Springville, UT

Jolley's Ranch

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sillybizz
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Premium Member
Experience: 22.1 years 400 played 385 reviews
4.00 star(s)

A Jolley Good Time

Reviewed: Played on:Sep 21, 2023 Played the course:once

Pros:

- Aesthetically beautiful, the view is worth it alone
- Tee pads and baskets are in good order
- Good mix of hole distances including a par 4 hole
- Good mix of open/wooded and grass/dirt holes
- Good mix of left to right/right to left holes
- Some fast greens around the basket add more thought to approach shots
- A decent amount of OB, mandos, and trees punish bad throws
- Mando through a large pipe is unique, fun, and helps an otherwise open hole
- Well maintained and used park
- Hitting a barn on your tee shot is fun and unique

Cons:

- Some elevation but less than what I typically desire
- Navigation is awkward with several unintuitive walks to next tee pads
- Very busy park with other park users sometimes using your fairway
- No bathrooms which is weird for such a large and well used park
- No internet so plan accordingly

Other Thoughts:

Overall a very beautiful area and really fun course. The drive in alone is gorgeous but also frustrating as you want to take your eyes off the road but are on a windy, narrow road so really can't for any length of time. The very green, lush, forested hills around you kind of remind me of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. I would have given this place a 3.5 if it were in downtown Provo or Salt Lake but being where it is, the scenery, atmosphere I bumped it up to a 4. This was a bit of surprise as I played it on the fly. Had a very fun time here and think you will too.
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bobmcnelly
Gold level trusted reviewer
Experience: 12.9 years 324 played 189 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Reviewed: Played on:May 1, 2023 Played the course:once

Pros:

- good quality baskets, veterans
- good quality tee pads
- good quality tee signs
- great variety of distances ranging from 200 ft to 600 ft
- tons of trees to force you to throw every shot you have
- very clean and well manicured park
- beautiful scenery

Cons:

- hole 3 navigation is but confusing
- a few tee signs are missing
- a handful of blind holes that play by the river
- I could imagine this course gets busy on the weekend

Other Thoughts:

Beautiful course that with a couple navigation improvements and some tee sign improvements, it could be a top course in Utah.
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faasda01
Experience: 5.8 years 12 played 6 reviews
4.50 star(s)

Beautiful mountain course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 11, 2019 Played the course:once

Pros:

Varied lines including RHBH hyzers, RHFH lines, and turnovers

Great variety in distance from 500+ all the way down to 150ft.

The course is very well maintained

Great variety in technical vs bomber holes.

The biggest pro is the scenery, possibly the most beautiful course I've ever played.

Cons:

Its a bit of a drive if you arent already in Springville

Some holes require a bit of back-tracking or hunting to find the tee pads.

The danger of losing discs on the more technical holes is pretty high.

Other Thoughts:

This is a must play course if you are in the Provo/Orem/Springville area. The baskets are nice and catch well and the course is very well taken care of. The only thing to watch out for is the sprinklers, when they are on they can interfere with some tee pads and a lot of the fairways. Also hole 18 is a good hole to throw a disc you don't care too much about!
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woostin
Experience: 48 played 1 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Beautiful Canyon Course. 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Mar 29, 2018 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

New Dynamic Discs Veteran Baskets are a huge bonus.

Variety of shots that range from tunnel shots to wide open long field shots. With road and water hazards.

Multiple tee pad and pin positions. They are changed regularly.

Hobble Creek Canyon is gorgeous year round.

Cons:

Family Photos by the barn. Holes 15-17 can be a mess in the fall with multiple families wandering around taking photos.

Holes 1-3 play around a playground so be careful and courteous to park goers.




Other Thoughts:

Day trips are the best there. With BBQ grills and picnic tables throughout the park and lots of trees for shade.Its easy to spend the whole day disc golfing there
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golfbrewer
Experience: 6.9 years 29 played 18 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Great course. One of Utah's finest. 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Nov 23, 2017 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Great course with lots of varied shots.

Hole 1-3 just nice open shots but Hole 2 great for straight or if you good side arm to much right and you in the river. Hole 3 also straight the basket is just left. Maybe a side arm. Hole 4 maybe understable disc I used a valkyrie had a nice shot. Hole 5 nice little Hyzer shot. Ok Hole 6 I think is the hardest hole tunnel shot through the trees and basket is on the right.

Hole 7-9, 15-17 are open shots great distance.

Ok hole 10-13 great tunnel, tree, and river holes. More difficult than your average holes. Hole 14 you have a mando its a culvert that you have to throw through.

