- Course is located in it's own secluded area with decent parking. I don't think this one gets much activity you will more than likely have this one all to yourself or selves.

- Very easy to follow layout as it's basically a trail weaving around the property so next tee is pretty much always straight ahead.

- Fun lines with a mix of dead straight tunnel shots where the fairway is only 10 or so feet wide. Some of them have doglegs at the end to add more challenge. This course will definitely reward those who hit their lines. I have to admit it was really fun watching my disc bend around corners and land right in front of the basket.

- Baskets are new Mach 5's which catch fine. Signs are in the works and would be a huge booster to the course.

- The scenery is pretty awesome. I absolutely love courses like this that have long hallways of tall trees. Reminds me a little bit of Yulga in Stevens Point and the wooded portions of Kiekhaefer Park in Fondy.

- Pretty hard to lose a disc here even during the middle of the summer although there was some thorny patches in certain spots. Unless you get a really bad kick and don't pay attention to the direction your disc goes, you should be able to come away from this one with a full bag which is always nice after playing wooded courses.

- Very punishing results if you miss your line and hit a tree which will more than likely send your disc flying in the opposite direction and right into tree jail. Classic risk vs reward.

- As of September, only about half of the course has teepads which are rubber mats. They work fine for now. Cement teepads would go a long way here and I believe that is what is in the works.

- No signs yet which are very needed. Some signs pointing which direction to go next would also be good on a few of the holes.

- No bathroom or even a porta-potty in the parking lot which I'm sure would be nice for some of the lady DGers.

Eagle Pines is a brand newish course located south of the Stevens Point area and is currently a work in progress. I wouldn't call it a destination course but definitely a good warmup on the way up to Standing Rocks or Yulga. Those three courses would make a great DG day for sure.

As I mentioned earlier, I'm a huge lover of these kinds of courses. The course is located on an old pine plantation which I thought was pretty cool. I can see this one becoming a rival course to some of the Stevens Point courses with only a few minor improvements.

20 more holes of disc golf in the area! 2 loops of 10 holes each, set in a secluded pine plantation. Lots of different tee shots though the course does favor a RHBH. A surprising amount of wildlife for a pine plantation but that is due to the large amount of understory, a mix of oak, cherry and thorns. Challenging tight fairways that will remind you some of Yulga, with some punishing rough if you get off of them. Very well laid out and scenic for what there is to work with at the site.
Updated 01/01/23: There are tee signs and Next Hole sign on all holes. Rough has been knocked back on several holes.

No elevation changes but no chance for it here and not the most scenic of woods but again nothing can be done about that. The other big cons will be improved with time, the lack of great tee pads and ammenities.

Some cleanup work is going on now, cleaning up fairways and greens, widening paths.
The plan is to put in one set of concrete pads this summer and one set next summer. A kiosk should be added soon and a few benches and garbage cans should be added this summer. Future plans include possibly a bathroom and shelter. Tee signs and Next Hole signs have been added.

Eagle Pines DGC is located in the Almond-Bancroft school forest. Probably ten or so minutes outside of Almond. Very, very rural area which offers a nice peaceful round. The course is a former pine plantaion that doesn't appear to have been used in quite some time. Great piece of property for a course though.

The baskets are Mach V's that are all mounted level and look and catch great. Looks to be one pin position per hole, but that could change as the course is still in the very early stages.

The tee pads, currently, are a mix of rubber mats ( like Standing Rocks ) and natural dirt/grass. I don't mind the rubber mats and think these work pretty well. They're only on a handful of holes currently. The natural pads are all pretty level and work fine too. There's really only one tee per hole currently, but it appears that some of the holes at least, will have 2 tees in the future.

There are 4"x4" posts by the majority of the tees. Not all of them yet. No tee signs attached to them except one hole. There were a handful of laminated basic tee signs on random holes throughout though. All being held to the ground by a rock or large branch. The tee signs that were there had a pretty basic hole map, hole #, and distance ( in yards) which, obviously, is supposed to be feet.

The flow of the course is actually pretty easy to follow almost the entire way through. There were a couple little hiccups though. Some next tees signs would be a nice addition in the future but aren't the number 1 priority right now. If you have Udisc use the map function and you'll have no issues. Experienced players will find it pretty fluid in the flow. There's already noticeably worn paths between baskets and next tees in most places.

