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Grand Rapids, MI

Calvin College

1.175(based on 6 reviews)
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apdrvya
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Experience: 14 years 350 played 299 reviews
0.50 star(s)

Confusing and full of stinging nettles... 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 13, 2011 Played the course:once

Pros:

Baskets---Brand New powder coated DGA's GRIPPY AS HELL...

Cons:

NAVIGATION---nightmarish to say the least... hole one is fairly straightfoward, throw it over the parking lot to the basket at the top of the hill. the second hole, where it seems you should be able to throw across the field, because thats where the visible basket is, throws along a tree line far to the left then the tee sign (which is in the flight path for 2) throws to the one that should be the basket for two. Tee four throws past the afformentioned ugly sculpture thing and across a path around a pond and at the bottom of a "basin." Lining the left side is a butt-ton of stining nettles, grapevine and other things that make finding a lost disc IMPOSSIBLE. the next hole throws over a huge parking lot...dangerous and stupid... the next hole you have to literally throw over a hillside COVERED IN STINGING NETTLES where even an evident errant disc is lost forever, and so on and so forth.

Tee signs- lists hole length and which direction (by compass) you should throw???? seriously, we'd be better with nothing.

Teepads-Grass, rutty, uneven grass, ankle turns are inevitable

Safety- one of the most dangerous courses to throw on in the area.. .throwing over busy walk ways and parking lots = not safe or fun at all.

Linear design--so a nine hole course which does not travel in a loop traverses half a mile across a college campus, so, when you're done, you walk a half mile back to your car.

Other Thoughts:

This was absolutely a waste of my time and two discs. I lost two discs in fairly evident places becase the rough is just that friggin rough. I searched for about two hours combined and came out with nothing more than a ton of stinging nettles welts...

Save your time, throw your discs in the river at riverside, you'll have more fun.
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