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Alpha, MI

Alpha DGC

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wolfhaley
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Experience: 20.1 years 1022 played 595 reviews
1.50 star(s)

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 17, 2022 Played the course:once

Pros:

Alpha DGC plays alongside the Alpha Michigan Brewing Co. and around an adjacent park across the street. The course starts southwest of the brewery in an open lawn area and continues in a generally clockwise direction, ending southeast of the brewery.

The baskets here are beautiful, brand new MVP Black Hole Gravity's. Really enjoyed these baskets. The bright red really pops out, even though all the holes are around 200' or under. All were mounted nice and level and catch great. One pin and pin position per hole.

The flow of the course is pretty straightforward and easy to follow. A bit of a walk from hole 3 to hole 4. You cross the road going north and hole 4's tee will be over there. The rest is pretty seamless. The course starts and ends near the brewery parking area.

They had temporary laminated tee signs on every hole. Apparently they're intending to get permanent ones at some point, but these were serviceable. Basic hole diagram, par and distance. There was also a course map on hole 1's sign which would be very helpful if you don't have Udisc.

The course has natural tees. Since the course is so new and most likely gets very little traffic, these were all in good condition and are really all that's needed here.

The course is permanent and free to play. Probably never busy and honestly a decent little place to work on your short game if nothing else. All you really need here is a putter. Maybe a mid too if you're anoodle arm like me.


Cons:

Pretty bland course to be honest. They used the few trees they had available pretty well, but it's just a short little pitch and putt with not much in the way. Hole 4 would be the standout hole, since it's the only one that really has trees in play.

Hole 3 was just kind of a weird filler hole at under 100 ft. Hole 9 has you throwing over or around a basketball court. I doubt it's ever really used but still.

Hole 7 has the road behind the basket come into play if you overshoot the pin by 25 ft or so. Not a busy road but I'd imagine many people will be ace running pretty much everything here, so the risk factor is there.


Other Thoughts:

There's nothing real special about this course, but it is a quick little spin. Won't take more than 30 minutes to play max. A solo round probably half that almost. If you're nearby I'd say give it a shot. But clearly this is nothing to go out of your way for. Great course for kids or newer players but will be pretty bland for most. Better than nothing in an area with not too many courses.
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