Pros:
Eagle Ridge DGC is in the lovely and so aptly named Eagle Ridge Whispering Pines Park. I saw lots of pines and the ridge but nary an eagle. The park sits in an upscale community with all these beautiful homes and these beautiful people were all out walking through their beautiful neighborhood this morning.
The park is small with upper part trees and hilly and the lower half consisting of a expanse of lovely green grass.
The course starts up in the hilly ridge by the fence and the BB court. The pads are smaller concrete ones although they're probably more than adequate for these shorter holes. The holes are putter length but the pine trees do tend to jump out and grab your discs.
Holes 1 & 2 are both short (69' and 63') shots through the trees. # 3 stretches out to 150' and then # 4 is an uphill bomb of 150'. The designers really missed their chance here on # 5. There are all kinds of places on the ridge where the # 5 tee could have been placed. Instead they chose to stick in down on the grassy area and you have a semi-boring, open hole of 219'. 6 & 7 complete the circuit with short, just over a 100' wide open holes.
Cons:
Other than the missed opportunity to make # 5 Eagle Ridge's own little mini-Top Of The World hole, there isn't much to complain about here. It's not a destination course but it's course baggers wet dream, a fun, easy 15-20 minute get. A quick in and out.
OK, signage would be nice. Living here in in one of these nice homes and playing here every day would be OK, too.
Other Thoughts:
Looking for more challenge nearby, contact Levi at Rocky Ridge just two miles up the road to play his totally cool, 18 hole private course.
This is just another cute little disc golf course designed with the beginner/recreational level players in mind. With the addition of a couple of these pitch and putts and the seven new junior courses, I think the Spokane metropolitan area might be the most beginner/youth friendly disc golf community anywhere. With their wonderful terrain for disc golf (hilly, lots of trees but without much underbrush) and perfect discing weather for three seasons (I don't recommend winter), Spokane and Coeur d'Alene are becoming quite the disc golf Mecca.