• Discover new ways to elevate your game with the updated DGCourseReview app!
    It's entirely free and enhanced with features shaped by user feedback to ensure your best experience on the course. (App Store or Google Play)

Geneva, Switzerland

Disc Golf Les Evaux

Permanent course
2.95(based on 5 reviews)
Filter course reviews

Filter reviews

Filter reviews

Disc Golf Les Evaux reviews

Filter
14 0
SpartanDisc
Silver level trusted reviewer
Experience: 21.9 years 242 played 28 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Gorgeous park not far from downtown Geneva

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Apr 29, 2024 Played the course:once

Pros:

- The park itself is massive and absolutely gorgeous. There are a TON of amenities here. It's very secluded and peaceful, sprawling, and with some beautiful views of the surrounding mountains. On a beautiful sunny day in late April, it just felt like a pure joy to be out in that park all afternoon regardless of playing disc golf or not.
- The course has a great sign at the beginning and has a little box to sell discs. I wasn't 100% sure how it works, but I think you can make an online payment on your phone and get access to buy a disc which is a cool feature to allow new players to try
- The layout was pretty fun, though fairly basic. There was a bit of variation though not much in terms of truly wooded holes. This is mostly park style golf. There is some elevation that comes into play. Aside from the main layout, there are other holes that are part of other layouts still out here, though some of the other layouts also involve temp holes which are no longer there.

Cons:

- On a busy day, safety is for sure a concern. Multiple holes throw over, at, or along walking paths. I was there on a Monday afternoon so it wasn't an issue, but on a weekend I could see some holes being very difficult or impossible to safely play. Some are even throwing at blind bends in the path where you could throw not knowing someone is walking towards you and about to turn the corner where you disc is flying.
- If you don't have udisc on your phone, there is ZERO chance you can follow this layout. There are no tee signs. Tee pads are often just areas of dirt within a grass field. Be prepared to be glued to your phone and the udisc map to figure out where to go.
- As mentioned, tee pads are not cement or anything. Sometimes they are dirt patches with a wooden railroad tie in ground in the front marking the front edge of the pad. Others were just kind of worn down dirt areas in otherwise fields.
- One hole (12 I think) had a missing basket, as the area it was in is now fenced off to protect some mature trees. After exploring a bit though, I found an older basket buried behind some thick bushes on the other side of the path. So I threw to this basket instead which was fine, but this was a hole that was dangerously throwing down a path.
- Some fairways have very deep (like knee high) grass on them. It's frustrating to throw a good drive into the middle of the fairway only to spend 15 minutes stomping through thick grass to find my disc.
- Spread out. Don't expect a quick round. For both layouts I played, udisc told me I walked over 3.5 miles.

Other Thoughts:

I played the main 18 which was decent, then noticed a SwissTour layout on udisc that was fairly different so tried playing that. Mostly it was quite fun and different from the main layout. Though a number of holes were temp holes with no baskets (including all the ones on the other side of the bridge). Though some did have random baskets that I found that are nowhere near the actual main layout. I think this course could be improved by reducing the main layout holes that throw along paths and leverage the more remote areas that already have unused baskets. However, those areas do tend to throw over more wild prairie fields, so unless mowed I could them being very difficult in the summer due to long grass.

I was in town for a work meeting and was staying less than 2 miles from the course, so it was fantastic to get out and play in a gorgeous park on a beautiful day in late spring. The park itself is absolutely wonderful and makes me jealous we don't have more parks like this in the US near major metro areas. I really enjoyed my rounds for the most part, though there were some frustrations that came with it being a likely very under utilized course in a large, busy, multi-use park.
Was this review helpful? Yes No
6 0
Shifty06
Silver level trusted reviewer
Experience: 11.8 years 93 played 60 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Many baskets 2+ years

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Feb 29, 2016 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

This is a really good course that has a lot to offer for total beginners and families up to experienced/advanced players.

-Les Evaux is quite close to the city center, easily accessible by car or public transportation and has scenic attractions.

-The regular layout has 18 baskets (Discatcher) and plays nicely through a big sports-complex while there are about 8-10 additional baskets (unknown model but well made) not in use (for the regular course).

-In addition to the conventional course, the coursemap has five QR-Codes you can scan with your phone and get different layouts with various difficulty levels. This is where the additional baskets come in play i guess.

-The standard course has some very tricky basket placements, a good use of trees and Ob's and was fun to play as there was a good variation of shots.

-I found the lenght of the holes to be pretty good.

-The coursemap was really great and navigating wasn't too hard the first time.

-A free parking lot is close to the entrance of the complex.

Cons:

This course is locatetd at a public sports-center.
-There is a bit of traffic and at least hole #18 might be unplayable sometimes as it goes across a football-field.

-Certain holes/faiways were a bit too close to either a sports field or walkways or facilities.
Hole #17 for example was not fun to play at all, as it plays along a walkway with several tennis courts on the right hand side. The courts were guarded by a tall fence but i was a bit concerned throwing here.

-The tees were just gravel-pits (some were quite worn) with a trunk that had the number of the hole engraved.
Teesigns would be very nice.

-Basket # 8 has been moved and i could not find the new tee as it was not marked on the map.

-There is a lack of elevation here. One basket is placed on a small hill and one tee is on a "ramp" but all in all the course was a bit too flat for me.

-I would not agree with some Par's as the ones given on certain holes are quite easy.

Other Thoughts:

I found the idea of having different layouts to be pretty cool but i could not understand why there is no coursemap for at least the baskets that are not in use for the regular course.
It almost felt like they had to many of them and didnt know where to put all the targets.

There is a meadow with about 5 baskets (additional ones) which would be perfect to teach the game to beginners and families (might even be the case).
The area has huge potential to vary/improve.

Definitely worth going here when you are in Geneva.
This was by far the best course i have played in that area.
Was this review helpful? Yes No
Top