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Whiskey Hills DGC reviews
4
0
Steven Hultquist
Experience:
30.1 years
286 played
4 reviews
Hoping for the evolution of this course 2+ years drive by
Reviewed:
Played on:Nov 17, 2016
Played the course:once
Pros:
Thoughtful use of property and topography. Difficulty level is appropriate for style of course. Baskets are in good condition. First 2 teepads are very impressive. As improvements are made to this course, the rating level will most assuredly reach a 4+ rating. I realize this course is barely at it's infancy. Next tee signs for almost every hole helped navigation. Hole #24 is a great finishing hole.
Cons:
Teepads need to be appropriate for hole length of which over half are not. Teepads are also very uneven and undulating. This could possibly cause injuries when wet or during fall months with leaves on them. Several blind holes (of which is not the problem) have incorrect or limited hole information. Also some distances are as well inacurate.
Other Thoughts:
I imagine this course will blossom into one of Michigan's finest with the needed improvements and care that I'm sure it will recieve. Looking forward to playing it again in the summer and early fall months.
13
1
Potential in Years to Come 2+ years drive by
Reviewed:
Played on:Sep 27, 2014
Played the course:once
Pros:
- Elevation and lots of it
- Beautifully landscaped and manicured first 4 holes
- Great baskets, they catch well and are highly visible
- Interesting basket placements
- Some interesting lines
- Bathrooms and snack shop on site
- Generally flat tee pads
- A few "Next Tee" Signs (Needs more or a map)
- Beautifully landscaped and manicured first 4 holes
- Great baskets, they catch well and are highly visible
- Interesting basket placements
- Some interesting lines
- Bathrooms and snack shop on site
- Generally flat tee pads
- A few "Next Tee" Signs (Needs more or a map)
Cons:
- $5 to play an unfinished course
- Lacks rewarding birdie opportunities
- Many holes lack the design to create meaningful scoring spread
- Repetitive uphill shots
- Navigation was a huge issue, this place needs a course map
- No listed distances
- No tee signs
- Only sand tee pads
- Overuse of elevation
- Rough terrain
- Garbage piles near tee pads - Needs some garbage cans
- Lacks rewarding birdie opportunities
- Many holes lack the design to create meaningful scoring spread
- Repetitive uphill shots
- Navigation was a huge issue, this place needs a course map
- No listed distances
- No tee signs
- Only sand tee pads
- Overuse of elevation
- Rough terrain
- Garbage piles near tee pads - Needs some garbage cans
Other Thoughts:
Whiskey Hills DGC is definitely a work in progress. Bring your hiking shoes, water and your bomberman arm, because the course plays long.
The first four holes were beautifully polished. Rock stacked tee pad seating, decorative rock gardens in the fairway, and an elevated basket placed on a boulder are some of the highlights of these first four holes. Unfortunately, it its current state, these holes set you up for disappointment throughout the rest of the course. Beyond hole 4 the course is extremely rough. The fairways are mostly sand and gravel hill sides that reminded me of a large scale construction project. Debris from the tree clearing also litters the fairway and adds to the feeling of a "work in progress". I am hopeful over time these aesthetics issues will be addressed and that the whole course will be finished with the polished feel of Holes 1-4.
As far as the hole design, I felt that it lacked rewarding birdies and lacked ways to create meaningful scoring spread. There were several long holes that required the thrower to bash a driver on a simple line and then throw a decent upshot and putt to card their par. I feel leaving a few more trees in the fairways of some of these longer holes could have created a more difficult tee shot and a more meaningful par 4, or, another solution could have been to shorten some of the long par 3's and make them easier deuces to create more opportunities to score well. Hole #21, #22, and #23 need more clearing. There is no defined line and it is hard to understand what the designer is going for with these holes. To my understanding, they are still working on these holes (I hope so). In my opinion holes #1, #12, #14, #16, and #24 are all phenomenal holes and are a real joy to play. They are the saving grace of this course. I also believe they are well designed because they reward well executed shots and punish bad ones.
As mentioned in the cons section, this course lacks stable tee pads, has no listed distances, no tee signs and no map. Playing through this course for the first time was extremely frustrating. With several blind baskets and no navigational tools it was difficult to locate the target basket, which in turn, lead to a lot of hiking up and down the fairways to figure out where to throw.
Overall: I have rated this course a 3/5 with the understanding that tee pads, tee signs, hole distances and a map are in the works in the very near future.
I agree with the below reviewer that this course was opened to the public too soon. Considering the lack of expected amenities and the general unfinished feeling of the course, being to charged $5 to play the course in its current state really rubbed me the wrong way.
In conclusion, with aesthetic improvements and some minor design changes I believe this course could reach the 4.5/5 mark. For the time being, with so many better options in close proximity, my best advice is to save your $5 and hit this course in a couple years after they have dotted their i's and crossed their t's.
I hope to return within the next few years and hopefully I will be able to upgrade the rating. Congrats to the designers on a great start and I hope they finish the course with the same type of vigor that went into the first 4 holes.
The first four holes were beautifully polished. Rock stacked tee pad seating, decorative rock gardens in the fairway, and an elevated basket placed on a boulder are some of the highlights of these first four holes. Unfortunately, it its current state, these holes set you up for disappointment throughout the rest of the course. Beyond hole 4 the course is extremely rough. The fairways are mostly sand and gravel hill sides that reminded me of a large scale construction project. Debris from the tree clearing also litters the fairway and adds to the feeling of a "work in progress". I am hopeful over time these aesthetics issues will be addressed and that the whole course will be finished with the polished feel of Holes 1-4.
As far as the hole design, I felt that it lacked rewarding birdies and lacked ways to create meaningful scoring spread. There were several long holes that required the thrower to bash a driver on a simple line and then throw a decent upshot and putt to card their par. I feel leaving a few more trees in the fairways of some of these longer holes could have created a more difficult tee shot and a more meaningful par 4, or, another solution could have been to shorten some of the long par 3's and make them easier deuces to create more opportunities to score well. Hole #21, #22, and #23 need more clearing. There is no defined line and it is hard to understand what the designer is going for with these holes. To my understanding, they are still working on these holes (I hope so). In my opinion holes #1, #12, #14, #16, and #24 are all phenomenal holes and are a real joy to play. They are the saving grace of this course. I also believe they are well designed because they reward well executed shots and punish bad ones.
As mentioned in the cons section, this course lacks stable tee pads, has no listed distances, no tee signs and no map. Playing through this course for the first time was extremely frustrating. With several blind baskets and no navigational tools it was difficult to locate the target basket, which in turn, lead to a lot of hiking up and down the fairways to figure out where to throw.
Overall: I have rated this course a 3/5 with the understanding that tee pads, tee signs, hole distances and a map are in the works in the very near future.
I agree with the below reviewer that this course was opened to the public too soon. Considering the lack of expected amenities and the general unfinished feeling of the course, being to charged $5 to play the course in its current state really rubbed me the wrong way.
In conclusion, with aesthetic improvements and some minor design changes I believe this course could reach the 4.5/5 mark. For the time being, with so many better options in close proximity, my best advice is to save your $5 and hit this course in a couple years after they have dotted their i's and crossed their t's.
I hope to return within the next few years and hopefully I will be able to upgrade the rating. Congrats to the designers on a great start and I hope they finish the course with the same type of vigor that went into the first 4 holes.
