DGCR Current Top 10 Personal Rating

[Cgkdisc]

whats the top 5 fun courses in mn

Just fun for me. Too many courses I haven't played. My regular or newest go-tos for fun are: Kenwood Trails, Maiden Shade, Kaposia (new short basket positions), Acorn and if it were in the Twin Cities, Hidden Meadows at Mont du Lac. Honorable mention would probably be one of the Chains Edge courses if I ever get back there from when it originally opened. There are many others that are fun but are too far away for regular play. Since my girlfriend plays, it can be more fun for me if there are tees for her to play. For what it's worth my criteria for a fun design is around 2/3 shaded, moderate elevation, scale of the holes in my blue or white skill range, minimal, easy or no water carries, decent baskets, at least one port-o-let.

 

[elmexdela]

Just fun for me. Too many courses I haven't played. My regular or newest go-tos for fun are: Kenwood Trails, Maiden Shade, Kaposia (new short basket positions), Acorn and if it were in the Twin Cities, Hidden Meadows at Mont du Lac. Honorable mention would probably be one of the Chains Edge courses if I ever get back there from when it originally opened. There are many others that are fun but are too far away for regular play. Since my girlfriend plays, it can be more fun for me if there are tees for her to play. For what it's worth my criteria for a fun design is around 2/3 shaded, moderate elevation, scale of the holes in my blue or white skill range, minimal, easy or no water carries, decent baskets, at least one port-o-let.

maiden shade is great

really interesting hearing from you thanks chuck

 

[air show]

Bucksnort
Rollin Ridge
Harmon Hills
Blue Ribbon Pines
Harmony Bends
Hawk Hollow
Idlewild
Selah, Lakeside
Flip City

That's a nice top ten play list. Only one shy.

 

[mrclc]

From a pure enjoyment standpoint on the day(s) I played and not counting other factors like amenities or availability/periodic flooding:

1. Selah Lakeside
2. Rollin Ridge
3. Harmony Bends
4. Flip
5. Idlewild
6. Harmon Hills
7. BRP

 

[BogeyNoMore]

Where I've seen course issues where my commenting might help the designer improve their layout, I've either discussed it with them in person or avoided a conversation if I felt it wouldn't be well receive.

I get the underlined. Some people's egos don't leave room for meaningful discussion.

 

[VictorB]

I've only played 2 - I'd rank

1. Rollin Ridge
2. Harmony bends

There's just like 2 kind of stinker holes at Harmony that seem like 'throwaway' holes that seem to only exist simply get you back to the flow of the course of fill a gap in the flow. Rollin Ridge doesn't really have that, at least that I can remember (plus RR has an actual on location facility/pro shop, and multiple pins all the time)

 

[BogeyNoMore]

I feel like Harmon could get bounced from the top 10 any day and I'll be a little sad. The upgrades they did for Masters Worlds last year were badly needed (baskets, teepads, etc). I bet a lot of those 4.0 and 4.5 reviews prior to this would have been bumped up a tad knowing these upgrades were coming.

Are the basket upgrades permanent?

I played there Dec 31, 2017, shortly after a tournament, and distinctly recall the first 18 holes having light green Prodigy baskets (heavily wooded final 9 across the street still had older, yellow Innova).

Heard later the Prodigy baskets were gone - swapped back out for the older whatever was the re before.

Couldn't help but wonder if the basket upgrade was temporary, just for the event.

 

[dr.chainslove]

Yes they are! Funny thing as one of the times I played, the Prodigy baskets were in (remained for a while after a big FPO tourney). Then the next time I stopped by they were gone. Harmon now has permanent new discatchers with a TN orange band. Many teepads were also extended/rebuilt.

 

[ejvogie]

1a. Flip
1b. Idlewild
1c. Rollin' Ridge

 

[Tripper]

I have only played 3 in the top 10.

Harmon Hills
Idlewild
Harmony Bends

 

[Mando]

I shuffled this list several times and could switch almost any two names again and still be "right". I decided to rank based on how I felt playing them and how much and how often I'd want to play it if I lived close. If going purely based on design only, the order would be different. No disrespect to Biscoe but I played Hawk Hollow long ago and it's barely a memory. It might rank higher had I visited in the past 5-10 years.
Rollin Ridge
Harmon Hills
Idlewild
Flip City Disc Golf Park
Harmony Bends
Blue Ribbon Pines - Main
Hawk Hollow

Reading through, this is my biggest surprise. RR #1 by an authority !

