are you talking about this one? this was my favorite at that park.
I really enjoyed that hole also. I was looking for a pic of it and couldn't find it. I really enjoyed playing that course and I can't wait till I get to again.
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are you talking about this one? this was my favorite at that park.
Now there are four contenders (IMO!)....Hole 1 at Mason County Beast, Hole 6 at Stafford, Hole 27 at DeLaveaga, and Hole 14 at Whistler's Bend.
Hole 1 @ Area 74 (RIP ) in Humboldt County.
By far the best opening hole to a DG course I have ever played. No other Hole 1 has gotten me so excited to play a course.
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Here's my favorite top of the world hole.
(p.s. it's a secret course[read unlisted])
http://c2.api.ning.com/files/D83L3z...niAao6nhZy3w7UauDkE9PFI2YYiASsDd/100_2914.jpg
Renaissance Gold #10 - Par 5 with the chance of an albatros (thumber ace required), eagle three with two perfectly executed throws, birdie 4's are expected but are only attainable if you are not off by more than 1-2 degrees, par 5's are very acceptable and 6's and 7's happen to even really good players. All of this, and it is very fair - want a big reward???? ....better take a big risk.
I think Renny #18 would be even better if there were water or a creek running thru the gully for a little more scare factor and aesthetics.
I think Renny #18 would be even better if there were water or a creek running thru the gully for a little more scare factor and aesthetics.
I think it would be better if you weren't throwing through high tensile power lines. :| I was watching the Renny Clash with one of my non-DG friends, kinda bragging to him how it Renny was one of the most highly regarded courses in the world, and the first thing he noticed was how it played through power lines and such. He was like "Really? This is one of the best courses? And you have to play through that?" I just kind of took it the less than ideal locale for granted as the kind of land lots of courses have to work with. Hearing his perspective was a real eye opener, though, as to how ghetto of a sport we have in the view of the outside world.
You know, I did have that same thought when I first saw it. But you have to remember if those powerlines weren't there, then that type of hole would never exist. Kudos to the designer of the course for making a "one of a kind" hole with a "ghetto" landscape, I guess.
Click on hole 2 at Lions Park. http://www.dgcoursereview.com/gallery.php?id=528&mode=gal#
The photo you see is from the long tee. The short tee to the far left gives you the option to throw thru the gridwork of the power tower or throw a tougher annie route around it. The course doesn't have much foliage so the tower provided some additional challenge for the design. There are several holes around the country that use power or gas line easements.
Click on hole 2 at Lions Park. http://www.dgcoursereview.com/gallery.php?id=528&mode=gal#
The photo you see is from the long tee. The short tee to the far left gives you the option to throw thru the gridwork of the power tower or throw a tougher annie route around it. The course doesn't have much foliage so the tower provided some additional challenge for the design. There are several holes around the country that use power or gas line easements.
I really enjoyed that hole also. I was looking for a pic of it and couldn't find it. I really enjoyed playing that course and I can't wait till I get to again.
Beauty (and solitude) is an important factor to me and I ding Renny in my ratings (and some other top courses) for lack of that. However, on "best hole" I ignore that as IMO beauty relates to an entire course. Even ugly courses usually have at least 2-3 really pretty holes.
And, on the thread-drift topic at hand, I think it is a bonus for disc golf that we are able to craft great courses out of otherwise unusable land. .....and it is a bonus that there are some courses on amazingly beautiful and valuable pieces of land.
Agreed. Don't get me wrong, I think it's great to be able to use land that isn't doing anything else.
Renny has a huge tennis facility, great mountain biking trails, a whole bunch of sand volleyball courts, a couple really nice soccer fields, and a bunch of softball fields (USA Olyympic team has played there).......all under or very near the power-lines. Does that mean that all of the those sports should be also viewed "as to how ghetto they are in the view of the outside world"? Oh....Renaissance Park is built on an old garbage dump too. That's why it is called Renaissance.
Not really a fair comparison, as those sports (with the exception of mountain biking maybe) don't really bring environmental aesthetics into play. I also doubt that anybody is trying to boast that those facilities are among the best in the world.
It all depends. If they were bringing in power for a lighted 24-hour course, then it might be tolerable. I haven't seen any courses on or near those monster wind power propeller towers yet. Have any of you seen one?but imagine how people would feel if power lines sprung up on other holes mentioned here like Whistler's Bend #14, Stafford Lake #6, or Waterworks #1.