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Shawnee, OK

Oklahoma Baptist University

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Pizza God
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Experience: 36.1 years 1717 played 574 reviews
4.00 star(s)

a Gem 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Feb 26, 2019 Played the course:once

Pros:

Tee signs, although 1 or two were damaged
Decent flow, pretty easy to follow, only had a problem finding the tee for hole 16.
several ponds and some minor elevation adds to this course
A couple of the holes where 2 shot holes where your first drive landing area is very important if you want to cart a 3
For me, in February, the fairways were nicely mowed, miss the fairway and your in some crap

Cons:

Grass/dirt tee pads, only reason I did not rate this course a 4.5
got totally lost trying to find hole 16's tee pad. I broke out UDisc to find it, I was on the other side of the bush :p

They are using 16's fairway as a organic trash dump, it does make this one a 2 shot hole as you have to throw over the trash and land in the fairway to get a decent up shot. Blind shots don't excite me.

Basket 18 is literally on the ground. Not a fan of lowered or raised basket.

Other Thoughts:

This is not your typical college course, it is away from campus in that your not going to have to deal with students other than other disc golfers.

The course has open longer holes and shorter more technical holes. But even the long holes make you watch where you land to get a decent upshot to the basket.

I was very impressed with several of the holes, loved the short holes too. Most required technical shots, but not crazy tight.

For me the most memorable holes were hole 15, at 534ft, this is way out of reach for me, the hole gets tight about 350ft down the fairway, you want to position your drive to be able to hit your upshot from there.

Hole 17 was similar, but a much tighter gap. But here it is easier to throw a bomb left to right shot. Big arms would probably go for that.

I admit, I was very disappointed when I got to hole 18 and it was mounted on the ground. To me that is a gimmick, not a fan of it. My drive was just past the basket in the edge of the rough and made for an easy put for 2, but I still didn't like the basket.

Would I play here again? This is a course I want to play again in better conditions. It was cold when I played it. Now I understand this course can get overgrown in the summer, so I would say early spring might be the best time to play, at least when it is not too muddy.

one note, on this web site, it says "no alcohol" but on UDisc it says "private, students only" I did not see any signs saying permit parking, or students only, or private course. I did park next to the basket ball court near hole 1. It might be better to park near the baseball field and start on hole 4. I did notice parking stickers on the cars as I left, but no one bothered us at 5pm on a Tuesday evening.
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Jabronies187
Experience: 2 played 1 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Challenging yet fun 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Apr 5, 2015 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Lots of distance, but plenty of birdie opportunities. Challenging movement to disc, and shots aren't all straight. While there are no tee pads, the tee signs provide great information and look stellar. Water is in play if you have a missed through, but you shouldn't be scared of the water.

Also each tee sign is easy to spot from the previous basket, so you shouldn't have to be searching for the next hole.

Cons:

Still a work in progress, and there is still a lot of underbrush. However, you can tell they are working on the course to make it better.

No tee pads, but that didn't bother me. The ground is plenty flat and isn't an issue.

Other Thoughts:

Give it a shot. It's definitely worth checking out. Not crowded!
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