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Primland reviews
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Beautiful mountain resort course 2+ years
Reviewed:
Played on:Nov 20, 2020
Played the course:2-4 times
Pros:
Everyone should experience Primland Resort at least once. It's incredible. If your travels and your budget allow you to stay at Primland for a weekend, while the disc golf may be an afterthought compared to the food and drink, spa, ball golf, other outdoor activities, and general R&R, you should absolutely do it. And while you're there, you might as well bag a beautiful, rec-level mountain course.
+ By far the #1 pro of this course is the location: Primland Resort. It's a beautiful, truly elite 5-star resort. And it happens to have a decent disc golf course, so bag it if you can!
+ Not surprisingly, this course, like the rest of the Primland property, is stunningly beautiful. The first tee is an open, downhill shot with a panoramic view of the mountains. Amazing. The rest of the course is equally beautiful and well-maintained: manicured grass, mature trees in places, heavier woods in others.
+ Lots of terrific elevation to play with here: super fun downhill holes, a couple of good uphill holes. Downhills are always more fun -- easier, but more fun -- and that's what the designers were going for here: fun over challenge. The result is a very good rec-level course that people of all skill levels will enjoy for the Fun Factor and beauty of the property.
+ Ace runs! Several holes are very short (and/or the downhill layouts make the holes play exceptionally short) making for a number of very aceable holes.
+ Nice signage, navigation, baskets, etc.
+ The course parking lot is at the Stables Saloon restaurant and bar. Plan your round around drinks and dinner at the resort's casual dining location! They have live music most nights and an all-you-can-eat for $40 format. (If that seems pricey to you, you should see how much Elements, the fine dining restaurant, costs, not to mention the lodging! Again, this is a 5-star resort. You can't stay here, eat here, or even play disc golf here without shelling out some money.)
+ By far the #1 pro of this course is the location: Primland Resort. It's a beautiful, truly elite 5-star resort. And it happens to have a decent disc golf course, so bag it if you can!
+ Not surprisingly, this course, like the rest of the Primland property, is stunningly beautiful. The first tee is an open, downhill shot with a panoramic view of the mountains. Amazing. The rest of the course is equally beautiful and well-maintained: manicured grass, mature trees in places, heavier woods in others.
+ Lots of terrific elevation to play with here: super fun downhill holes, a couple of good uphill holes. Downhills are always more fun -- easier, but more fun -- and that's what the designers were going for here: fun over challenge. The result is a very good rec-level course that people of all skill levels will enjoy for the Fun Factor and beauty of the property.
+ Ace runs! Several holes are very short (and/or the downhill layouts make the holes play exceptionally short) making for a number of very aceable holes.
+ Nice signage, navigation, baskets, etc.
+ The course parking lot is at the Stables Saloon restaurant and bar. Plan your round around drinks and dinner at the resort's casual dining location! They have live music most nights and an all-you-can-eat for $40 format. (If that seems pricey to you, you should see how much Elements, the fine dining restaurant, costs, not to mention the lodging! Again, this is a 5-star resort. You can't stay here, eat here, or even play disc golf here without shelling out some money.)
Cons:
This course is terrific for what it's designed to deliver: fun, fairly easy disc golf in an astoundingly beautiful mountain resort location. While the resort is a destination experience, the disc golf course on its own is not. It's light on the challenge.
- Will not challenge Advanced or Pro players. Intermediate players will shoot under par (helped by some of the par 4's which are really par 3's) and have a lot of fun, but shouldn't be too challenged.
- Very, very expensive to play here. It's free for guests of the resort...which you cannot do for under $1,000, in all likelihood. They rent discs if you don't have any.
- Gravel tee pads. They're okay, not great.
- This really should be a par 54 course by most standards, but several of the longer holes are labeled par 4. There are 3 holes over 300 feet, none over 400 feet. One of the par 4's is only 260 feet. Kind of silly, but nice if you like racking up birdies and eagles!
- Some of the holes are true poke-and-hopes with no discernable fairway. A couple of the par 4's are par 4's, in my opinion, simply because they are tougher and have no fairway.
- Will not challenge Advanced or Pro players. Intermediate players will shoot under par (helped by some of the par 4's which are really par 3's) and have a lot of fun, but shouldn't be too challenged.
- Very, very expensive to play here. It's free for guests of the resort...which you cannot do for under $1,000, in all likelihood. They rent discs if you don't have any.
- Gravel tee pads. They're okay, not great.
- This really should be a par 54 course by most standards, but several of the longer holes are labeled par 4. There are 3 holes over 300 feet, none over 400 feet. One of the par 4's is only 260 feet. Kind of silly, but nice if you like racking up birdies and eagles!
- Some of the holes are true poke-and-hopes with no discernable fairway. A couple of the par 4's are par 4's, in my opinion, simply because they are tougher and have no fairway.
Other Thoughts:
More than anything, a beautiful course on a beautiful resort that you should try if you have the means to do so.
