Springdale, AR

Sports Life DGC - Old Layout

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ClayTy
Experience: 20.4 years 12 played 1 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Much Improved 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jan 15, 2011 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

It is a fun course that has both longer, open holes and medium length, more technical holes.

Cons:

Not real fond of playing around traffic and having to wait for cars on several holes where roads and parking lot come into play. (The asphalt OB's kill my score)

Other Thoughts:

When I was told there was going to be a DGC place on this land, I pictured a very easy, short course. When 13/14 baskets were laid out, it was a long course but took advantage of all terrain and wrapped around the baseball fiels including use of additional terrain. Now the course has 18 baskets and the designer did an outstanding job of utilizing all aspects of the terrain which necessitates including the woods, baseball fields, watermarks, roads, island land in a parking lot in the area to make for a more technical and challenging course than imaged. Overall, this is a top 2 course for the 6 DGC's that I have played.
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TSeller
Experience: 29.6 years 2 played 2 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Great course to hone your skills 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 10, 2010 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

* Well Groomed - Fairway and rough are pretty immaculate.

* Every classic shot is covered. Up shot, down shot, left, right, high degree bank.

* Pin placement is well thought out.

* Maps next to tee for each hole are extremely well done.

Cons:

* Not overly challenging. Dog legs aren't very doggy.

* Some risk for errant throws to go into road ways and the outfield of a baseball diamond.

* Horrible tee boxes. Not having cement tee boxes keeps this course from getting a 'Good' from me.

Other Thoughts:

Weather was 98 degrees, sunny, with no wind, yet there was still some moisture in the ground. When the ground is wet, the tee boxes must be a mess. I'd steer clear if it was rainy or had rained previously.

This course is a few trees and a little cement away from being an excellent course.
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IsaacIRL
Silver level trusted reviewer
Experience: 15.7 years 83 played 46 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Sports Life DGC... 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Jul 11, 2010 Played the course:once

Pros:

Course is very well maintained, almost no trash. Mostly open, but has some nice slightly wooded holes. Awesome signs and baskets. The signs look like they're made by houck design, but I'm not sure. Baskets are made by Disc Golf Monkey (called monkey traps) and catch very well. Good variety in hole distances (219-525). Good variety in hyzer/straight/anhyzer holes. Very creative O.B., but sometimes feels a little gimmicky.

Cons:

No trash cans or benches. Tee pads are grass, but have a wooden plank to mark the front of them. Hole 8 has some weird rock tee pad right now that is horrible, so I just teed off to the right of it. 3 holes play right next to a busy road.

Other Thoughts:

It was very windy when I played here. Other reviewers have complained about the distance and baseball fields. I thought the baseball fields made it better, but I guess other people don't like it. I don't know if the park has been redesigned or not, but I thought the distances were fair. Threw a disc into the road, and a car almost ran over it.

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jeffm516
Experience: 16.6 years 12 played 12 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Update 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Sep 1, 2010 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

This place is well kept and has very nice baskets. It is so open and clean. Very straght forward holes, very long on a few. They finshed the course now it is 18 holes. It is a great place to work on distance and control. Also if you want to work on driveing and putting with wind this it the place to practice. If you spend the time here you could become a strong driver and putter.

Cons:

If you cant drive far you be throwing your disc alot. Stays wet for a longtime after it rains but only in some places, also it igets really windy here to much to play sometimes. One thing the first hole is kind hard to find they need a bigger sign for hole one so people know.

Other Thoughts:

The people who designed the course put a lot of effort into it, the baskets are nice and so are the tee signs. Tee pads are coming soon.

BE A POSITIVE REVIEWER :)
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ajbridg
Experience: 17.5 years 15 played 4 reviews
1.00 star(s)

a shame 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:May 8, 2010 Played the course:once

Pros:

A great place to practice your long drives

Cons:

-very long
-extremely unfriendly to new golfers
-jumping fences can be frustrating
-tends to flood

Other Thoughts:

Could have been a gem of a course, but turns out it's a big arm designer's perfect course. It feels like there was not much consideration to player's other than the designer
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Swaindaddy
Experience: 1 played 1 reviews
4.50 star(s)

Love it 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Apr 10, 2010 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

This course has a great combination of technical and straight forward holes. There are several creative OB spots on various holes as well. No water makes it a safe course to play and the layout is great.

Cons:

Windy most of the time although I think this is more of a seasonal thing. There wasn't any wind during the summer/fall months. Some holes are close to fenced in ball fields requiring a jump over if you go OB.

Other Thoughts:

Some of the other reviewers obviously have not played the course with all 18. The "too long" comments no longer make sense with the completed course. Just FYI.
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Treesmasher
Experience: 1 played 1 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Much Improved Course!! 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Apr 10, 2010 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

-Best baskets I've ever played. I don't know who made them, but they are phenomenal.
-18 hole course with a nice mix of technical and long shots.
-Nicely manicured, nice tee posts.

Cons:

-Pretty wide open. I would prefer more trees..
-Seems like the wind is always blowing 30 mph on this course. Bring your wind game!

Other Thoughts:

The original 13 holes have been made into a nice 18 hole course. I'm not a long thrower and I scored 3 under when I played. There are some great shots that appear easy but make you pay dearly for an unplanned anny. I love this course and plan to play it every chance i get.
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28003
Experience: 21.4 years 39 played 1 reviews
1.00 star(s)

Pretty Lame 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Sep 4, 2009 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

If you love throwing your [insert Innova's lastest wide-rimmed driver], then you'll love this course.
*Plus side: you'll probably never lose a disc on this course!

Cons:

There is no technical aspect to this course, whatsoever. Its almost as if the person that designed this course doesn't throw midranges or control drivers and this is reflected by the design. So much wasted space.

Other Thoughts:

This isn't so much a "disc golf course", but more like a 13-chance "distance competition". They could've easily put in an 18 hole course, but I guess its more important to have wide-open, 450+ft holes. I will probably never play this course again.
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ZCRogers
Experience: 18.7 years 21 played 10 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Surprisingly long... 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Sep 7, 2009 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Tricky greens on softball field burms, very clean, and if you like to throw far you have plenty of without much risk.

Cons:

The holes are long, 8 of 13 are over 400 ft. You expect a more recreational course around a sports complex that has very few trees. Could've easily squeezed 18 holes down by shortening a few.

Other Thoughts:

I enjoyed this course because I can practice longer distance golf shots. It still would've been fine if there were only 3-5 of them and i could play an entire 18.
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