Pflugerville, TX

North Town

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TheQuietCroc
Experience: 6.2 years 19 played 16 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Fun course, needs clarity 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 15, 2018 Played the course:once

Pros:

- Course map was accurate for the back nine
- Variety of open and wooded shots
- Tee signs on every hole
- Concrete tee pads with good runway length
- Huge open field near the first hole, perfect for field work like driving and shot practice
- Practice basket near the first tee
- Plenty of parking
- Actual restrooms
- Very shady
- All the holes, except 11 and 12, begin and end near each other

Cons:

- Course map was severely outdated for the front nine, make sure you follow the tee signs instead
- Hole 13 is dangerously close to the road, beginners could easily throw into the street, which is thankfully just a low-traffic neighborhood road
- Without the course map, finding out how to get to 12 from 11 is super unintuitive
- It's hard to see the basket from the tee for most of the front 9, with 9 being the worst of the bunch
- No hole numbers on the baskets

Other Thoughts:

The course has a big dog park on it. If you have a partner who doesn't play, and a dog, then they could hang out there while you play the course.

Pokemon Go: There are 3 stops and a gym in the parking lot
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BigDaveATX
Experience: 33 years 3 played 1 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Solid course with some variety 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Dec 30, 2017 Played the course:once

Pros:

- Very good concrete tee pads. I require a long runway and they are long.
- Good variety. Open fairways, tight tree-lined holes, long holes, a couple of ponds.
- Longer holes have two tees.
- Restroom facility in parking area

Cons:

- Not much elevation change.
- Not a good job on some risk/reward basket placement. Some holes are too close to an out of bounds creek making one play too conservatively.

Other Thoughts:

Not a must play but a good, solid course.
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The Valkyrie Kid
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Experience: 45.9 years 1562 played 1507 reviews
3.00 star(s)

New Course (2011) With Used Baskets! 2+ years

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Sep 29, 2017 Played the course:once

Pros:

North Town is a new park and proudly wears it's newness. The park has a wonderful, new picnic shelter complete with restrooms and a great kid's play area. The park is green, well manicured and has ample parking and a walking path which circles the park.

The course starts close to the parking lot and has a practice basket. The concrete tee pads are nice sized. The Mach II baskets have been strangely painted yellow? I wonder why would you paint baskets that are only 6 years old? I think they might have been repurposed from another course. Great colored signs give you all the needed information, but why? why does # 2 show the distance in yards (77yards) when the other 17 signs all show the distance in feet?

Hole # 1 starts your round off with a open, 585' bomb. There are three holes on the front nine playing over 500' and # 11 is close at 498'. I appreciate that although this course plays fairly long, there are a couple shorter (under 200') Ace Runs. I agree with a previous reviewer who stated that isn't one signature hole here but rather quite a few really good holes.

# 12 is one of really good holes. It's really a pretty hole playing 201' to the basket on the other side of the pond, so the carry over water is probably 185'. My beginner playing partner insisted on throwing this hole and left his drive just short and landed in the pond. When he stepped into the water to grab his disc, he slipped on the incredibly, slippery mud and splash landed on his behind. Speaking of this mud, I have never seen such gooey, sticky mud before. It sticks to everything including your discs. My boots weighed about 5 pounds each. I'm telling you, this is that red mud of Alabama from "My Cousin Vinny" sticky.

Returning to hole # 12. There is an alternate tee pad on this hole throwing 153' from the side of the pond. I think this throw might be more treacherous due to the three trees waiting to knock your disc into the pond.

There is another pond crossing on # 14. The tee sign says 330'. If you want to play it safe, you can cross throw to the left, reducing the carry to, maybe, 200'. You don't want to fade right because now you're adding to the water carry.

Cons:

The sticky, slippery mud was really annoying both during my round and afterward when attempting to scrape it off my boots. It also made me think about every step I took that even remotely looked muddy. My playing partner, slipped and fell into both ponds. Good for a laugh both times.

The park is almost, totally flat.

After this morning's rains, there were some wet spots. There was virtually a small lake right in front of the # 18 basket.

# 2 sign distance listed in yards?

There is some thick rough bordering some holes.

Other Thoughts:

The creek is all over all over the course. Between it and the walking path which also is present on many holes, the OB will factor into the score of most players. To score well at North Town, players must have a versatile game. You must possess s strong arm, the ability to shape shots, play the technical holes well, keep it low on the tunnel shots and avoid the walkway and creek OB's.

This is an solid, intermediate level course. But rec players can play and enjoy it. It's what I call a comfortable round for us rec guys. The rough is mostly forgiving. You can usually recover from a bad shot. The water carries are easily doable although somewhat scary.

