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De Soto, KS

De Soto Wildcat DGC

1.15(based on 5 reviews)
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Pevio
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Experience: 12.1 years 189 played 120 reviews
0.50 star(s)

Yes, this is a school course

Reviewed: Played on:Nov 23, 2022 Played the course:once

Pros:

De Soto Wildcat features holes of varying length, elevation, and difficulty. You'll need a lot of power, especially if you want to fight through the winds that are likely pretty common here. On the downhill shots, angle control will be important.

The course starts fairly well, with two blind shots around a corner of trees. RHBH hyzer is the right call on those if you have the power for it, but if you don't, you can make up for it on the next few holes, which are a little more open but still have some different options you can take.

And that's about it. A few interesting shots and chances to put discs in the woods (and if you do, the tee signs tell you to watch out for poison ivy and ticks).

Cons:

There's hardly any maintenance here anymore. Grass can be long in the summer, a few baskets and tee signs are missing completely, and newer school infrastructure is making the course harder to enjoy. Even the baskets that are still here are starting to fall apart. And a few holes play near some soccer fields. At this point, you might as well play hole 8 to the cemetery that is only 600 feet away.

Let's assume for a moment all the baskets are in good shape. Well, the last few holes would still be pretty boring. There's not much going for them, and throwing down the side hill on 7 just isn't exciting without anything else going for that hole. Sure, 6 is a bomber, but a bad shot can put you in the rough for no good reason.

Other Thoughts:

This course isn't likely to improve, so if you're looking to have fun, maybe choose a different course. However, I can imagine locals coming here decently often.

If some love is going to be put in here, I suggest adding some holes through the woods. There's some water that could come into play, and the woods would help the course stay away from the ball fields. In fact, holes 5-9 could be taken out completely and the course would still be fairly decent. Here's hoping.
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Surge5
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Experience: 9.8 years 167 played 167 reviews
0.50 star(s)

Unkempt and Neglected

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 5, 2022 Played the course:once

Pros:

Solid course sign mapping out all the holes, and each tee has a decent sign with a map, distance, but most importantly, an idea of where the next tee is.

Decent course flow, trails thru the woods are kept open and no long walks except from 5 to 6 and the end.

A couple decent elevation changes. Uphill on 2, 4 and 6 and downhill on 5 and 7.

Cons:

That's about all the good there is to this course. To start, each tee used to have two small blocks with the hole numbers on them marking the front corners of the tee. I found a few lying by 3, 5 had one still intact, and one for 8 was laying in the field. More on that later.

The baskets are near death. First off, each chain is jut supported by one spindle, so with time several have started to sag. The chains are sparse enough that the catching power is diminished, and rust has taken over five of the baskets.

Holes 8 and 9 have been removed for a throwing sport practice area. No indication was given of this, and I spent a while searching for them. Hopefully I'm the last one to have to do so.

Holes 6 and 7 encroach on a soccer field. Not a problem unless it's in use, but 6 is 500+ feet so you could probably use the space. Also hole 3 plays near to a road.

Maintenance was horrific. The tees of 1 and 7 hadn't been mown for a long while, and holes 2, 3 and 6 had so much tall grass I skipped 2 and 6 to avoid losing a disc (not like I was missing much).

Other Thoughts:

Avoid this course. It's not long for this world, it's ignored by the schools, and the only reason I'd suggest coming here is to make a couple ace runs and bag it for your course count. The elevation is really the only thing getting this course a half disc from me. It seems like it was a very nice course back when it was cared for, but it seems that care has fallen victim to other projects.
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