 

[Mando]

Yes they are! Funny thing as one of the times I played, the Prodigy baskets were in (remained for a while after a big FPO tourney). Then the next time I stopped by they were gone. Harmon now has permanent new discatchers with a TN orange band. Many teepads were also extended/rebuilt.

There are also 9 more temp holes now, to bring the total up to 36. I think the front 18 got the upgraded pads and baskets.

 

[Cgkdisc]

Reading through, this is my biggest surprise. RR #1 by an authority !

Note what I said about how I liked playing the courses and if I would play regularly if closer. Rollin Ridge has 3 baskets and 3 tees on every hole covering a wide range of skill levels on a layout 2/3 in the trees, moderate elevation and minimal water which is what I would like for playability and variety. Some of the hole designs are more plinko than might be ideal and it does have some low spots that can get soggy/muddy a bit like Harmony. So, variety plays a role in my ranking versus just focusing on the longest/gold layout where the designs might be a bit better on some of the other courses in the list if we had some objective ranking scale for that.

 

[DFrah]

I'm only at 92 courses played and two of the current top 10. Among that 92, my ranking is probably:
1. Rollin Ridge
3. Flip

Wilderness is #2.

Also this is how I would RATE the courses per the thread title. It is close to, but not quite the same, as how much I ENJOYED the courses when I played.

 

[BogeyNoMore]

Note what I said about how I liked playing the courses and if I would play regularly if closer. Rollin Ridge has 3 baskets and 3 tees on every hole covering a wide range of skill levels on a layout 2/3 in the trees, moderate elevation and minimal water which is what I would like for playability and variety. Some of the hole designs are more plinko than might be ideal and it does have some low spots that can get soggy/muddy a bit like Harmony. So, variety plays a role in my ranking versus just focusing on the longest/gold layout where the designs might be a bit better on some of the other courses in the list if we had some objective ranking scale for that.

This supports a point I've made on DGCR a few times.

Having multiple layouts is generally a bigger plus for locals (or visitors spending a decent amount of time in an area), than it is for players simply "passing through." It enhances replayability in a way can really bump a rating towards in a way that seems like homer bias, but makes complete sense.

If you're just passing through, good chance you only play 1 or 2 possible layouts, and simply appreciate the others.

 

[Mando]

This supports a point I've made on DGCR a few times.

Having multiple layouts is generally a bigger plus for locals (or visitors spending a decent amount of time in an area), than it is for players simply "passing through." It enhances replayability in a way can really bump a rating towards in a way that seems like homer bias, but makes complete sense.

And then you have Harmon Hills with just one pad and one basket, but with high replayability, due to the quality and quantity of the holes.

 

[Cgkdisc]

And then you have Harmon Hills with just one pad and one basket, but with high replayability, due to the quality and quantity of the holes.

When you're a designer, even courses with only one tee and pin per hole can usually have multiple "virtual" layouts because the terrain lends itself to making up my own tees and layouts for my skill level and for others. Not having concrete tees for those virtual layouts is no problem when you can select nice level spots for your virtual tees. On UDisc, you can even enter your virtual layout on some courses so others can play it.

 

[notapro]

All I suspect this thread will more or less do, is demonstrate that you can take the top 10 or so courses, and out them in just about any order based on personal preferences.

Indeed; might change from day to day even. Today I think...

Idlewild
Rollin Ridge
Harmony Bends
Caliber
Flip City
Selah Lakeside
BRP

Something like that? It's hard to say; I only played Selah and Harmony once, so my memory is kinda hazy on some of the finer points...

I also have West Lake Park way up there, maybe #4, but I definitely understand why that course isn't rated higher in general, due to personal preference.

 

[elmexdela]

is rr a winter worthy course

 

[zendragon]

Well, I've only played Selah of the top 10, so I guess that's my top one of the top 10?

But honestly, Selah's not even my favorite course I've played in TX. I like Dogwood in Tyler better. But a large part of why Selah falls below Dogwood was the ownership at the time I went. The guy who managed the grounds at the time was cranky pretty much the entire time (we stayed a week). I don't even know why, we were extremely quiet, we don't smoke or drink, and pretty much kept to ourselves the entire time. The weather was perfect while we were there, and we probably played both courses a couple times a day each day except the one day it rained pretty hard, so maybe over that time the novelty of the course wore off a bit as well.

Lakeside is definitely a well designed course and I had a blast. Definitely in my top 3 courses played.