Hole 18 is the only shot that you have to shot over the river and through the trees.

Cons:

In the summer you can get a lot of traffic it is also a park for everyone. Play ground in the middle of Hole 1 thur 3. watch for kids. Maybe one more long shot like hole 8 would be nice.

Other Thoughts:

Great Signage and the disc golf players are very nice.

Be sure to bring a map it is very helpful. The map has the distance and hole info on it as well. Like I said the signage is in really good shape.

If you are an intermediate player you need to play this course. Great course in the fall. The colors are awesome in the fall. Right now the park is closed but the golf course is open. So all you really get is Disc golfer there.

Highly recommend playing this course.

My rating is 3.5 to 4. So lets call it 3.75
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Keasto
Experience: 33.7 years 50 played 5 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Meadows in a mountain setting 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Sep 10, 2016 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

-New concrete tee pads
-Beautiful scenery
-Great camping
-Perfect variety of short/long open/wooded holes
-Multiple tee pads on some holes for added variety
-Mowed fairways

Cons:

-Tee sings need to be upgraded
-Course map by hole 1 would be good
-Holes 1 through 3 play next to a play ground and can be busy

Other Thoughts:

I was really surprised by how fun this course is. The damaged tee signs and the busy holes 1-3 are the only thing taking away from this course. This is a really nice place to get away during the summer months. Its like a mini resort up here.
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samillerggiw
Experience: 16.9 years 27 played 16 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Variety of Holes 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Jun 17, 2016 Played the course:once

Pros:

Concrete tee pads installed in 2016.
Some holes with denser tree, some wide open, some with only a couple of trees makes for a variety of holes.
Some holes play on grass, others on forest floors, others in fields.
Some holes are longer and others shorter. Most of the shorter holes have more trees.
Excellently tended fairways and beautiful canyon location.

Cons:

Because the course plays near a playground and family campground, watch out for kids.
A couple holes play close to a barbed wire fence -- watch out. Although not frequent, some holes have places that are easy to lose discs.
There are a few longer walks between some holes and a couple holes play over each other.
No real elevation changes, despite being in a valley.

Other Thoughts:

This course now has concrete tee pads. It's better to come here on a weekday, as there are sometimes campers or large parties on the weekends. That is, unless you are one of the campers.
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Cochese
Experience: 17.8 years 16 played 7 reviews
3.50 star(s)

<Insert Jolley Pun Here> 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Nov 21, 2015 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Well designed 18 hole course, enjoyable for beginners and pros alike.
Good variety of hole distances, leaning a little on the shorter side.
4 or 5 wide open holes that let you bomb it over some grass.
4 or 5 holes that favor a RHFH throw.
3 or 4 wooded tunnel shots.
2 or 3 holes with a creek in play.
It might not compare to some of the premier courses around the country, but for Utah Valley this has become a go-to course.

Cons:

6/28/16- Update: concrete tee pads have been installed for almost every hole now making it much easier/safer to drive. A few more alternate tees would be nice.
Requires a little backtracking to get from Hole 3 to Hole 4, then again from 6 to 7. Easy to navigate otherwise.
4 and 7 don't get mowed as much so the weeds can be a nuisance if it's been awhile.

Other Thoughts:

About 20 minute drive once you get off the freeway, just past the ball golf course.
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outlaw7
Experience: 4 played 4 reviews
4.00 star(s)

2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Apr 23, 2015 Played the course:once

Pros:

The best 18 hole course around that I have played
a good variety of hole types
The park is very well kept and few people getting in the way.
Beautiful area, you are sitting in the canyon surrounded by mountains, which are beautiful.

Cons:

Can be a bit of a drive up the canyon if you are not from the area.
It can be easy to get lost so take a picture of one of the signs by a hole so you don't get lost

Other Thoughts:

Don't get lost, it's right at the fork just past the ball golf course.
Also had my best lucky 2nd shot ever on hole #1. After hitting a tree and coming up short on my first throw I thew a forehand that bounced into the basket!
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markmcc
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Experience: 11.9 years 278 played 254 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Nice Green Park Course 2+ years

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Sep 16, 2014 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Beautiful multi-use park in a canyon east of Springville. Much of the grass is irrigated and much of the course is lush and green.

Not much elevation change but a lot of trees (both newly planted and mature) and a pretty little creek running though the course. The creek is only in play on a couple of holes, and is shallow enough that losing a disc shouldn't be an issue.

This course offers a nice variety of holes from wide open drives over lawn to tight little wooded holes. Hole lengths vary from 182' to 570', with most in the 250' - 350' range. Several holes offer two tees or two basket placements.

