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Tomah, WI

Double Barrel

3.55(based on 2 reviews)
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wolfhaley
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Experience: 20.1 years 1009 played 580 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 16, 2023 Played the course:once

Pros:

The Double Barrel DGC is located at the Holiday Lodge Resort in Tomah. The course is set up on an old ball golf course. With this comes some mostly flat terrain with plenty of mature trees throughout. There's a few sections of pines clumped near each other but it's mostly deciduous trees of varying sizes placed far enough apart to offer some shot shaping but enough space as to not feel too claustrophobic.

The baskets are nice, new red Prodigy T-3's. These are all mounted nice and level and catch great. Every one of these has a block circle about the size of the cage, filled in with mulch, surrounding the mount point. One pin position and basket per hole. Very sharp looking and more than serviceable. Every basket has a matching red flag affixed to the top of the center pole with the hole number in big, bold white letters. Not only can you identify the basket but you get a wind read too. Top notch

Nice, large concrete tees on every hole. These things are great. All are poured level and have good traction on them. One tee pad per hole. Again, very well done.

The course plays on the longer side. There's a few shorter holes around the middle section of the course. 7-10 is where you really want to get your birdies. This is also the section where you get away from the water hazards which are prevalent throughout the rest of the course.

Speaking of water hazards, they're everywhere out here. Hole 1 starts out innocent enough, but then you step up to hole 2 and there's nonsense rough lining the entirety of the right side and a nasty looking pond area all along the left. Add a lowish ceiling and the ever present winds and you get thrown right into the fire. It doesn't let up too much through the rest of the round as far as water danger. Hole 18 is a fantastic finishing hole with a true island green. Very reachable for most players but requiring an accurate shot to clear. Great finishing hole.

The flow of the course is generally pretty easy to follow. A map is recommended but not really a must. If the tee signs were on posts this would be seamless. It's a little tricky to spot the current signs though. Either way, you're not getting lost out here or anything.

There's a bar and restaurant onsite. Udisc says $10/person to play. We were only charged $5/person. Might depend on who's working on a given day. Plan on $10 to be on the safe side.

The course grounds were in fantastic shape when we played. The grass was recently mowed throughout the whole course and the general upkeep was top notch. This was probably the best and most well rounded former, even current, bolf course I've played to date.

Cons:

The ponds are going to eat discs. The rough on a couple holes can too. When you think of scum ponds the one by hole 3 is the definition of this. The creek that winds it's way through the course and serves as the majority of the water hazards is much clearer and cleaner. But there's no guarantee. Bottom line, bring some discs you don't mind losing. You'll probably lose at least one if you're playing aggressive.

The tee signs are not great. Not even good. They're just big, red metal arrows that point in the (general) direction you're playing towards. There's no hole map, par or distance on them. As mentioned above they're very low to the ground as well so they're hard to see in spots.

The wind was pretty intense on the day we played it. Probably moreso than normal. It makes a few of these shots (looking at you hole 3) borderline impossible for most players without some luck.

Other Thoughts:

I was actually very surprised with this one. I generally hate ball golf courses for DG. This one doesn't have the pretentious ball golfers themselves so that was a great start. The land, and especially the design, serve this property well for a DG course.

It's not near much, but if you find yourself in the area I'm actually going to recommend it. I'd say it's probably my favorite course of this type to date. So not a ton, but I've been around. Very good course. Probably better if winds are down too
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Doc13
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Experience: 4 years 43 played 24 reviews
3.50 star(s)

I win! drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jan 7, 2023 Played the course:once

Pros:

About what you would expect for a course on an old ball course, lots of distance for the grip it and rip it crowd. Nice baskets and concrete pads. The course is fairly well laid out and does have tee signs. These are low to the ground so a little difficult to spot at times.

Cons:

Next tee pad signs would be nice. Some of the hole layouts (like 9) are very boring and could have been setup a little better. Definitely a good chance of losing a disc in the water here and for players that don't have a big arm you will have to be very careful to not get wet.

Other Thoughts:

This is a bit of a unique course for central wisconsin, not many this open and long.
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