Custer Greens DGC reviews
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Ball Golf Course Addition 2+ years drive by
Reviewed:
Played on:Jul 14, 2018
Played the course:once
Pros:
As of this review, the course is practically brand new, and its condition reflects that in both pros and cons.
The course is located on VA property and is placed throughout the already established, if waning, golf course. I'd never played on a ball golf conversion course prior to this and I have to say it was nice.
Everything is more or less mowed and opportunities to genuinely lose a disc are extremely limited to a handful of brushy/wooded areas. Even then you'd have such a small search area you'll likely find whatever you lost with a bit of effort.
Amenities blow away your typical disc golf course. Porta-potties are located on several holes, as are benches and trash cans. Most impressive to me was a genuine drinking fountain somewhere in the middle of the course (around hole 8 maybe). It was a heck of a discovery given how hot the day was - very nice to refill the water bottles!
The holes lend themselves to the long side of things, with most being well north of 300' with a half dozen 400's and one 600'+ . The the generally clearish fairways (trees are present everywhere, but not in such quantity to clutter up the course or demand anything other than general lines) and long distances really let you air out your drivers. This was always something I felt other area courses lacked so it's a nice addition regarding variety.
Parking is free, ample and near the club house, which is in turn near the hole 1 tee off. Hole 18 drops you off near where you parked.
Baskets are bright yellow Innova Discatchers. No complaints on these at all.
Fair bit of elevation at play. I wore tennis shoes but found myself wanting hiking boots as the round wore on. Terrain is friendly for whatever type of footwear though, and carts are available for a fee if you're not interested in walking.
Long and short tees present, if you look for that sort of thing.
The course is located on VA property and is placed throughout the already established, if waning, golf course. I'd never played on a ball golf conversion course prior to this and I have to say it was nice.
Everything is more or less mowed and opportunities to genuinely lose a disc are extremely limited to a handful of brushy/wooded areas. Even then you'd have such a small search area you'll likely find whatever you lost with a bit of effort.
Amenities blow away your typical disc golf course. Porta-potties are located on several holes, as are benches and trash cans. Most impressive to me was a genuine drinking fountain somewhere in the middle of the course (around hole 8 maybe). It was a heck of a discovery given how hot the day was - very nice to refill the water bottles!
The holes lend themselves to the long side of things, with most being well north of 300' with a half dozen 400's and one 600'+ . The the generally clearish fairways (trees are present everywhere, but not in such quantity to clutter up the course or demand anything other than general lines) and long distances really let you air out your drivers. This was always something I felt other area courses lacked so it's a nice addition regarding variety.
Parking is free, ample and near the club house, which is in turn near the hole 1 tee off. Hole 18 drops you off near where you parked.
Baskets are bright yellow Innova Discatchers. No complaints on these at all.
Fair bit of elevation at play. I wore tennis shoes but found myself wanting hiking boots as the round wore on. Terrain is friendly for whatever type of footwear though, and carts are available for a fee if you're not interested in walking.
Long and short tees present, if you look for that sort of thing.
Cons:
It's a new course and it's currently playable, but there's definitely some things I'd like to see put in place to raise the score. Curious how many will be implemented due to sharing the course with ball golf.
The most egregious flaw is the complete lack of teepads. There's nothing, nada, zilch here other than a somewhat worn patch of grass and a couple of flags. Not even big flags, but little orange things like you'd find marking a lawn for wires or pipes prior to digging. Not sure if cement is an option, but some pavers sure would be nice at least.
Almost zero signage. You can tell what tee you're on because of the sharpied number on the little landscaping flags. There are occasional wooden arrows pointing to the next tee (I assume they are for disc golf and not the ball course, but could be wrong) but they were inadequate for finding our way around. We basically had to rely on U-Disc to find our way around and give us some info on the hole.