Brand new tee pads and tee signs have been installed. Concrete pads are a good size with nice texture, and tee signs are a big improvement over the 2014 signs. They give distance, par, a nice hole map and the next tee arrow.

The first three holes play over a lawn area that surrounds a playground near the parking lot, making for an easy start. You then take a small bridge over the creek to play holes 4 - 7 which are in a rougher area of the park.

Hole 4 requires that you hit a tight gap right off of the tee, with Hole 5 driving to a basket that is guarded by trees and a "boneyard" of stumps, tree trunks, and some surplus pipe.

Hole 6 requires another tight drive to a basket near the creek. Holes 7 & 8 are the open, "air it out" holes, though rollers work as well.

Holes 9 - 17 play in a different area of the park that is across the access drive. These holes are interesting combinations of open ground and some tight little wooded holes.

Hole 16 takes advantage of a huge piece of pipe by requiring that you drive through it right off of the tee. Unique design feature that adds some fun to the hole.

Hole 18 is a nice finishing hole that requires a drive across the creek and back toward the parking lot. There is a shorter tee that gives a more open drive across the creek, and a "pro" tee that brings a couple of trees into play right off of the tee. Neither tee location creates a real difficulty with clearing the water.

Cons:

When I most recently played on a Tuesday morning there were a bunch of huge sprinklers running. The baskets for Holes 3 and 18 were unusable as they were directly in the heavy spray of water. I guess that there is a reason for all of that lush green grass!!

I never saw restrooms or water fountains which surprised me as this looks like a busy family park. Perhaps I missed them.

Other Thoughts:

I first played this course in September 2014 and liked it then. In August 2017 it is a much better course with new tees, signs, and a few new hole features. Upgraded from a rating of 3.0 to 4.0.

I played this course on weekday mornings and had it to myself. But with the playground, picnic tables and large mowed lawn I'd imagine that some holes would be unplayable on busy weekends or evenings. Especially the first three holes which circle a large playground area.
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dblad
Experience: 1 played 1 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Great Course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:May 12, 2014 Played the course:once

Pros:

Variety of holes: long, short, obstacles, open shots, landscaped grass, wooded areas, left curves, right curves, blind throws, etc...

Cons:

Lack of maps. Make sure to take the course map with you. Picnickers and photo-taking groups are more abundant than other courses. Inconvenience caused by distance away from major cities.

Other Thoughts:

Not too difficult for beginners, but still fun and challenging enough for more advanced disc golfers.
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Alan01
Experience: 6.8 years 12 played 12 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Part park, part woods 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 12, 2013 Played the course:once

Pros:

1) Nice diversity of holes
2) Some highly technical holes, some very forgiving, easy holes.
3) Nice baskets

Cons:

1) Some holes were not in an intuitive order - we played at least one hole out of order.
2) Signage is limited.
3) Some holes would be extremely difficult to play alone...blind tee shots.

Other Thoughts:

I would hesitate to play this course alone. There are too many blind tee shots and too much brush and undergrowth on at least 4-5 holes, and the risk of losing discs, even for experienced players, is real.

The course is partially in a nicely manicured public park, and partially carved out of river bottom trees and brush. It's kind of schizophrenic that way. It lacks a cohesive flavor. Some people like that, some people don't.
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adazm
Experience: 33 played 32 reviews
3.00 star(s)

potential is there 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 28, 2013 Played the course:once

Pros:

was playing this course after rim rock, brians head and Payson. the potential is for sure there, but may need some "more" something. given there were only one pin placement per hole, it would be awesome to know how far things were.
the grass tee-pads themselves were fine.
just rough not to know if one is throwing 265 or 315 on a drive.
bring a screen shot of the map!
the grass in AMAZING and greener than all get out.
we must have been there the day BEFORE the lawn was mowed. zero skips and hard to roll.

Cons:

tee pads were fine, but so so. distance to basket?
baskets by playgrounds?
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TimMcD
Experience: 15.5 years 128 played 5 reviews
2.00 star(s)

3.75 out of 5?? nope.. 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 23, 2013 Played the course:once

Pros:

I know this is going to be a vague and poor review, but I want to make sure people don't go out to this course thinking they're gonna play a 3.75/5 course.


Pretty setting, nice green grassy park
A few cool holes..maybe 1 over 400 feet.
Nice creek comes into play a little bit.

Cons:

Terrible signage
No teepads
Sprinklers all over and near baskets spraying water on you while you putt
People who worked there didn't know anything about the course..Where is hole one? I don't know.
Boring holes for the most part
A little bit out of the way.

