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Mt. Waterman, CA

Mt. Waterman DGC

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Experience: 10 years 29 played 3 reviews
3.00 star(s)

2015 pre-opening 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:May 31, 2015 Played the course:once

Pros:

Challenging, 18 holes, loops back to clubhouse after 9 and again after 18. Two legit par 4's. Great views of the surrounding mountains and valleys. Crisp clean air and a more natural / wild feel than Sky High (35 min. down the road). Lift takes you to the clubhouse with parking at the base of the lift. Great place to practice stand-still shots as you'll be forced to. Also, you will get a workout - one round here equals about 3 in a grassy park.

Cons:

Many roads crisscross throughout the course yet few are used for fairways or at least to walk from pad to basket via a quick diversion to and from the roads. As the crow flies, this 2 mile trail from pad 1 to basket 18 ends up being a 3 mile hike (60% uphill) after widening off the fairways to ones lie at an intermediate / advanced level of play, not to mention that if feels more like 4 miles with the lack of decent walking paths. Deep ravines down then back up to the basket make for picturesque views from the pad but even if you park the shot, the energy expended outweighs the view. No true top of the world hole despite all of the elevation (as in long, big drop, open other than near pad obstacles). Fairways are largely wild terrain and even if you find a flat enough spot (about 50% of the time for my card of 5) for another x-step, it often takes 30 seconds to clear a path from all the pine cones, rocks, fallen tree wood, and dirt divots to fill in. Rubber t-pads (5-7' long) could stand to be about twice as long as they are. Hole 10, albeit a bit flat, has just about everything going for it... three lines of approach (none easy), road for a fairway, long flat run up before stepping on the pad, solid risk-reward choices from drive to putt. An alt basket position deep and atop the hill to the left of the fairway would be a model for modifying some of the other holes. Not sure if signage is forthcoming but get a map if not. Rec players will probably not enjoy this course so don't bring a new player if you're looking to get them interested in the sport.

Other Thoughts:

Careful going over the tops of the pines, they are disc catchers. One guy in our group stuck 4 in the trees in one round and after 45 min of rock throwing total, we left the last one behind. Allow for 2.5 hrs per round with no other delays. The entire back half was relocated since last season and although I didn't play the old layout, I get the impression that course design took a step backward. If redesign included more than a single line to most baskets that aren't already obstacle free (other than around / near the basket), along with utilizing the roads for traversing, this course would be twice as good as it is now in my opinion. Another idea that might work would be to make use of the chair lift by traversing down to play then taking the lift up again for another round with 9 additional holes... mixed in with the back half perhaps? Since the lower half of the lift is where the open ski runs are, this would probably make room for 1-2 top of the world holes and with 27 holes total and less needless and uphill walking, this could be a true 'adventure' course.
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