Oh alright. Twist my arm.
So yeah, Marquette area is great.
- Al Quaal was recently upgraded from a 9er to a completely different full 18. Championship level challenge in a beautiful park. Might be the strongest challenger to North Bluff in the UP once it is finished and dialed in a bit. It might be your favorite Marquette area course if you are looking for that level of challenge. The long tees here wore me out but I'm not very good.
There are shorts too. I need to update my review on here, it was for the old 9.
- Powder Mill is a very cool course that is right in town. There are some fun holes that play in rocky wooded hilly areas. I think it's probably a little easier than the new Al Quaal, but still plenty challenging. I'm not sure if I would quite put it at #9 in MI (current status on here) but I love the course. Like Al Quaal, there are long and short tees.
- Old Town is actually my personal favorite in the area. It has this really unique, although pretty easy, front nine that plays over ruins of an old mining town in the woods. Then the back nine is just really nice technical golf, complete with some awesome elevation changes etc. They actually just added nine additional holes last year that are longer like the back nine, but with some more unique ruins mixed in like the front nine. There are some really cool natural features that are used too. It's definitely an easier course than the two above - if you can throw 250'ish and shape your shots (which is about where I am at currently) you should be able to get ahead of par on the front 9 here then try to remain under/near it for the remaining 18. But it's just such a unique and cool course. I think I need to update my review of this one too to reflect the new last 9.
- Silver Creek is the weakest of the four 18s IMO, but it's still a nice technical course that I rated at 3.5.
Besides Superior Pines, there isn't much east of US-41 in the UP that is noteworthy from a disc golf perspective. Lots of cool non-DG things to do though.
The west side of the UP has some other solid courses, but there are some pretty significant drives between them. The most noteworthy ones IMO are:
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Calumet Lake - Great technical course on the Keweenaw. Not much elevation change, but a great mix of mostly wooded lines. Very well maintained and polished by one of our own.
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Constellation Farmstead is a brand new course that plays around an active farm. It's a very unique experience and a lot of fun. The owner has big plans to upgrade it into a world-class course.
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The Tailings - Epic course in Iron River. Huge elevation changes. The rough is very rough and the course is poorly maintained. Worth a stop for serious disc golfers, but not someplace for the faint of heart.
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City Park - Wooded course with tons of elevation changes. Right in Iron Mountain.
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Norrie Park gets my nod for favorite 9er in the UP. It's way at the western tip in Ironwood. Of course, if you get that far you should also check out Sandy Point, Highbridge, and some other destinations in northern Wisconsin.