What's your most supremely disappointing course played that had big potential?

[itsRudy]

"I wish there was a different course here."

Talking about the courses that the best land/terrain to make it happen but totally flopped on the execution.

I still think back to my first review, Earl Township in southeast Pennsylvania. It's a park that had all the amazing forested land in the world, a lot of it sloping. Even a 1 kilometer (.7 mile) circular asphalt path running though it that no one walks. Been there a dozen times, not playing. 98% of everyone that visits the place stays upfront in the playgrounds or multiple baseball diamonds.

The 9 hole course they set up is tucked away in the furthest corner from the parking lot, about 10 minutes walk. It uses less than 10% of the land available and the most boring and open 10% at that.

I still think about it often. It was established 2003, long before Disc Golf was on any normies radar. I keep hoping someone would redo it completely and the township would let them. I'd throw $500 at that project if there was a serious attempt.

 

[Tyler V]

I got a few.

Lost Valley Lake Resort and Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville both have acres upon acres of wooded and hilly land, and each have 9 mostly short holes that are mostly open, feel like complete afterthoughts, and have damaged equipment. I get Lost Valley since its completely private, but I feel like SIU-E could try harder even with what they have now.

The baskets at the "course" at T. R. Hughes in O'Fallon, MO would be best utilized in just about any park, seeing as these are in a drainage ditch with no signs or tees.

Sunset Lakes in Sunset Hills, MO. was advertised as a soon to be championship caliber course on an old golf course-turned park. 2 years later, and there's still no signage, permanent tees, or consistent upkeep. And there were hardly any obstacles other than some water hazards to begin with.

Patriots Park in Greeneville, IL - See my review title. Greenville, IL feels like a disc golf graveyard between this and the college's course that feels like a horror movie set.

Gordon Moore in Alton, IL gets a pass, as this former eagle scout project just got a redesign that I'm looking forward to trying out once it gets fine tuned and adds signage.

 

[elmexdela]

brickyard in menomonie wi was hella disappointing as it was overgrown and neglected but the pics on here made it look like a gem i got catfished

actually the whole area kinda sucked

also the fargo nd area is pretty dog crap too

 

[elmexdela]

oops i didnt read it fully

disregard the point of fargo sucking

but the brickyard (currently number 11 for top 9 holers on here) was a cryin shame

in hind sight i shoulda taken pics and uploaded them here

 

[ThrowBot]

brickyard in menomonie wi was hella disappointing as it was overgrown and neglected but the pics on here made it look like a gem i got catfished

I've heard these stories before and they are so funny to me. I was going to high school in Menomonie when the Brickyard was installed, and it was always overgrown and didn't yet have all the infrastructure that I've heard eventually got built. So when I heard it being discussed among top-rated 9ers I was like... really? I guess I missed the glory years when I moved to Montana.

Sadly, your experience sounds like the Brickyard that I remember.

 

[EspressoPatronum]

I've heard these stories before and they are so funny to me. I was going to high school in Menomonie when the Brickyard was installed, and it was always overgrown and didn't yet have all the infrastructure that I've heard eventually got built. So when I heard it being discussed among top-rated 9ers I was like... really? I guess I missed the glory years when I moved to Montana.

Sadly, your experience sounds like the Brickyard that I remember.

Funny this one got mentioned. I actually had a pretty fun time at Brickyard. No dispute it is overgrown and in some ways kind of a hot mess, but for some reason I have a soft spot for some of these wild courses with cool terrain. Give me this any day over tall prairie grasses.

 

[wolfhaley]

Brickyard was really solid when I played it years ago. I must've got there in it's prime, probably almost ten years ago now. I'll have to check it out next time I swing past there.

 

[elmexdela]

Brickyard was really solid when I played it years ago. I must've got there in it's prime, probably almost ten years ago now. I'll have to check it out next time I swing past there.

i smell some homer bias

 

[DeanMoriarty]

Keyes Peak in Florence was kind of a disappointment for how high it was rated.

Those lumpy, uneven gravel teepads were a total bummer for a few of those downhill bomber holes. I definitely don't think it should be rated as high as it is considering it's in the top 10 for Wisconsin.

 

[tallpaul]

^Wisco doesn't have a lot of homer bias in general, but, it's present with that one...I think...

 

[EspressoPatronum]

Keyes Peak in Florence was kind of a disappointment for how high it was rated.

Those lumpy, uneven gravel teepads were a total bummer for a few of those downhill bomber holes. I definitely don't think it should be rated as high as it is considering it's in the top 10 for Wisconsin.

Interesting. I wanted to hit this on my last trip but ran out of time. Sounds like I chose wisely.

 

[elmexdela]

Interesting. I wanted to hit this on my last trip but ran out of time. Sounds like I chose wisely.

you chose wisely

i as well got fooled

wildly overrated

played at about 3/5 give or take .5

 

[HyooMac]

Talking about the courses that the best land/terrain to make it happen but totally flopped on the execution.

