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Littleton, CO

Arapahoe Community College

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sjroesinger
Experience: 7.9 years 37 played 37 reviews
1.50 star(s)

Not great 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Mar 23, 2017 Played the course:once

Pros:

Right near downtown Littleton
Not crowded
Good for a quick round to work on mid-range shots

Cons:

Parking can be a challenge
Hard to follow, tees not well marked
Basket placement poor (a few near buildings)

Other Thoughts:

I probably won't play this course again
Seems like a typical college course (like Regis or the CCU course), meaning it was put in as an afterthought
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bobmcnelly
Gold level trusted reviewer
Experience: 13 years 326 played 190 reviews
1.50 star(s)

2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Dec 4, 2016 Played the course:once

Pros:

- I would imagine you will have this course to yourself most of the time
- good baskets with numbers
- nice campus
- considering how open the area is, there are actually a few technical holes
- decent variation in distances ranging from 150 to 350 feet
- some holes have passable tee signs
- multiple tee locations, if you can find them

Cons:

- navigation of this course is pretty difficult, I had to reference dgcr photos to figure out half of the holes
- the tee pads are all sidewalks that at one point had a painted number on them to mark the tee, but most have completely faded away
- I didn't see any geese while I was there, but there was goose poop everywhere
- If you were trying to play this course anytime there were actual students there, I would imagine it would be incredibly unsafe
- many baskets and fairways play very close together, making the course pretty confusing to play the first time.

Other Thoughts:

The basket numbers and a couple random tee signs are all you can really use to find your way across this course. If you're at the school its worth playing, but otherwise this course isn't really worth stopping for.
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sillybizz
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Premium Member
Experience: 22.3 years 426 played 412 reviews
1.50 star(s)

Can I play through your study group? 2+ years

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Sep 10, 2014 Played the course:once

Pros:

This is a typical campus course throwing around the part of the property with the most trees on it. The designer(s) used most of what could be used in a reasonable fashion with the exceptions of the crossing fairways but more on that in the cons sections.

Tee pads are purple squares painted on the cement walking paths that students use to walk back and forth on from school to their car and are fairly easy to locate. There are two tee pads for each hole one, short and long. You can kind of choose how serious you want to get each round, if you want an easy ace run round play shorts if you want to challenge your distance a little more then you can play long tee pads. You can mix and match, there are several things you can do to change it up and it even looks like there are several opportunities for safari holes as well.

Cons:

It seems like I've seen a million of these types of courses on school property like they were all thought up by the same person who only knows how to make one kind of course and travels around the country to college, high school and elementary schools putting them in. I call them "cookie cutter" courses because they all look the same, very predictable, bland and make you say "meh" or something to that effect.

The fairways are crossing very badly so multiple groups here could get dangerous. We had to skip a hole because some students were studying outside on a table in our fairway. There are lots and lots of chances for bad things to happen, hopefully disc golfers at this course are being smart and letting pedestrians pass before they throw.

Other Thoughts:

This is basically a fun but dangerous putter course on campus.The grass is green and the campus is pretty but the disc golf lacks imagination and challenge for the most part. It's a decent option compared to some of the other courses in the area but be ready to share the course with students and other golfers. This is a nice place for course baggers because a round can last as little as 15-20 minutes but if you're seeking serious golf with wide rimmed drivers you should seek what you're looking for somewhere else.
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cridenou
Experience: 25.9 years 9 played 9 reviews
1.50 star(s)

Alternate Layout and Great Night Golf 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Oct 20, 2011 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

nice grass, bathroom and coffee shop right inside of Tee #1, good baskets, pretty well marked.

Best of all is that it is well lit at night and great for playing late. I actually prefer playing at night to playing during the day here.

Cons:

Flat, Short, 9 Holes, Crowded, Criss-Cross Layout, Teepads too close to previous basket.

Only play here on the weekends or at night or you will be waiting a lot.

Other Thoughts:

Alternate course layout a friend and I developed. We tried to use every tee-pad and basket once and also measured out the holes with a 500' measuring tape. WARNING avoid playing this layout when others are playing the normal one.

