

[optidiscic]

I agree that hole 6 at Moraine is the one I think about whenever I'm going to play it.....15 is kind of pretty but throwing 3 perfectly straight low line drives 300+ in succession is quite the challenge and I agree theres not a hole like it anywhere else

 

[RUSSELL]

there are several holes like this at Cabin Creek, which was a 1998 World's course. the owners of this private course make so much more money on the paintball than they ever would on disc golf, but they keep the course up pretty well anyway. they like us.

 

[optidiscic]

Diamond X

been there...sort of lacking in appalachian beauty

 

[MNThrower]

No MN holes mentioned yet? Since I've only played locally I'll mention a couple of my favorites that I've found unique.

-Hole 18 at Kaposia - OB beyond the path so anything left or beyond the basket is no good. Anything short or right and you're searching in the muck. Had two friends both lose discs on that hole this year. It's ace or die from my perspective and a really cool looking hole for most of the year.

- Hole 4 at BRP - Very well known. Tunnel shot 400+ feet through 2 aisles of beautiful tall trees - first time I was there all the trees were swaying with the wind and just gorgeous. It was set up for Minnesota Majestic at the time and there was also an ncredible feeling on what was 7 at the time I believe. I think that's hole 8 normally but with a shorter pin and I didn't find it nearly as fun as throwing up that little elevation between the swaying trees a little further up. Also the 90 degree hole and island hole are unique despite the haters.

-I think it's 17 at Bryant Lake - Only played there and it was last year but if I remember correctly it's a huge cliff shot to an open field after a few trees up top. Something like a 700 foot hole? I thought it was cool at the time for sure.

I'm sure there are others i just can't think of them off the top of my head.

 

[Thrival Time]

Dallas City Park (OR), holes 5 and 6 both require you to throw over 100 feet past a river from the tees to the baskets. High risk feel-ace it or you may see your disk go in the river (bridges are OB).

 

[elevated plastic]

I'd like to add three pretty unique holes, all owing to their amazing, innovative tee pads.

1) # 13 at Finnon's Reservoir DGC in Placerville, CA. At # 13, you climb up into an old water tower. It's about 16' across and has been refurbished with a nice bench. It's a wonderfully cool place to rest on those hot, central California days. You're throwing to a basket probably 300' ?? out yonder which has been painted black with the paint used on pick up bedliners.

2) # 7 at Sudstrand DGC in Kellenhusen, Germany. # 7 teepad is the second level of a three story metal lifeguard viewing platform which extends out over the beach right on the Baltic Sea. So you're standing about 15 feet above the beach throwing a little 125' flip shot to a basket set right in the middle of the sun worshippers. The Baltic is to your left about 30 feet and the wind is blowing hard out to sea. This course doesn't get a lot of play and all these German sun bathers are wondering what the hell you're doing. And you don't want to look like a fool and hyser your disc into the Baltic. Or do what I did, which is miss your 25 birdie putt with the German gallery looking on!

3) A little closer to home. #1 at Paradise Point in LaCenter, Washington. Paradise Point DGC is right on (under actually) Interstate 5 between Portland and Seattle. The first hole is just 116' but it has a double MANDO between the two concrete pillars holding the freeway up. So you are actually playing DIRECTLY UNDER the INTERSTATE trying to ACE this simple little 116' with hundreds of cars passing overhead. It's truly a one of a kind unique hole.

I just played Paradise Point for the first time last week. Hole 1 is is very unique for sure. I can't believe there's no pics of it on this site. I'm in the middle of going through pics from my trip. I'll upload some to the course page and link it in this thread.