You just have to put up with the slippery, sticky mud if the course is wet.
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wellsbranch250
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Experience: 10.2 years 658 played 636 reviews
3.00 star(s)

A Good north Austin Course 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:May 7, 2016 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

(3.165 Rating) A good to very good course on Austin's north side.
- UNIQUENESS - Although a flat course, the overall uniqueness is a bit above average for 18 holes. There are a few 4's and a par 5. Several holes have a creek element in play as well as a pond. One good doglegs hole on number 5. In addition, there are some pocket shots, and windows shots. Missing items include a very well defined tunnel play and a substantial dogleg right. I'll also add, there is really no "signature" hole on this course just a bunch of "very good" categorized holes. Some however, may consider number 12 as the signature hole, which is a 200 foot water clear shot.
- SHOT SELECTION - I probably play about half and half flick to backhand on this course. Half of your drives will have to be well thought out and placed. Several of the holes have a creek or pond element in play to force a line.
- CHARACTER - There is a great course map right at hole 1 and there is hole signage throughout the course. About half of the tees are shaded well and there are 2 holes with two tees, 11 and 12. There is a practice basket at 1 and there is a shelter with drinking fountain and restrooms at the parking area. Unfortunately not much in the way of seating and no extra pin placements.
- TEE PADS - Concrete pads are of adequate length and width. Nothing special, but it does the job.
- NAVIGATION - I don't find any major issues although I've probably played it too many times to recall the biggest issues in traversing the course. So take a picture of the map at hole 1 to be safe. There are a few moderate hikes between holes. Holes 1 to 2, 8 to 9 and 11 to 12. There are some directional ques along the routes as well. I'll also mention that the course is good for those that like to bring out the disc golf bag stroller. Although, crossing the creek on 9 can be challenging if the water level is up.
- SKILL LEVEL FRIENDLY - Generally can be played by all skill levels. probably don't want beginners throwing on 12 with the water in play. Pros will probably not find the course difficult enough but advanced and intermediate players should enjoy the course.
- MAINTENANCE - For the most part, every time I've played here the grass has been cut. The park maintenance staff seems to keep it up well.
- SPACING - Above average, Perhaps there are but just a couple times that a disc can fade into another fairway.
- CLUB - Course has a large club and has weekly events. Biggest draw is the Sunday morning random doubles.

Cons:

No major issues with North Town.
- ELEVATION - A surprising lack of Elevation on this course. Its flat as a pancake. Probably varies by no more than 20' on the entire course and no hole varies by more than 10'. definitely subpar among the Austin area courses.
- NATURAL BEAUTY - Definitely not the most scenic course in Austin. Probably about average for a north side course. Course is too flat and doesn't really have much in natural features to provide an eye-catching feel. The trees are also to young compared to other area courses. not the worst in the world, just a tad below average.
- DRAINAGE - Course is subject to flooding at times during the rainy season. Course always seems to be the last north side course to dry out. If you need a fix from a north side course that's always dry, check out Brushy Creek aka Cat Hallow.

Other Thoughts:

A good course for those living within 10-15 miles. Definitely worth a look see if you're a south side resident of Austin. Out of area players will need to check out a slew of other area courses before adding this one to your wish list (For instance, Circle C, Williamson, Searight, Bible Ridge, Roy G and East Metro to name a few)
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JerryW
Experience: 43.9 years 9 played 9 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Beginner frustration 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Sep 21, 2013 Played the course:once

Pros:

The variety of shots is good. Some open, some alley shots, some dog legs. Some long, some short.

Cons:

I can't imagine this would be very fun for a beginner. When I played this I was very new at the sport and it was frustrating. Looking back and after improving some I can see how an amateur or pro would do fine on it.

Other Thoughts:

There were a few holes that were hard to locate.
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pablo.diablo
Experience: 14.2 years 66 played 11 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Northtown 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Mar 24, 2012 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Another course on the Eastside of Austin / Pflugerville with good baskets.

A longer/tougher course to play near the much shorter Wells Branch course.

Not too tough for beginners, especially the back 9.

Two decent holes to throw over ponds.

Pavilion at parking lot with restrooms for a shady place to relax/eat/rest.

Nice dogpark at entrance.

Update: FINALLY, got cement teepads in 2014!!! (Ratings boost / level up!)

Cons:

They finally got concrete tees, just not designed very well. Still, 100% better than before when they were gravel pits!

The course flow is subpar. It makes more sense to play the first seven holes in this order: 3, 4, 5, 6, 2, 1, 7. Try it sometime, you will like it.

