Pros:
- Place to potentially practice big drives or just use as a place to practice putts or approaches.
- Baskets were DD Patriots that caught decent and hopefully will hold the test of time.
- Big arms will absolutely love this course. All par 3's (allegedly) with only one hole playing under 300 and 80% of them over 400 feet.
- Very easy layout to follow.. minus the walk from hole 1 to hole 2.
Cons:
- Some of the lengths here were pretty long for a course that's suppose to be for high school kids. Hole 7 is 1,000 feet long and listed as a par 3 on uDisc.. Uh yea, I don't think even McBeth could birdie that one. Actually, a majority of these holes are really long and all listed as par 3's which I don't think is accurate.
- No teepads, just grass which is pretty typical of most high school courses. I think I've played maybe 2-3 school courses that actually had teepads in my entire time bagging courses.
- Signs are literally just posts with the hole # on them. No par info, no distances, nothing else.
- Can't play during school hours. Big surprise, right?
- They just kind of put hole 6's tee sign literally threw hole 5's basket.. Odd placement for sure.
Other Thoughts:
River Valley High School DGC is a extremely weird course. It's the first time I've ever seen really long distances at a school course. Not really sure why but I guess whoever designed it has an absolute cannon for an arm and needed a place to practice.
I played this one during the beginning of winter right after it snowed so was not the most fun round but I doubt playing it in the summer would've really altered my perception of this course. Again, this is one for the baggers or locals who want to air out some big throws.