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Spoon Creek DGC reviews
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Spoonful of trees 2+ years
Reviewed:
Played on:Jul 7, 2021
Played the course:once
Pros:
You can really tell that a lot of work went into this course. It's all in the woods, but there's spacious concrete tees (marked by signs with the hole #), bridges, cleared fairways (which still have grass growing on them despite the canopy), gravel paths, and more. Next hole signs (both on trees and clipped to the baskets) make navigation simple.
Many different fun shots: steep uphills, downhills, left, dead straight, and right; the creek keeps you honest on a couple holes without being too big of disc loss threat. An extremely elevated basket on one hole (the baskets are Dynamic Veterans, by the way). About 300 ft is the longest hole out here, so they're all pretty reachable if you have good control.
The rough isn't really thick enough to steal a disc. A couple practice baskets (including a Marksman) and a disc drop plus paper maps at the parking area. Hole 9 ends right next to the parking lot.
Many different fun shots: steep uphills, downhills, left, dead straight, and right; the creek keeps you honest on a couple holes without being too big of disc loss threat. An extremely elevated basket on one hole (the baskets are Dynamic Veterans, by the way). About 300 ft is the longest hole out here, so they're all pretty reachable if you have good control.
The rough isn't really thick enough to steal a disc. A couple practice baskets (including a Marksman) and a disc drop plus paper maps at the parking area. Hole 9 ends right next to the parking lot.
Cons:
The course is pay-to-play with limited tee times (definitely necessary, though, as a couple holes have crossing fairways). Hole 2's tee is on a road (not a public road, but still).
Some of the holes go beyond 'wooded' to 'poke-and-hope.' These holes may have initial gaps to hit, but the gaps don't go all the way through, so your best bet is to hit the first gap and hope that you don't hit anything afterward.
The tee signs don't have distance on them which isn't a huge deal, but knowing the distance would have definitely impacted my mid/driver decision a couple times.
A bunch of spider webs.
Some of the holes go beyond 'wooded' to 'poke-and-hope.' These holes may have initial gaps to hit, but the gaps don't go all the way through, so your best bet is to hit the first gap and hope that you don't hit anything afterward.
The tee signs don't have distance on them which isn't a huge deal, but knowing the distance would have definitely impacted my mid/driver decision a couple times.
A bunch of spider webs.
Other Thoughts:
If you take the absolutely wooded nature of Rosedale-Down Under and the more polished appearance of Cedar Ridge, you'd get a pretty good idea of what this course is like.
If you're tired of waiting on other groups at the busier courses like Heritage, Shawnee Mission, Centennial, etc. then you might consider checking this place out. You probably won't see another soul while you're here. Personally, I would play at least a couple rounds to feel like you're getting your money's worth.
The lines here are extremely tight and demanding. I played with my Uncle who aced hole 11 for his first ace in 10 years but was still frustrated enough to say on the next hole "I despise this course" because of how many trees there are. In Kansas, it doesn't get any more wooded than this.
If you're tired of waiting on other groups at the busier courses like Heritage, Shawnee Mission, Centennial, etc. then you might consider checking this place out. You probably won't see another soul while you're here. Personally, I would play at least a couple rounds to feel like you're getting your money's worth.
The lines here are extremely tight and demanding. I played with my Uncle who aced hole 11 for his first ace in 10 years but was still frustrated enough to say on the next hole "I despise this course" because of how many trees there are. In Kansas, it doesn't get any more wooded than this.