Several holes run next to a large fence next to a road. If you go over the fence (not impossible by any means) god knows how you are going to get your disc back. Climbing it would be a feat of moderate athleticism and clearing the pokey tops wouldn't be much fun. It would be quite a walk to go out an exit and then back to the hole.
The hours are...restrictive. They are closed completely on Sunday for some reason and close quite early on Mondays. I'm a little curious to see what they come up with to keep disc golfers off of the course during the periods they are closed, especially given a lot of them will probably show up on Sundays without realizing the hours.
No water hazards. It looks like they have some on the course but they were dry when we went. It has been a beastly hot and dry summer so far so maybe that is temporary.
The most egregious flaw is the complete lack of teepads. There's nothing, nada, zilch here other than a somewhat worn patch of grass and a couple of flags. Not even big flags, but little orange things like you'd find marking a lawn for wires or pipes prior to digging. Not sure if cement is an option, but some pavers sure would be nice at least.
Almost zero signage. You can tell what tee you're on because of the sharpied number on the little landscaping flags. There are occasional wooden arrows pointing to the next tee (I assume they are for disc golf and not the ball course, but could be wrong) but they were inadequate for finding our way around. We basically had to rely on U-Disc to find our way around and give us some info on the hole.
Several holes run next to a large fence next to a road. If you go over the fence (not impossible by any means) god knows how you are going to get your disc back. Climbing it would be a feat of moderate athleticism and clearing the pokey tops wouldn't be much fun. It would be quite a walk to go out an exit and then back to the hole.
The hours are...restrictive. They are closed completely on Sunday for some reason and close quite early on Mondays. I'm a little curious to see what they come up with to keep disc golfers off of the course during the periods they are closed, especially given a lot of them will probably show up on Sundays without realizing the hours.
No water hazards. It looks like they have some on the course but they were dry when we went. It has been a beastly hot and dry summer so far so maybe that is temporary.
Other Thoughts:
I really want to give the course a higher rating but it's not quite there yet. It's got the foundation of a good course, it just has an incomplete feeling to it due to the lack of pads and signs. Is it in the future? I have no idea. I hope so. It's well worth a reasonable drive and the $3 walking fee.
The course is long. It was my 2nd of the day but I could definitely feel fatigue setting in around hole 13 or so. Come prepared with walking shoes (or cart) and water. There are some shade trees but the top of my head was pretty burnt by the end of the day so may want to plan on sunscreen and a hat.
I'm glad the course was put in. It's got enough meat on it to be interesting and it's different from most of the other area courses. I'm not sure that it's super technical but when we ended up taking the suggested lines/course layout presented on U-Disc it did get more challenging. Some marked mandatory lines would probably be to the courses' benefit, otherwise you can darn near play any line you want as there's basically always enough room between trees.
Hopefully they're able to do something like Sunday leagues out there. Not sure if they'd be able to swing it with the hours but it would be nice to have the day dedicated to disc golf. Sunday is such an odd day for an area dedicated to recreational sport to be closed.
Edit: Bumped it up a half disc on reflection. It's a course people should play. Would probably add an entire disc if they do something about teepads.
The course is long. It was my 2nd of the day but I could definitely feel fatigue setting in around hole 13 or so. Come prepared with walking shoes (or cart) and water. There are some shade trees but the top of my head was pretty burnt by the end of the day so may want to plan on sunscreen and a hat.
I'm glad the course was put in. It's got enough meat on it to be interesting and it's different from most of the other area courses. I'm not sure that it's super technical but when we ended up taking the suggested lines/course layout presented on U-Disc it did get more challenging. Some marked mandatory lines would probably be to the courses' benefit, otherwise you can darn near play any line you want as there's basically always enough room between trees.
Hopefully they're able to do something like Sunday leagues out there. Not sure if they'd be able to swing it with the hours but it would be nice to have the day dedicated to disc golf. Sunday is such an odd day for an area dedicated to recreational sport to be closed.
Edit: Bumped it up a half disc on reflection. It's a course people should play. Would probably add an entire disc if they do something about teepads.