There's a really solid mix of different shot shapes required of you on this course. There's a good bunch of straight tunnel type shots. Tight, tight tunnels. I kept getting reminded of BRP hole 4. But there are also many left to rights and right to lefts as well. I would say that it is defintely a course that favors a righty backhand. A number of the left to right turning shots favor a RHBH anhyzer type shot that gets going right pretty quickly and glides out.

It'll be interesting to see what the pars are going to be on some of these holes. While most holes are under 350', all except hole 2 I believe, there are some that basically require a layup to a small landing area then a tough, tight tunnel to lay up to the pin for a 3. Easier said than done though. While I'm not great or even that good by any means. I scored 2 birds out of 40 holes played today. Played them all as 3's but a couple could be labeled as 4's.

The course is not too far off I-39 and about 15 or so minutes outside of Steven's Point but it is seemingly in the middle of nowhere. Probably won't ever be TOO busy, even though there was 3 or 4 other cars there today. I'm going to chalk some of that up to being new and the fact Standing Rocks isn't open yet. The course is free to play and in the ground year round. Double bonus for me.

The course plays in a clockwise front 10 which ends by the parking lot. Then a counter clockwise back 10 which also ends by the parking lot.

The cons I list here should be taken with a grain of salt. The course is still VERY new and many of these issues will probably be addressed in short order.

As mentioned above, there are a couple non intuitive routes to the next tee. Moreso on the front 10 it felt like. A couple next tee signs would do wonders for this.

There are some, let's just say goofy, shots off the tees currently. It appears there are trees marked to be removed which would eleviate many of the issues I'm referring to. But there are some other holes where I can't imagine any kind of shot would get you inside the circle without just pure luck. Or more accuratley the best tree kick possible.

The rough off the fairways doesn't appear like much but it is surprisingly thick in the form of both sharp thorns and young 4 to 8 foot saplings that are brutal to land behind. They're practically invisible from the tee. Again, the course is still very new. But good lord can you end up with nothing mere feet off the fairway.

No restrooms were onsite today when I played. Not a big deal for me, but not ideal for Mrs. wolf. Worth noting since it's a bit of a drive to the nearest gas station. No trash cans whatsoever on the course either. Just don't be that guy or gal. If you can pack it in, you can pack it out.

I had a blast playing 2 rounds here on a cool, windy spring afternoon. This course is a great addition to the area and is definitely going to go into my local course rotation. I won't be playing it as often as the more established courses in my normal range, but I'm excited to see how this one develops into the future. There's a lot of potential here and it'll be fun to see it evolve.

The designers here did an excellent job with the design and this course offers something different than the other nearby courses. Great compliment to the other ones nearby. Gives me a little bit of a Yulga kind of vibe with the pines but is a whole different animal.

I'm going to go ahead and give this a solid 3 rating currently. I think it's a "good" course as is right now. There is potential here to move up to a 3.5 to 4 with some improvements which I think will happen. But as is, it's gotta be a 3 from me. Happy to have it near me though, that's for sure.

1) As the name would maybe have you assume, Eagle Pines plays entirely in a former (or more aptly, abandoned as it doesn't seem like it's been properly managed for years) pine plantation. There are some baby oaks coming into the stand, mostly on the north/east side, but otherwise it's almost 100% red pines planted in perfectly straight rows. There is very little underbrush in most places (hole 14 is the main exception and it extremely thick between the two fairways) but there are prickly vines all over the place so if you aren't wearing long pants definitely look out for them to not tear up your legs. It's not the most natural setting and there is very little wildlife, but it's a good place for a disc golf course and provides some tight tunnels and interesting lines.

2) The course layout (ignoring the navigation issues in the cons) is pretty good. It's set up in two distinct 10-hole loops that start and end right at the parking lot. This allows you to easily start on the front/back, only do a half round as you see fit, or stop at the car mid round to re-stock whatever your mid-round goodies are.

3) Hole design is mostly pretty good. Some of the holes are a bit awkward, but the course still seems to be very much a work in progress and there are many trees/low hanging limbs are flagged with red tape which I assume means they are slated to be cut down/trimmed, respectively. If this is the case, many of the overly tight/awkward holes will be much nicer after this is completed. There aren't really any 'wow' holes here, but there isn't (with the exception of #9) anything atrocious either.

