Sand, Pines, Elevation, Wildflowers, Beaver Bay Beach, Bike Trails, & Discgolf

Prettiest of the Farragut Courses

There's a little Ridge throughout the Course, so AWOL has the most Elevation Involved out there

The Fun and Excellent Design uses the Ridge in numerous different ways

Challenging Greens with the Basket precariously positioned on a Ledge 2 8 11 14 & 15

Fun and Challenging Deuce Opportunities! 2 3 5 7 8 9 12 13 14 15 16 & 17

Par4s on a Third of the Holes 1 4 6 10 11 & 18
Each of these Holes are Excellent

Challenging Doglegs on Par4s, can really Spice things up for a Card! 4 & 18

500 foot Hole 1 is pretty Awesome. In the Theme of the Hole 1s, but a Great Par 4 Version

5 n 6 have a Parkish style to them that adds to the Diversity on Awol, a couple good examples of the Fun and Esthetically Pleasing Design

Like how 7 n 8 Reciprocate Down n Up

10s been really Pretty with all the Yellow and Purple Flowers into mid August

11 and 18 are Beasts
Not sure which one is Tougher to 3, but they both involve about as much Elevation change as you'll get in One Hole out at Farragut, and it's Up

12-17 can be a Birdy Fest if you're Dialed-In

Teesigns with an Overhead Illustration are Sweet, and they show Next Tee too

Several Holes feel similar, with an Uphill Drive to a Basket on a Ledgeside with a Mid 8 14 & 15

Blind Holes 1 3 4 10 11 & 18

I Love playing this Course!
I throw Meteors all day off the Tee, on like 11 Holes

Its a well maintained course.
designed for the pro played long fairways.
If your up for a challenge this course is for you.

Lots of trees, long fairways.
Not for the novice player,would probably frustrate them.
If you are feeling like a great played, play this course it will bring you back to reality.

all the courses in this park are top notch. Innova Disc Catchers in every course. Great camping and outdoor activities like swimming hiking fishing mountain bike riding as well.
The best of North Idaho in one location.

The A.W.O.L. course is the third and most demanding of the tri-fecta here at Farragut. It's across the park road from it's sister courses. It is very similiar in nature to Northstar and the Wreckreator courses in the fact that they are all accuracy based courses played through the Northern Idaho Pine forests. What separates A.W.O.L. from the other two is it's 6746' in length which is about 2000' longer than Northstar and tops Wrecreator by just over 1000'. In difficulty alone, this is a 4.5 to 5.0 course. There are extremely tight fairways starting with # 1. Getting off the fairway can easily lead to double and triple bogies. The tee pads are roomy concrete ones. The signs are simple wooden posts with distance and pars on them. I played the first 9 holes alone and was able to navigate fairly easily.

#15 was a pretty hole with kind of a natural looking fairway leading to the basket.

#1 and #18 both standout as classicaly tight "stay on the fairway hope you can throw straight" holes. Both on long par 4's with extreme rough. I was in trouble on both of them.

There are 18 holes here. All 18 are level with little to no elevation. They are all played through thick pine forests. There is no water. There is not a signature hole. There is not a place for where the big arm player can crank out the 400' drive. There isn't that hole where you are standing on the edge of some ridge watching your drive sail for what seems like an eternity. This course doesn't have the natural "take your breath away beauty" of so many of our NW courses. Standing in the center of a forest and looking at more forest is cool but not my idea of beautiful. I really like breathtaking scenery on my courses.

This is a very nice course. It's a very nice design. My hats off to the course designers. You did a wonderful job here. but while A.W.O.L. is an extreme challenge, it's only an extreme challenge in ONE way. That is-You must be able to throw straight and accurately to score well here. Players with really big arms would be neutralized here. The # 1 rated player in the world would not be able to throw his gigantic hyser bombs.

To sum up, this is one nice course but it doesn't quite measure up to top Northwest courses like Whistlers Bend, Dexter, Milo McIver and Pier Park in Oregon or Cape Fear over in Spokane. They all have the whole package going; courses that challenge you in a variety of ways, beautiful scenery, water, epic downhill holes, scary risk/reward holes.

A.W.O.L. is a great challenge but it's a one-trick-pony.