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The Hideaway DGR - Scorpion (E.R.I.C)

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Monocacy
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Experience: 24.7 years 593 played 104 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Fun in the woods!

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Feb 2, 2025 Played the course:once

Pros:

Scorpion is one of the most enjoyable courses I have played in quite a while. Established in 2023, it reminds me of an old-school woods course with the benefit of modern design ideas. If I lived nearby I would play here all the time. Fun, well designed, challenging, fair, and suitable for most disc golfers. Two thumbs up!

Hole lengths average around 250' and range from 140' to 462'. Consequently, the challenge lies in hitting gaps, shaping lines, and occasionally executing creative recovery shots. Most holes are par 3, but there are three short two-shot holes, each with a sharp dogleg and tricky landing zone.

Lots of variety in fairway shapes, including hard right and left turns, tight mandos, and subtle variations on straight. Underbrush was well cleared, I had no difficulty finding errant throws in February. The consistent shade would probably be appreciated during hot Texas summers.

Fabulous amenities. Big, gorgeous turf tee pads, raised but not dangerously so. Red-banded and red-caged Black Hole Portal baskets mounted level and fairly easy to spot in the woods. Tee signs were color coded by course and include a hole map, plus par and distance to each tee position (but see cons). Benches and trash cans throughout the course. Multiple bridges to cross gullies.

Navigation was seriously world class. Course map at the first tee. An amazing abundance of "next tee" signs, color-coded to avoid confusion with signs for the Roadrunner course. I wish more courses put this amount of thought and effort into navigation.

The owner and everyone I met at The Hideaway could not possibly have been nicer or more hospitable.

Cons:

I found myself wishing for more elevation. A few holes have gentle slopes but overall the land is fairly flat. Disclaimer: I live in a hilly part of the world so I am probably spoiled.

I love short woods courses, but I would have loved to see a couple of two-shot holes that did not rely on sharp doglegs.

Course can get muddy in spots after heavy rain. I can hear everyone saying, "Duh", but hear me out. This is that special sticky Texas mud that doesn't even feel like you are walking through mud until you notice that you have grown two inches taller and your shoes weigh 10 pounds each. A minor con, but consider yourselves warned.

I wish the tee signs included an indicator showing the current basket position, since there are two pin positions on each hole. UDisc seemed to have the correct positions when I played.

Other Thoughts:

The Hideaway is an excellent disc golf destination, with two outstanding courses on site, a restaurant serving very good burgers and drinks, discs for sale, a clean indoor bathroom, and extremely welcoming hosts. Highly recommended by me!

I particularly appreciated the efforts to help first-time players navigate two intertwined courses without confusion. For clarity the baskets, tee signs, "next tee" signs, and even the tee pads were either color-coded or constructed from different materials. Very nicely done.

The Scorpion is the shorter and more wooded of the two courses on site. I had a slight preference for Scorpion, but others may prefer the longer and more varied Roadrunner course. Different strokes for different folks.

I debated between a rating of 3.5 or 4.0. Compared to other courses I have rated 4.0, I felt that Scorpion fell just shy. But if you enjoy short, technical courses as I do, you may have a 4.0 level of enjoyment here.

$10 to play both courses for the day, as of February 2025. Well worth it imo.
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ivanhenson
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Experience: 13.7 years 785 played 274 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Awesome addition

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 27, 2024 Played the course:once

Pros:

Really great course. Use of forest is perfect. Everything is parable but challenging. Best signs any where. Nice layout and flow. Lots of different throws.

Other Thoughts:

Everyone needs to stop by and play the new course it is really fun.
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Thomashasfun
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Experience: 23.1 years 499 played 496 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Awesome compliment to the Roadrunner

Reviewed: Played on:Jan 4, 2024 Played the course:once

Pros:

- Course infrastructure is fantastic -

Just like it's big brother this course has beautiful navigational aids, tee signs, tee pads, the works. The next tee signs are color coded in blue/purple and say "NEXT TEE" on them and are present at every hole leading to the next tee pad. I really like these turf tee pads, they grip well after tromping through the mud which can be present in the winter months at either course. Baskets have a bright red band on them that are a good contrast to the brown woods around, easy to see. Tee signs just say "HOLE 1" or whatever in blue but holes are short enough and most baskets are visible from tee that it's fine.

- Course style and features -

This is a heavily wooded course, and even though it's fairly short there are several double fairways, many right to left and left to right shots required. Some well marked OB, including a few creeks around baskets, with many dog leg holes and even some small to moderate elevation changes both up and down. If you're not accurate off the tee the trees will punish you and throwing from off the fairway will require a very good throw to get you up and down for par. Not many open fairways, only 18 that I can remember and even it has as low ceiling, and OB if you're short. This is a course that will show you the hole in your skill set.

Cons:

- Lots of things just off the fairway that want to hurt you including random pieces of metal fencing, holes in the ground that are covered by leaves, roots, stickers, branches, etc.
- The course is short, no holes over 400 feet so you can leave most of the warp speed drivers in the car and save them for the Roadrunner course.
- It feels like it favors the RHBH hyzer over other types of throws if only slightly

Other Thoughts:

This is an awesome piece of property with two really fun heavily wooded, well designed courses on it. This is a good compliment to the bigger course and I found it to be a wonderful cool down of sorts after getting destroyed at the Roadrunner earlier in the morning. Nicky at the shop has really put together a fun disc golf destination less than an hour from Dallas. Only Friday, Saturday, and Sunday they fire up the grill and every other day of the week they are open he has drinks and snacks available. He also has a pro shop with new and used discs in it, practice baskets and a driving range outside. I can't say enough about this piece of property. If you're anywhere near Dallas you have to make a trip out here and play these courses!
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