Pros:
- Several layouts (gold and silver tees plus gold and silver baskets means that each hole has 4 options for play).
- Good hole design. Most of the holes had reasonable approaches.
Cons:
- The biggest con is that the course has been kind of let go. You can see vestiges of what might have been a really nice course, and I hope someone revives it, because the potential is certainly there.
- Unfortunately, there is a lot of undergrowth making it easy to lose a disc even on the short holes.
- Signs and markings clearly used to be thorough, but have faded to where you can't read them.
- Fairways are cluttered and overgrown. There is no good footing anywhere, and a well thrown disc can still be ruined by random debris.
- When you let undergrowth grow you get - no surprise - lots of bugs. This late in the season I really did not imagine the flies would be so bad, and at other courses I played in the same long weekend, there was no problem.
- Cost. $7 is ridiculous for the state this course is in.
- Tees were mostly gravel, one brick. Most were still ok, but some had gotten slippery. I only played the gold tees, so perhaps the silver were better.
- No pro shop
- Location is quite remote.
- Awkward parking
Other Thoughts:
This course was highly over-rated, which is what lured me to it. But I think this may be because it used to be quite nice. I could certainly see vestiges of a former glory. But I drove a long way and passed up several other courses to see this highly rated course and it was a severe disappointment. I didn't see a single other sole the entire time I was there either (late afternoon on a Thursday, but still).
I respect that this course was a labor of love and at some point someone put a ton of effort into it. But when you let a course go to seed, it ruins the experience no matter how nice it might formerly have been.
Wondering if you played the right course or are just trying to be malicious. Black Falls is looking and playing better than it ever has. Many pro and am players just spent several days playing the course after their rounds at the Green Mountain Championship and all thought the course was in excellent condition. Some even made the trip more than once! Fairways are always mowed and no one but you seems to have a problem reading the signs and finding their way.
I am a one man operation, work two jobs and still spend hours each week keeping the course up.
Sorry if you had a bad experience. I would be willing to refund your money if you send me a pm.