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C & A's Soaring Saucer reviews
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Watch this space
Reviewed:
Updated:
Played on:Oct 11, 2023
Played the course:2-4 times
Pros:
--Owner committed to development
--League play
--Long term vision
--Impressive variety of hole types (Into the Woods, island, triple mando, hanging baskets)
--Course brings out your creativity--no two shots are the same.
--League play
--Long term vision
--Impressive variety of hole types (Into the Woods, island, triple mando, hanging baskets)
--Course brings out your creativity--no two shots are the same.
Cons:
--Work in progress
Other Thoughts:
Don't look at the numbers, ok? It's not about the numbers.
I'll put the conclusion right here at the top. This course is everything that's right and good about disc golf at the organic, community level. It might even be a great course some day. Right now, it is a living, breathing, growing thing with an owner who wants it to be played and who spends free time either working and improving the land or running a league of local enthusiasts.
From my declaration that something really good is happening here, please do not infer that this is a destination golf course as it stands. Do I think you should head this way and check it out? Hell yeah, but note that there are still rough edges and lots of disturbed earth. The reason for this, of course, is because the owner (Chance) is working on it every chance he has, re-conturing the landscape with his Bobcat and an unpretentious genius for hole design. He sees what can be in the future. Even better, he expresses that a course needs to be played to grow.
The course is private. To play, you text the owner to get permission. It's that easy. I told him that I'd like to play 36 holes today, not realizing that it was a 20 hole course. He asked when I might be coming by, and said that he would join me and show me around. The dude played the entire course with me, telling me about each hole and the changes that he was in the process of making. Without any pressure at all, he offered casual pointers on my admittedly rookie form--just a couple of ideas that really kicked in for me on my second lap. When the first round was done, he let me loose to play it again, meeting me at the end only to hear what I thought about it. He was disinterested in the donation I offered him, and invited me to return and play again. I will.
Moral of the story: diamonds in the rough are still fucking diamonds. I'm glad this one is so close to home.
I'll put the conclusion right here at the top. This course is everything that's right and good about disc golf at the organic, community level. It might even be a great course some day. Right now, it is a living, breathing, growing thing with an owner who wants it to be played and who spends free time either working and improving the land or running a league of local enthusiasts.
From my declaration that something really good is happening here, please do not infer that this is a destination golf course as it stands. Do I think you should head this way and check it out? Hell yeah, but note that there are still rough edges and lots of disturbed earth. The reason for this, of course, is because the owner (Chance) is working on it every chance he has, re-conturing the landscape with his Bobcat and an unpretentious genius for hole design. He sees what can be in the future. Even better, he expresses that a course needs to be played to grow.
The course is private. To play, you text the owner to get permission. It's that easy. I told him that I'd like to play 36 holes today, not realizing that it was a 20 hole course. He asked when I might be coming by, and said that he would join me and show me around. The dude played the entire course with me, telling me about each hole and the changes that he was in the process of making. Without any pressure at all, he offered casual pointers on my admittedly rookie form--just a couple of ideas that really kicked in for me on my second lap. When the first round was done, he let me loose to play it again, meeting me at the end only to hear what I thought about it. He was disinterested in the donation I offered him, and invited me to return and play again. I will.
Moral of the story: diamonds in the rough are still fucking diamonds. I'm glad this one is so close to home.
