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Portage, WI

Collipp-Worden Park

2.65(based on 10 reviews)
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wolfhaley
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1.50 star(s)

Reviewed: Played on:Sep 10, 2023 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Collipp-Worden DGC is a niner that features a pretty even split of more open park style holes and short, but tight wooded holes. There's some elevation involved here, both in the way of up and downhill, but also playing along a right to left downhill slope for 3 of the wooded holes.

The baskets here are older Innova Discatchers. These are all in solid shape over a decade later. One basket and pin placement per hole. The yellow bands help them stand out on the thicker wooded holes. Hole one has a red banded one for whatever reason. Either way, these get the job done just fine. There's a practice basket just to the west of hole 1's tee for good measure.

The tee signs, where present, are pretty basic but generally effective enough. They're metal signs with the hole #, par and distance to go along with a line showing the general shape of the hole's fairway or intended line/shape. Very simple but effective enough. These are mounted on nice wood posts which are easy to spot. Solid enough.

The park itself is on the smaller side. The course plays along the outskirts of it for the most part so as not to interfere with the other main park activities. Again, for the most part. Navigation is pretty easy I'd say. I had played this course probably almost a decade ago though, so maybe that influenced my call on that. Pretty small park, so once you find hole one (NE corner of park) it shouldn't be too tough to figure out.

Most of the tees are concrete but there were a couple, two if I recall correctly, that where just natural. One tee per hole.

Cons:

My number one con, which I remember from my first, and only other time playing here, is that that wooded holes are awful in the greener months. These seem to be much worse than my first play here. The rough is brutal and the "fairways" are little more than hallway sized. These could be fun little holes with some trimming. They probably were when new. Currently they're just frustrating.

The first hole throws very close to, even over the edge of the playground, depending on your throwing style. The bordering road comes into play on a couple throws with an errant shot as well. With the lack of trimming in the woods and the trails going through that section it's a minor miracle someone hasn't been decapitated. Hell, maybe that's happened actually. The rough IS pretty damn thick.

The course doesn't end too close to the parking lot. It's not a huge deal and understandable even. Just mildly annoying more than anything else.

A few of the tee signs were either missing or laying on the ground. A next tee arrow or two would've been nice in the wooded section. Either I missed them or they went the way of the maintenance on this section. The open holes are all simple enough to sort out at least.

Other Thoughts:

You can do a lot worse than this course for sure. But you can certainly do better too. It's worth a visit if you're near here. Once at least, and preferrably in the early spring or late fall. I remember why it's been so long since I last played here now though.
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