Other Thoughts:

I don't want to sound like a jerk, but I just wish someone would have wrote this review before I went to the course.. I was disappointed that it didn't live up to the reviews.
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Ski'ndisc
Experience: 11.6 years 11 played 4 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Way Fun! 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 9, 2013 Played the course:once

Pros:

Very fun medium to short course. Beautiful setting, light traffic. Some very technical shots. Not physically taxing.
Definitely worth a trip!

Cons:

Needs signage and tee pads!
Took a few minutes to figure out the course layout. Not complex, but without tee pads some hole directions are a bit confusing since the baskets are hidden (5/6), (13/14). But not too tough to figure out.
Some holes are close to playground and foot traffic, nothing too disruptive.. just need to pay attention.

Other Thoughts:

Take Exit is 260 not 263 as noted on directions! Get off exit, go east about 2-3 miles until you get to 1300 East (Canyon rd) , take a right go for a few miles past golf course, (stay right) you'll run into the park. Course starts at upper parking lot.
Print course map before you come!
Other than the signage and tee pads, this is a fun course that meanders around the park. If you're going to play Art Dye in American Fork, this is worth the extra 20 min drive for a fun, non crowded course.
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TheGrim
Bronze level trusted reviewer
Experience: 13.5 years 75 played 44 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Jolley Good Course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Apr 1, 2013 Played the course:once

Pros:

What a beautiful course! I was pleasantly surprised by the layout which offers a great variety of short, long, dogleg left and right throws. Even some blind shots and tunnels. It's great for beginners and pros.

The park and course are very well taken care of. You get a great variety between the manicured, open shots and the rustic, climbing over logs holes.

It's out of the way so it gets less traffic, but it's close enough to make it worth the afternoon trip.

Cons:

There is the obvious lack of tee pads, but most of the tee locations are marked with black markers or are clearly worn.

The course has a couple of flow issues that make finding the next tee mildly difficult. As mentioned before most of the baskets themselves have directions to the next tee. The map provided here is also quite helpful.

For being in a canyon it's amazingly flat. I like elevation changes so this falls in the con section for me.

Other Thoughts:

A couple holes have you throwing right next to or directly at a creek. It does add an element of danger for losing discs which makes the course that much funner to play.

13A is insane. I couldn't even see a line to throw through. Luckily there is an alternate pad 13B for people who can't bomb a big hyzer up and over.

With a playground, pavilion and benches it's a great place to take the family and throw some plastic!.
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cleverett
Experience: 11.8 years 29 played 3 reviews
4.00 star(s)

2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Oct 21, 2012 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Ditto to waywu2001, many opportunities to try/perfect new styles or types of play. Each hole presents unique throwing opportunities and the course has been well thought out to stretch the player.

Even though there are no signs, someone has written the next tee location on all of the chain posts. Once you've played through the first time it's a cinch to get to the next tee.

Cons:

The biggest con of this course is the lack of tee pads. There are little signs that designate the tee area but there are no clear boundaries for the tee pad.

The only other improvement I could think of would be to have signs that showed the distance and location of the basket.

Lastly there are many families and young couples that come to use this park for taking pictures. This usually doesn't interfere but is something to keep in mind.

Other Thoughts:

All in all this is my favorite course in Utah Valley. It is nestled in one of the most beautiful canyons and is usually picturesque. I've had dear roaming the course while I play and you just don't get that anywhere else. The course is challenging to the more advanced player but also beginner friendly.

UPDATE: April, 2014, Tee signs have been planned and concrete has been poured for them. Word around the street is tee pads and signs coming this year.
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waywu2001
Experience: 18.8 years 29 played 27 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Lots in 1 Course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Sep 24, 2012 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Lots of variety. Long holes, short holes. Open shots, tunnel shots . . . it had it all. Lots of different vegetation where one minute, you'd be on mowed grass and then another hole would be in the forest. That was fun. Lots of birdie opportunites but it takes skill to earn those chances.

Cons:

Some minor issues like the lack of tee pads or clearly marked tee areas. They did have black stakes in the ground but it still would be unclear where the teepad boundaries are. Some course flow issues might be present with the Front 9. Also, for all the creativity that was used with trees and obstacles, the course had little in the way of elevation changes. Also, Watch out for oblivious groups taking family pictures!

Other Thoughts:

What a great setting. With multiple pavilions, picnic benches, bathrooms and a nice playground, I could see this as a fantastic venue for a family get-together. I also wonder if they could make it a 27 hole course. Now that would be awesome!
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