Ft. Buhlow DGC - Purple reviews
7
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Underwelming 2+ years
Reviewed:
Played on:Feb 19, 2022
Played the course:once
Pros:
+ Concrete Tees. They are long and the land around the tees are pretty flat. Tall people will be fine and the Conrads of the world should be alright.
+ Mach 3's I believe. They catch just as well as a Mach 3's do, which isn't the best but you just need to know how to putt on them. They also seemed like a mix of older Mach 3's and a few newer Mach 3's. The newer ones have a deeper tray. Baskets were a bit rusty but that really didn't effect how they caught.
+ Parking lot near hole 1 is decently big and if more parking is needed then there is plenty more throughout the course in different spots.
+ Bathrooms near the parking lot near hole 1.
+ The course starts out with some pretty tight and short wooded holes that are decently fun to play. They fake you out a bit and make you think that this is going to be the whole course but it opens up and lets the bigger arms shine. The wooded holes have some odd lines but all of them are doable and not too difficult.
+ Hole 5, 8 and 10 would be in contention for the signature hole. They aren't anything over the top but they are the most fun to play to me. Hole 5 is this great slightly downhill tunnel shot that feels great when you hit it right. Hole 8 is a cool slightly uphill tunnel shot that throws over a small valley. Again, nothing over the top but it's a fun hole to play. Hole 10 is a great disc golf hole. It has you play over a creek and is about 300'ish feet. The pucker factor on this hole is high but again, feels great to throw it right.
+ This course favors the player who can throw into but tight accurate shots thru the woods and who can be accurate and throw far in an open field.
+ Mach 3's I believe. They catch just as well as a Mach 3's do, which isn't the best but you just need to know how to putt on them. They also seemed like a mix of older Mach 3's and a few newer Mach 3's. The newer ones have a deeper tray. Baskets were a bit rusty but that really didn't effect how they caught.
+ Parking lot near hole 1 is decently big and if more parking is needed then there is plenty more throughout the course in different spots.
+ Bathrooms near the parking lot near hole 1.
+ The course starts out with some pretty tight and short wooded holes that are decently fun to play. They fake you out a bit and make you think that this is going to be the whole course but it opens up and lets the bigger arms shine. The wooded holes have some odd lines but all of them are doable and not too difficult.
+ Hole 5, 8 and 10 would be in contention for the signature hole. They aren't anything over the top but they are the most fun to play to me. Hole 5 is this great slightly downhill tunnel shot that feels great when you hit it right. Hole 8 is a cool slightly uphill tunnel shot that throws over a small valley. Again, nothing over the top but it's a fun hole to play. Hole 10 is a great disc golf hole. It has you play over a creek and is about 300'ish feet. The pucker factor on this hole is high but again, feels great to throw it right.
+ This course favors the player who can throw into but tight accurate shots thru the woods and who can be accurate and throw far in an open field.
Cons:
- Teepads are a bit worn. Not all of the tees but some of them are worn down to the pea sized gravel in the concrete and they are slightly slick. The course had a little bit of mud when I played and that combined with these tees made some of them slightly scary to throw off of.
- The first for holes dont really fit in with the rest of the course. They are short and wooded, which isnt a bad thing, but the rest of the course is way more open with most of the holes being on the longer side.
- The last 4 holes are just boring to play. They are all between 400'-600' and pretty much wide open. Hole 15 is the best out of them because the second shot will have you play over a creek to get to the basket to add some excitement but in general you just have to throw a driver off the tee and then throw an upshot. Just boring to play to me.
- Navigation and finding the pins was a bit more difficult then it needed to be. The course starts out fine and navigation is a breeze but when you get to hole 7 things start to get confusing. Finding the Mach 3's in the woods can be a bit difficult at times and finding hole 7 in the woods took me a bit. Hole 9 is a top of the world type shot. I saw the basket out in a field and threw the 600' to get to the hole only to learn that I threw to hole 17's basket. I ran into the same issue when playing hole 15 since the basket you see is not the basket you play to. There were also a few times when I needed to have uDisc up to find the next tee. Hole 14 was a bit of a walk and if I didn't have uDisc I probably wouldn't have found it for a bit. You have to backtrack a bit to get to the tee but the real problem is that you have two courses on this property and around hole 14 they seem to almost come together. So you see other tees and baskets but they are not for the course you are playing. All of this will not be a problem once you learn the course.
- The first for holes dont really fit in with the rest of the course. They are short and wooded, which isnt a bad thing, but the rest of the course is way more open with most of the holes being on the longer side.
- The last 4 holes are just boring to play. They are all between 400'-600' and pretty much wide open. Hole 15 is the best out of them because the second shot will have you play over a creek to get to the basket to add some excitement but in general you just have to throw a driver off the tee and then throw an upshot. Just boring to play to me.
- Navigation and finding the pins was a bit more difficult then it needed to be. The course starts out fine and navigation is a breeze but when you get to hole 7 things start to get confusing. Finding the Mach 3's in the woods can be a bit difficult at times and finding hole 7 in the woods took me a bit. Hole 9 is a top of the world type shot. I saw the basket out in a field and threw the 600' to get to the hole only to learn that I threw to hole 17's basket. I ran into the same issue when playing hole 15 since the basket you see is not the basket you play to. There were also a few times when I needed to have uDisc up to find the next tee. Hole 14 was a bit of a walk and if I didn't have uDisc I probably wouldn't have found it for a bit. You have to backtrack a bit to get to the tee but the real problem is that you have two courses on this property and around hole 14 they seem to almost come together. So you see other tees and baskets but they are not for the course you are playing. All of this will not be a problem once you learn the course.
Other Thoughts:
I didn't really have any expectations of this course. I did a quick search and it seemed like this might be the best course in the area so I decided to play it. I wasn't really disappointed or impressed with this course. It has its ups and its downs but nothing too impressive. I wouldn't recommend playing this course unless you are in the area. It's not worth it to travel out of the way to play this course. If you play here you won't be unhappy but you just don't come away from this course with the most positive feeling. This might just be me and could just be because of how the course finishes but I left feeling like I just bagged another course.
