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Spring Hill, KS

Flying Mavericks DGC

2.175(based on 3 reviews)
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Pizza God
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Experience: 36.2 years 1729 played 580 reviews
2.50 star(s)

not a bad school yard course

Reviewed: Played on:Feb 29, 2024 Played the course:once

Pros:

Has Cement Tee Pads
Has decent tee signs
Decent basket
Has some tree's you get to throw around

Cons:

It's got some long holes for grade school kids.
The tree sign is along a creek. So when you are throwing though tree's, it really just over the wash with a gap though the trees.
I really hate the walk from basket 2 to tee 3.

Other Thoughts:

I gave this course a slightly better rating than the other 2 reviewers mostly because I am comparing it to other school yard courses. It's better than most, but some of the holes are just too long or difficult for kids.

And nothing drives me more crazy than having to throw to a basket, and then walking all the way back to the tee to throw the next hole.

Hole 3 is a very tight short hole, miss it and you are in the rough. There is a long basket to the right I didn't realize till after I played the hole.

Hole 4 is long and wide open with one tree in the fairway with a mando on it.

Hole 9's basket is raised nicely and a good finishing hole in a way.

In general, this is not a bad, but not a course for kids either. Its a fun quick play for most of us as some of the shots are pretty cool and it does have a few ace runs.

Would I play here again? Nope, this is a one and done course for me. Ironically, I did see someone else playing as I was playing. Don't see that often.
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Surge5
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Experience: 9.8 years 167 played 167 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Flying Maverick. No, Not That One.

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 12, 2023 Played the course:once

Pros:

A school course with a lot of character, some odd shapes, and plenty of space to work with, you won't be disappointed by a round at Flying Mavericks.

Concrete tees and a full-color tee sign at each hole (Hole 1 tees from a sidewalk). The new Mach2 baskets are not problematic at all, and the number puck on top of each is easy to read from far away. Very well-constructed bridges over the creek on 3 and 9, someone put a good bit of money into this course.

Some unique hole shapes, hole 3 is a tight tunnel dumping left to its short pin, and forcing a slight turnover then a long right fade to the long pin. 6 is a short straight tunnel and 9 is a tunnel with a low ceiling then a hard right finish. Control is a big part of these holes. 7 has several guardians and you'll have to get a low skip to access the pin. Then 8 has a gap in some tall brush and a right finish.

Cons:

A few not as hot holes, Hole 1 is an open downhill hyzer with the basket in a pocket of trees, not too difficult, Hole 2 has a clump of trees to beat that invites a stock forehand or backhand hyzer. If you mess it up you'll have a fun time getting around the trunk, but it's a 3-at-worst type hole. 4 is wide open besides the one tree in the fairway that has a mando left to make it a par 4.

Some clunky routing. Hole 3's tee is directly behind Hole 2's, meaning you'll play 2 then come all the way back down the fairway to play hole 3, hole 4 is a long way from 5, and from 7 you have to go all the way around the bushes to get to hole 8's tee.

The creek on hole 9 is very deep and could be tough to retrieve a disc from if you end up in it. And the low tunnel makes that a possibility.

There is space to have a lot more distance on these holes, but unfortunately, it wasn't used.

Other Thoughts:

Flying Mavericks is a fun little jaunt for a school course. Spring Hill locals are lucky to have it, and travelers have a good option to add on 9 holes if they don't want to go all the way down to Paola. It's obvious a lot of work and money went into it, so the end product is a bit disappointing from that perspective, however it still beats out many other school 9ers in quality and uniqueness.
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Pevio
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Experience: 12.1 years 189 played 120 reviews
2.00 star(s)

This is not Top Gun.

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 12, 2023 Played the course:once

Pros:

This course combines heavily wooded holes with super open ones, playing around a treeline and road near a middle school. It features a variety in distance, two par 4's, bridges to help you cross the creek, and a fun experience overall.

There are several design elements I like here. There are a few low ceiling shots, a mando to keep hole 7 from being boring, and the open shots are longer than the wooded ones. You can even play a skip shot on a few different holes.

Jumping in and out of the woods keeps this course from being bland. Even when the holes aren't too interesting in and of themselves, they don't run together. You never have more than two holes in a row that feel fairly similar.

Hole 2 may cause some controversy, but I like it because it encourages a spicy hyzer shot around some real tall trees. Both the left and right sides are available, and if you get knocked down, your upshot might be difficult.

Cons:

There's next to no elevation change here. Hole 1 is the only exception, but it's one that the elevation doesn't matter a lot on anyway.

The rough can be real bad. The creeks have a lot of mud and water, and they're not always easy to avoid. For a course as easy as this, being a little punishing is a problem. There's also some tall grass in play on 7 and 8 that really looks bad.

There's not much distance overall, and even the par 4's aren't that hard and are a little gimmicky. They need like one more tree in the fairway to really make you think. Even the wooded holes could use one extra tree just off the main treeline to make you think a little more.

You're frequently walking quite a bit between holes, and navigation is a little tricky anyway. For a course as straightforward as this is, having these long walks doesn't make much sense. Just plop the tee near the previous basket; the holes won't get any worse.

Other Thoughts:

This course is fairly confusing, to be honest. There was a lot of real work put in here, but the result isn't great. That said, since the creek runs through most of the treeline and is pretty annoying to play around, a long hole through the woods is pretty much impossible.

This is one of the better school courses out there, and is certainly more than just some baskets in a field. If you're passing by, I recommend stopping here for sure.
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