Bluebird DGC reviews
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Short 9-hole course 2+ years
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Updated:
Played on:Jun 22, 2015
Played the course:once
Pros:
- Great use of available space
- Good place to practice approach and placement shots
- Baskets were in great condition. Powder coated blue for easy visibility.
- Natural tees are usable and well marked
- Good place to practice approach and placement shots
- Baskets were in great condition. Powder coated blue for easy visibility.
- Natural tees are usable and well marked
Cons:
- Flow of the course reflects what I assume was originally 5 holes and expanded to 9. It would make more sense to play 1-3,7, 6, 4, 5, 8, 9. Still, the flow wouldn't be perfect, but slightly better. According to the 2014 map here, that's close to how it plays, but not how the holes are marked on site.
- Plays past a baseball backstop. Not being local to me, I'm assuming it's seldom used, but could cause a conflict of activities.
- It took a little looking around to find hole 4. The walk to 4 that we were able to find potentially interferes with play on 6.
- Plays past a baseball backstop. Not being local to me, I'm assuming it's seldom used, but could cause a conflict of activities.
- It took a little looking around to find hole 4. The walk to 4 that we were able to find potentially interferes with play on 6.
Other Thoughts:
This is a nice little park that sits in a subdivision of Plover. We stopped to play to break up some travel through the area. If you're coming into the area on Hwy 39 or County HWY B, it's just a few minutes off your route.
It's very short, so definitely grab your pitch and putt discs. The first few holes require the ability to hit a tight line through some short tree / brushy areas. Most of the rest of the holes are much more open.
1- Basket lies to the left of the fairway. Short shot, but unless you go over the trees, you'll have to hit your line to lay up.
2 - Basket is more left this time. but same type of fairway as #1.
3 - Straight through the wooded area, back the opposite direction from #2. A little longer, this time.
4 - Walk out of the woods to the North end of the park. 4 tees from near the trees, around a large tree, with the basket to the right.
5 - Straight along the NW edge of the park. Open shot.
6 - Plays back into the woods. There's a couple gaps you can hit to get to the basket without going over the top.
7 - Plays back into the field, another open shot.
8 - You're on the West edge of the park again. Open shot, but tight if you're throwing rhbh.
9- Open shot back to the South edge of the trees. The basket is maybe 10-15' inside of the treeline. Open shot to get there, just hit your gap to lay up.
It's very short, so definitely grab your pitch and putt discs. The first few holes require the ability to hit a tight line through some short tree / brushy areas. Most of the rest of the holes are much more open.
1- Basket lies to the left of the fairway. Short shot, but unless you go over the trees, you'll have to hit your line to lay up.
2 - Basket is more left this time. but same type of fairway as #1.
3 - Straight through the wooded area, back the opposite direction from #2. A little longer, this time.
4 - Walk out of the woods to the North end of the park. 4 tees from near the trees, around a large tree, with the basket to the right.
5 - Straight along the NW edge of the park. Open shot.
6 - Plays back into the woods. There's a couple gaps you can hit to get to the basket without going over the top.
7 - Plays back into the field, another open shot.
8 - You're on the West edge of the park again. Open shot, but tight if you're throwing rhbh.
9- Open shot back to the South edge of the trees. The basket is maybe 10-15' inside of the treeline. Open shot to get there, just hit your gap to lay up.
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harr0140
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Bluebirds do not sing the blues 2+ years
Reviewed:
Played on:Sep 14, 2013
Played the course:once
Pros:
1) Beginner friendly . . . almost nowhere to lose a disc.
2) Nice variety between the three holes in the prairie area with some trees to contend with . . . and also the 2 open but longer holes to create some challenge by use of distance.
3) Very quiet area removed from town that would definitely entice a lot of the neighborhood people to perhaps give disc golf a try.
4) Tee posts that mark the tee areas.
5) Directional posts to get from one hole to the next when not obvious.
2) Nice variety between the three holes in the prairie area with some trees to contend with . . . and also the 2 open but longer holes to create some challenge by use of distance.
3) Very quiet area removed from town that would definitely entice a lot of the neighborhood people to perhaps give disc golf a try.
4) Tee posts that mark the tee areas.
5) Directional posts to get from one hole to the next when not obvious.
Cons:
1) Totally flat.
2) Challenge is at a minimum for skilled players making this a course I will likely not return to . . . except in an emergency.
3) Tees are already wore out and will only get worse due to compaction.
2) Challenge is at a minimum for skilled players making this a course I will likely not return to . . . except in an emergency.
3) Tees are already wore out and will only get worse due to compaction.
Other Thoughts:
All in all . . . I do not expect a lot of people to come to this course but if you take it for what it is it is a decent course actually. It fits the beginner friendly status to a T, it has a little variety, and will most definitely always be a quiet place to get in some practice.