I still think back to my first review, Earl Township in southeast Pennsylvania. It's a park that had all the amazing forested land in the world, a lot of it sloping. Even a 1 kilometer (.7 mile) circular asphalt path running though it that no one walks. Been there a dozen times, not playing. 98% of everyone that visits the place stays upfront in the playgrounds or multiple baseball diamonds.

The 9 hole course they set up is tucked away in the furthest corner from the parking lot, about 10 minutes walk. It uses less than 10% of the land available and the most boring and open 10% at that.

I still think about it often. It was established 2003, long before Disc Golf was on any normies radar. I keep hoping someone would redo it completely and the township would let them. I'd throw $500 at that project if there was a serious attempt.

Plus, it's on a hillside so steep it should have mountain goats...

 

[DeanMoriarty]

Interesting. I wanted to hit this on my last trip but ran out of time. Sounds like I chose wisely.

Nah definitely check it out if you happen to be back in the area again. I wasn't saying it was a bad course, I was just saying that it definitely isn't a 4.3 or whatever it's currently rated at.

you chose wisely

i as well got fooled

wildly overrated

played at about 3/5 give or take .5

That's exactly what I was thinking in terms of rating. 3 might be a little too low but 3.5 seems about right considering the layout isn't too bad and aside from the worn out teepads which I'm sure used to be even at some point, it wasn't the worst ski resort course in WI.

Either way, out of the three ski hill courses in WI that I can remember playing, Keyes Peak might be my favorite so far with Tyrol Basin being #2 and Eagle's Peak's new 18 hole layout being #3 (I'm not lumping MDL's other courses in with the "ski hill" course category since they don't actually play on the ski hill part of the resort).

 

[elmexdela]

Nah definitely check it out if you happen to be back in the area again. I wasn't saying it was a bad course, I was just saying that it definitely isn't a 4.3 or whatever it's currently rated at.



That's exactly what I was thinking in terms of rating. 3 might be a little too low but 3.5 seems about right considering the layout isn't too bad and aside from the worn out teepads which I'm sure used to be even at some point, it wasn't the worst ski resort course in WI.

Either way, out of the three ski hill courses in WI that I can remember playing, Keyes Peak might be my favorite so far with Tyrol Basin being #2 and Eagle's Peak's new 18 hole layout being #3.

yah if someone said keys is between that range i wouldnt argue

tyrol was not worth the hike

and eagles peak is always changing so i cant really say what it even currently looks like haha

white cedar is wonderful tho i love it there

 

[DeanMoriarty]

yah if someone said keys is between that range i wouldnt argue

tyrol was not worth the hike

and eagles peak is always changing so i cant really say what it even currently looks like haha

white cedar is wonderful tho i love it there

White Cedar is pretty much my favorite course I've played in Wisconsin so far with Blueberry Hill trailing right behind. Pretty sure I stopped like 6-7 times while playing WC to admire how awesome the course was even while occasionally getting flustered from a bad throw off the tee. I hate how sometimes a bad round can make me feel like I didn't appreciate the course enough.

 

[DFrah]

Speaking of ski hill courses in that general region, the Porcupine Mountains course is still disappointing to me. Forgive my laziness in quoting my own review, but "The entire region is absolutely beautiful, and this ski resort area is no exception. Yet, this disc golf course manages to have a front nine that is entirely unremarkable and a back nine where several holes feel like they aren't worth the trek up and down the hill."

 

[Cgkdisc]

White Cedar is pretty much my favorite course I've played in Wisconsin so far with Blueberry Hill trailing right behind. Pretty sure I stopped like 6-7 times while playing WC to admire how awesome the course was even while occasionally getting flustered from a bad throw off the tee. I hate how sometimes a bad round can make me feel like I didn't appreciate the course enough.

Bryan "Logger" Lagergren did much of the chainsaw clearing on WC and both the original and current BH layouts.

 

[ChrisWoj]

Bryan "Logger" Lagergren did much of the chainsaw clearing on WC and both the original and current BH layouts.

I definitely was struggling to think of an answer to this thread until I was reminded of my time at Highbridge Hills... But my answer isn't any of the HH courses, rather it is in the way that the HH courses set courses in that region on such a pedestal that I was really really disappointed in Telemark. I really thought that the Telemark Ski Resort course lacked a lot of the creativity that I'd grown used to spending all summer on the HH property.

 

[Steve West]

Speaking of ski hill courses in that general region, the Porcupine Mountains course is still disappointing to me. Forgive my laziness in quoting my own review, but "The entire region is absolutely beautiful, and this ski resort area is no exception. Yet, this disc golf course manages to have a front nine that is entirely unremarkable and a back nine where several holes feel like they aren't worth the trek up and down the hill."

And that one hole in the woods which showed how good the rest of the course could be probably added to the disappointment.