Tee 1 to basket 3 for 405 feet
Tee 9 to basket 2 for 292 feet
Tee 3 to basket 9 for 244 feet
Tee 5 to basket 7 for 452 feet
Tee 8 to basket 5 for 325 feet mando tunnel shot
Tee 4 to basket 1 for 276 feet
Tee 2 to basket 6 for 487 feet
Tee 7 to basket 8 for 372 feet
Tee 6 to basket 4 for 217 feet mando right of big tree
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Beef Chief
Experience: 3 played 3 reviews
1.50 star(s)

Last Resort 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Feb 26, 2011 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Great for ACC students, hell I'd love coming out to throw some discs between classes, I don't care how crappy it is! Good course to work on straight throws for your putter and mid-range.

Cons:

Students walking by, soccer players by hole #8 sometimes, makes one angry when eager to throw but can't(or shouldn't :D)

Other Thoughts:

$5 to whoever tags a slow-moving student walking the sidewalk from hole 3 toward your tee, in the face.
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2 5
WellHungSmurf
Experience: 5 played 5 reviews
1.50 star(s)

Ok for it's location 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Feb 28, 2011 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

+ Short course, can get thru it on a 30min lunch
+ Some shots require accuracy
+ Great for new players

Cons:

- real short
- poor layout
- to many buildings/fences where you could lose a disc
- Buzy with soccer and classes, some holes are nearly impossible to access at sometimes during the day

Other Thoughts:

Worth a play if you havn't played it
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srm_520
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Experience: 20.1 years 156 played 142 reviews
1.50 star(s)

Let’s See How Many Holes we can Overlap! 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 8, 2010 Played the course:once

Pros:

This is a great place to practice you mid-range and putting game. Beginners and novices will appreciate the short layout and few people on this open area of the college. I recommend bringing your friends that have never played to this place and letting them get a feel for the game before heading out to a good course in the surrounding area.

The baskets are in great shape, and the course layout is easy to follow with large painted concrete tees on the walkways. This course is also very easy to spot from Santa Fe coming in, but you'll need to be careful about parking since some of the parking is restricted for the college. Park along the front of the course parallel to Santa Fe and you shouldn't have a problem.

BEST HOLE/S: #2; #7

Cons:

Where to begin - The biggest negative that the course is too short and dangerous for busy regular play. The whole course comes in at under 2000' and I think the distances markers were being generous. However, I hope this place never is never busy because most holes overlap each other from tee to pin. This is probably the most dangerous layout I have ever played, and assume the designer had no idea what they were doing besides trying to make sure the walkways could doubles as concrete tee boxes.

Plus, as far as the concrete boxes go, the large slick painted numbers made these some of the worst concrete boxes I've ever played. Being a walkway they aren't brushed like traditional boxes and each has a 4' by 4' number painted onto the area, which makes it great to see but too slick to throw from and I was even wearing trail shoes. I recommend throwing from anywhere but the painted numbers.

Finally, the course is simply too short from any experienced player to get a real challenge. This more of an ace run course where every hole could and should be a birdie hole. Also, I've never been a fan to bouncing my disc off of man-made objects and many of the fairways have fences and buildings as fairway obstacles.

WORST HOLE/S: #1

Other Thoughts:

Unfortunately, there aren't many quality courses in south Denver, so you'll have to head up into the mountains and play Beaver Ranch/Conifer Park or Phantom Falls if you want a real disc golf experience. If you're in the area and can't make the trip to the mountains, I recommend skipping this course and playing the mildly more interesting Schaefer DGC just west on 285. It's about the same in length and difficulty, but at least it has a couple of interesting features and doesn't play in such a hazardous layout.
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Ellis Dee420
Experience: 23.1 years 46 played 8 reviews
1.50 star(s)

Shorty but a Goody! 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Jun 28, 2010 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Brand new course! Great new baskets and they made it pretty good with what they had to work with. Damn near every basket is behind a tree or something. Great to work on your mid-range and putting. You can cruise this course pretty fast. Easy to navigate your way through this course.

Cons:

Short. One bad design was the center of the couse because at one point if it fills up hole 2 throws across 3 and 3 is thowing across 4 and 5. So it make it quite a clusterfuck. They could try to make better signs.

Other Thoughts:

Great course to work on short game. Hole one play off the wall and sneak it on the left side of the tree. Its a par 2 so if you have a bad drive your playing make up the whole round. Be careful on hole 3 that you either make it over the fence or keep it low, barb wire fence makes it a bit troublesome to get your disc. If you throw a disc on the roof or somewhere that you can't get it go talk to Matt at the student center and he will help you out. Keep it clean!
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