4) There is good variety, and it seems to play pretty evenly for left vs right handers. Though, there is some repetitiveness of shot shapes; the 'basket barely tucked left/right at the end of a tunnel' is a very popular hole shape here. Most of these holes, I think, would be better served if they were just straight tunnel shots. A couple holes also have nice risk reward where the regular line will leave you around circles edge with a good shot but the risky line can get you parked if you execute, hole 10 is a good example of this.

5) It looks like there may be plans to have two sets of tee pads, at least on some holes. A couple holes have two tee posts, but as of now there is only one marked tee area. If this is the case, the locations where the extra tee posts are look like great tee locations that will make the holes play differently and not just 'the same shot, but longer.'

6) Mach 5 baskets, catch great. I played the course in some monster wind (20mph+ sustained all day) and was rocketing them in to the chains and they still caught everything reasonable that I threw at them.

As mentioned above, this course very much seems like a work in progress at the moment. That's where most of these cons are coming from.

1) Only a few holes have tee pads, the rest are just natural grass, dirt, and/or pine straw. The pads that are there are pretty grippy textured rubber mats. I like them and would be plenty happy to see them on every hole. Most of the holes without pads are marked with a small red stake at the front of the tee area, but some are completely unmarked. A couple tee areas (hole 8 specifically) are extremely lumpy and just not fun to throw from.

2) The holes that have tee pads also have tee signs, but they are not that great. They are just sheets of laminated paper that are mostly just laying on the ground held in place by a rock. Only a couple are at all accurate. Hole 19s sign shows a quite inaccurate map of the hole and literally says "unknown yardage" for the distance. While this is kind of funny, it's not at all useful.

3) Navigation is pretty rough. Even with UDisc, I struggled to find a couple routes between holes and tee pad locations. The aforementioned tee signs do have hole numbers on them but the tee posts (where they exist) have nothing on them, nor do the baskets, to indicate which hole you are on or where you are going. There are also no directional arrows or anything to guide you on the longer/less intuitive walks between holes. Between having to find the tees, and walking fairways to find the baskets on some holes, my first round through took about twice as long as my second one. It flows well, but you definitely need to know where you are going or you'll almost certainly get turned around at some point.

4) There are some very awkward holes; 5, 6, 9, 15, 16, 18, and 19. I don't remember if all of these holes had trees flagged to be removed but just taking out one or two on most of them would make the holes significantly better. Some will still be very tough, but good players should be able to hit the lines consistently enough to get near to C1. Hole 19 will probably still be questionable, but not necessarily bad. Hole 9, though, I think needs a rework. The current tee pad is maybe impossible to put it in C1 off the tee without a monster flex shot with a Tilt, a really tight cut roller, or some dumb luck. I threw like 15 shots and got to C2 once from the tee. I think moving the tee back and left would keep the idea of the tight S bend the hole has but make it much more reasonable.

5) Pretty minor, but no benches or trash bins anywhere. If you need to take breaks mid-round definitely pack a stool with you. The lack of bins, hopefully, shouldn't be a major issue, since the course is in quite a rural area and shouldn't see that much traffic, but I did see a couple beer cans laying around. Please pack out your trash, it's not that hard!

Overall, in it's current condition, this course is definitely good but is a bit rough around the edges. There is a lot of potential for a very good, maybe even great, course but it definitely needs a bit more TLC before it gets there. As it stands, I can't rate it higher than a 2.5. With a full set of tee pads, better navigation, and removal of the flagged trees I will up this to a 3.0 for sure, maybe a 3.5. A second set of tee pads and/or some reworking of the more questionable holes would make a 3.5, maybe a 4.0 if it all comes together really nicely.

If you are in central Wisconsin, within an hour, and have a free day I think this course is worth a drive out to. Especially if you are a fan of woods golf. Normally I wouldn't say that of a 2.5 but I think the potential that's here will speak for itself if you can get past the existing cons of the course that are bringing my rating down. Though, I would not recommend coming here over the Stevens Point area courses (Standing Rocks or Yulga) if you have not played them yet. Maybe in the future, but not currently.