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Hole #16 (Taken 4/2013)
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Hole #16 Basket
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Reviews: 4
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Excellent college course
Pros: Fun course with a lot of variety. A great mix of holes, requiring players to use all kinds of throws to excel. One hanging basket and one elevated basket add to the putting challenges. A lot of OB...which I like, because it requires more skill to score well. A pretty good amount of shade which is great during southern summers. While the course is relatively medium in length, it is tough to shoot under par because of the tricky OB.
Cons: Doesn't have a course map, or a water fountain or bathrooms.
Other Thoughts: Another above-average course in Mobile, a city blessed with several fun courses.
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Report this Review great course
Pros: good mix of hole types the new layout cuts down on alot of walking if you only want to play the back or just the front
Cons: there are water hazards lol there is still some construction going on, on one hole
Other Thoughts: good mix of turns for left or right handed players some short and longer wholes
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Upperclassmen Course
Pros:
Challenges come in many flavours.
Challenges come in many flavours.
Cons:
I had the misfortune of playing the course in the midst of a re-numbering/redesign effort, so the map, while still somewhat useful, wasn't accurate. See my "other" notes, but please compare the date of this review with the date of the map (2008 was the map available when I played) to see if my navigation comments still apply.
I had the misfortune of playing the course in the midst of a re-numbering/redesign effort, so the map, while still somewhat useful, wasn't accurate. See my "other" notes, but please compare the date of this review with the date of the map (2008 was the map available when I played) to see if my navigation comments still apply.
Other Thoughts:
Course is set upon both sides of Aubrey Green Drive, a road in the midst of the sprawling University of South Alabama Campus. Other than the road itself, and a parking lot along a portion of the left side of uber-long #11, no other man-made obstacles come into play.
There are many different types of challenges to be found on this course. There are two water-carrys, with too-far-right being the safe area. Two basket heights are non-standard - one elevated, and the other, quite high, suspended by chains hanging from multiple tree branches! A couple long right-turners have a thick treeline on the right, but the ob-road along the left, requiring a steady turn that is "just so". A couple slightly elevated, left-turning holes have the road on the right but thick shule on the left. Several holes are tunnel shots - not overly tight/or long, but definitely preventing a disc from swinging too wide/high on its way to the basket. A couple very long holes are open early, but have guarded baskets. A few holes have tall, scattered trees to work around - pick out a line that best fits your throwing style. Yet a few others have shorter trees, making a vertical attack an option. The few right-turning shots tend to be longer and more continuous than their subtle left-turning counterparts, but straight off-the-tee will work well most often.
Navigation (1-9): The closest parking for tee-1 is in front of the two, light-coloured brick buildings (grounds warehouse and maintenance garage) on Aubrey Green Drive. (New) hole-1 has you throwing over the pond, NOT to the elevated basket to the left, which is #8, but instead to the basket on the right. New hole-2 is a short, up-slope hole, keeping the road to the right. You then play a few renumbered holes: new-3 is old-4 (with the tee/basket swapping), new-4 is old-17, new-5 is old-18, new-6 is old-2, new-7 is old-3. New hole-8 is a right-turner to the elevated basket with the pond behind, then cross the bridge then road for new-9 (old-5).
Navigation (10-18): From basket-9, walk up the road and cross at the T-junction, as new-10 is old-6. New and quite long hole-11 completely bypasses old 7&8, playing behind the parking lot, eventually connecting with old-9 (new-12). The simple re-numbering continues as new-13 is old-10, new-14 is old-11 (other side of road, not obvious). New 14/15 are both right-turners, keeping the road on the right, corresponding to old 12/13, I think. New-17 is old-14, and new-18 is old-15 to finish the course.
The re-design does improve the flow of the course, with 1-9 forming one loop, beginning/ending near the parking lot, and 10-18 another loop, albeit starting/ending a bit farther away. Another impact of the redesign is that only 2/3rds of the holes had concrete tees/signs.
Longer and more challenging than the several university/college courses I've played. The water carry or looming out-of-bounds makes some holes a bit too challenging for beginners and low intermediates, but provides a good challenge for experienced players.
