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Peshtigo, WI

Badger Park

2.095(based on 11 reviews)
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wolfhaley
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Experience: 20 years 1008 played 579 reviews
2.00 star(s)

2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Sep 21, 2015 Played the course:once

Pros:

The course is set up in a well maintained multi-use park. The baskets are discatchers not Mach 3's like it says on here. These were all in good shape and caught fine. The flow is actually pretty easy once you figure out where hole 1 is. The course is flat but there are trees to contend with on every hole at least. There is ample parking, restrooms, many other park activities on site and is free to play. The course is also in ground year round which is nice. the course wouldn't ever seem to be too busy either as far as other disc golfers. Tees are natural and were ok.

Cons:

The first 3 holes criss cross each other causing a safety issue. These also are right next to the camping area and may even be unplayable in mid summer, busy season. Not much variation in distances. Tees are not the best.

Other Thoughts:

Not worth any type of drive out of your way to play. Just an average kind of park course.
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harr0140
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Experience: 15.3 years 1508 played 480 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Safety an issue, but fun shots and a great park 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:May 28, 2012 Played the course:once

Pros:

1) Nice large park, lots of old growth woods on the property, an incredibly large jungle gym, campgrounds, etc. Add in disc golf and we have a winner.
2) Bathrooms available in the middle of the course and accessible from almost anywhere because this is such a small area.
3) Signs with Hole #, Par, Distance, Sponsors, and a map of the hole.
4) #'d Discatchers are great for wooded courses because it makes finding the basket so much easier.
5) There is pretty good flow between holes.
6) This is definitely a beginner friendly course with the shorter overall length of the holes.
7) The holes are designed well in terms of disc golf, challenge, shot shaping, etc so the disc golf is actually pretty enjoyable . . . if the park is empty and you are all alone out there.
8) Minor elevation changes mostly in terms of rolling terrain.

Cons:

1) Hole #1, 2, 3, are very close to camping . . . so much so I aimed way out to the side to avoid the vehicles parked next to #1 basket, and halfway up the fairway by #2. Teeing off on #3 was intimidating as it felt like I was in someone's living room. They were tearing down their tent to get ready to go home and it just felt a little awkward like I was infringing on someone's personal space even though we both have a right to the space in the park.
2) Hole #4 has a path crossing it, but the path is virtually blind from the tee, it is marked on the sign and a distance is stated to clear the path, but you will not see anyone on the path coming from the left because it is surrounded by dense woods. It would be too late if someone stuck their head out around the corner after you have thrown. Dangerous and avoidable.
3) No actual marking for the tee area, sure there is a post but are we allowed 5 feet on either side of the post? It makes a big difference on a couple holes. So I was consistent and simply went to the right side of the post everytime and was within 5 feet of the post, and I called that my tee.
4) Grass/dirt tees are always a negative in my book because they are inconsistent especially under differing weather conditions.
5) Distance variation is not that great. There are some in the upper 100's and some in the lower 200's with only one coming near 300' It would have been nice if they could have opened up 1 or 2 of the holes a little bit to get more distance.
6) There are also a few areas where tees are cloe to the previous basket and would be dangerous. I was alone on the course so i didn't have to worry about it.

Other Thoughts:

While the flow is great, the layout of those first holes should be changed, and from the looks of the park, there is plenty of great wooded space to the left of Hole #3 and #4 and again across the path behind the tee on #5 and the basket on #6. I could easily see this park fitting in 18 holes total. Move up the tee on #3 and call that #1, then go into the woods for a handful of holes, removing the dangerous #4, and then playing #5 and #6 and going back into the other section of woods and then coming out to finish on #7, 8 and 9.
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