The long tee on #6 is unnecessary. Matter of fact, the teesign is at the short box and it hinders your throw from the long box!

The Par 4 Hole #9 doesn't really have fairways. It has "unfair"ways. Second shot requires a massive thumber or perhaps an anny-bomb if you have a huge arm. It's really just a silly hole that is basically a crapshoot off the tee to your landing zone for the 2nd nonsensical shot in a row. This hole needs at least two bridges to cross the creek, one right after the teepad and one when you get closer to the basket.

The long tee for #11 does not have much of a fairway to shoot for unless you have a massive pro-level throw available over the top of the trees. Playing the hyzer, roller, or gut-shot is a crapshoot...requiring more luck than skill really.

The following issues are mainly after wet conditions:

Since it rains again here in TX, there are a couple of spots you cannot cross the creek without getting yourself crazy muddy or soaked shoes even. No good place to cross after #9 teepad. #15 & #16 get incredibly muddy after wet weather. No good place to cross to the muddy fairway on #16 if you don't throw all the way to the basket on your drive. #17 basket gets surrounded by water now.

It will play better in Summer when it doesn't rain so much, but I think long-term this place is gonna suffer some major damage from erosion. Several bridges are definitely in order at a minimum.

Other Thoughts:

When the course is completely dry of mud, I would give it a 3.0+ rating. It is perfect when the water is full in the creeks, but the course itself does not have standing water and mud everywhere.

If they add a few much needed foot bridges, and dig some well-placed drainage canals this place will gain further respectability and another ratings increase.
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gek76
Experience: 21.3 years 43 played 16 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Great Start to a Fun Course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Mar 20, 2011 Played the course:once

Pros:

Fun and challenging course. Each hole offered something a little different. Didn't feel like I was just throwing the same hole over and over. Challenging enough for seasoned players but not intimidating to beginners. Appreciated the baskets having arrows to next tee since this was our first time at this course. Local were friendly. Park offers a lot, dog park, play ground, picnic area, and of course a nice disc golf course. I can see bring the whole family here on our next visit to Austin.

Cons:

Course still feels very new. Like they are still playing with the lay out and stuff. Tee signs are done with a black marker on a metal plate, my guess is so they can change the hole layout as they see what works the best before investing in more permanent signs. Trees and brush looked like it had just been cut back. Tees were rough and rutted badly. I don't have a big run up but I do take a few steps but was afraid to cause of the ruts on most tees. I wouldn't want to play here after a big rain cause the ruts in the tees would be full of water. A few of the tee signs where broken off the posts. Hole 7 seems excessively long (600+) then hole 8 was really short(200+). Basket for hole 6 felt close to the tees for hole 2 and 7. An over throw on 6 could easily hit people at 2 or 7.

Other Thoughts:

This course had some problems, but I think they are all part of the growing process and I am sure they will be worked out. I will be back to play here on my next visit to the in-laws. It is the nicest course I have played in North Austin so far and I look forward to watching it grow. There where plenty of people out playing but I never felt rushed. I can see the water hazards coming into play even more if there had been any rain recently.
The park has its own fenced in dog park so I would say the disc golf course is leashed dog friendly though I did see some people with their dogs off leash on the course. Except for a couple of stream crossing the course is stroller/cart friendly.
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slicemaster
Experience: 14.1 years 24 played 8 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Great Potential 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Feb 26, 2011 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

1. Great variation of shots and good degree of difficulty.
2. Finally a challenging 18 hole course in Pflugerville/North Austin.
3. Good course layout and has massive potential to become one of the top spots in town

Cons:

1. Trees are a bit bit much on the course and will prove much more difficult when everything turns green.
2. Creek is shocking deep in some areas, discs most certainly can be lost to the depths.
3. It is in the beginning stages so work is still being done so watch out for the stumps.

Other Thoughts:

I can't wait to see this course when it reaches its full potential. I can definitely say this will be my new home course as Falcon Pointe is not good and Wells Branch is too short. Thanks for the great new course, I know I will appreciate it. Watch out for 11 it is a bastard but a great signature hole.
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MattyIce
Experience: 15.5 years 39 played 3 reviews
3.00 star(s)

ehhhhh 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Feb 5, 2011 Played the course:once

Pros:

a pro would be that the course has lots of hole variation. quite a few right turning holes (if ur a lefty that will be nice)
Tee boxes were decent

Cons:

a good number of the holes felt like you were just throwing straight through woods and hoping that somehow miraculously you would get through, there didnt seem to be any defined path ways (even if they are super narrow).
Signage was horrible, usually just a sharpie on a pole

Other Thoughts:

lots of water, Creeks and ponds
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