Course is set upon both sides of Aubrey Green Drive, a road in the midst of the sprawling University of South Alabama Campus. Other than the road itself, and a parking lot along a portion of the left side of uber-long #11, no other man-made obstacles come into play.
There are many different types of challenges to be found on this course. There are two water-carrys, with too-far-right being the safe area. Two basket heights are non-standard - one elevated, and the other, quite high, suspended by chains hanging from multiple tree branches! A couple long right-turners have a thick treeline on the right, but the ob-road along the left, requiring a steady turn that is "just so". A couple slightly elevated, left-turning holes have the road on the right but thick shule on the left. Several holes are tunnel shots - not overly tight/or long, but definitely preventing a disc from swinging too wide/high on its way to the basket. A couple very long holes are open early, but have guarded baskets. A few holes have tall, scattered trees to work around - pick out a line that best fits your throwing style. Yet a few others have shorter trees, making a vertical attack an option. The few right-turning shots tend to be longer and more continuous than their subtle left-turning counterparts, but straight off-the-tee will work well most often.
Navigation (1-9): The closest parking for tee-1 is in front of the two, light-coloured brick buildings (grounds warehouse and maintenance garage) on Aubrey Green Drive. (New) hole-1 has you throwing over the pond, NOT to the elevated basket to the left, which is #8, but instead to the basket on the right. New hole-2 is a short, up-slope hole, keeping the road to the right. You then play a few renumbered holes: new-3 is old-4 (with the tee/basket swapping), new-4 is old-17, new-5 is old-18, new-6 is old-2, new-7 is old-3. New hole-8 is a right-turner to the elevated basket with the pond behind, then cross the bridge then road for new-9 (old-5).
Navigation (10-18): From basket-9, walk up the road and cross at the T-junction, as new-10 is old-6. New and quite long hole-11 completely bypasses old 7&8, playing behind the parking lot, eventually connecting with old-9 (new-12). The simple re-numbering continues as new-13 is old-10, new-14 is old-11 (other side of road, not obvious). New 14/15 are both right-turners, keeping the road on the right, corresponding to old 12/13, I think. New-17 is old-14, and new-18 is old-15 to finish the course.
The re-design does improve the flow of the course, with 1-9 forming one loop, beginning/ending near the parking lot, and 10-18 another loop, albeit starting/ending a bit farther away. Another impact of the redesign is that only 2/3rds of the holes had concrete tees/signs.
Longer and more challenging than the several university/college courses I've played. The water carry or looming out-of-bounds makes some holes a bit too challenging for beginners and low intermediates, but provides a good challenge for experienced players.
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U.S.A. is a W.I.N. ...for the most part
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9/9/2012 
9/9/2012
Review By: enragedmullet Played: 11 Reviewed: 7 Exp: 1.6 Years
This review was updated on 9/26/2012
Pros: • Well maintained
• Creative use of the grounds and basket placements
• Great scenery in areas
• A fair few shots require some finesse, always a good thing
• Hole variety - some cramped, some open; some short, some long; some water hazards but they aren't TOO too intimidating.
• Creative use of the grounds and basket placements
• Great scenery in areas
• A fair few shots require some finesse, always a good thing
• Hole variety - some cramped, some open; some short, some long; some water hazards but they aren't TOO too intimidating.
Cons: • Signage is lacking - I only saw wood posts marking the natural tees, no real directions or maps; you can spend some time trying to find your way around.
• So far as I saw there weren't any water fountains to speak of, and just a port-o-john by tee #1...i don't know what the policy is on non-students using the facilities though.
• Roads can be more of a hazard than the water.
• So far as I saw there weren't any water fountains to speak of, and just a port-o-john by tee #1...i don't know what the policy is on non-students using the facilities though.
• Roads can be more of a hazard than the water.
Other Thoughts: Some of the holes are really scenic - 3 has a cool thread-the-needle kind of feel; 8 is a nice hole ending in a big grassy pond-side field with the basket elevated to about 6.5 ft high. Hole 16 is really cool - basket is suspended by chains among a triangle of trees, about 6.5 ft. off the ground - something I had never seen personally. I understand the course was just changed around a bit due to some construction - that may account for the lack of signage so that may be a temporary issue.
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