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Florence, WI

Florence DGC

2.835(based on 9 reviews)
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DFrah
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"There's Only One You!"

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Aug 20, 2023 Played the course:once

Pros:

That's what the large sign at the parking lot of Florence Elementary School reminds you of. The school is in the town of the same name in far northeastern Wisconsin, within a couple of miles of the Michigan border. Next to the sign is a porta potty that is available for use.

The 18 holes of disc golf here can be broken down into two very distinct 9 hole courses. The front nine plays in a wooded area north of the school, and has some decent technical challenge. An adequate variety of relatively wide wooded fairways make up this part of the course, with hole lengths between about 175' and 300'. In contrast, the back nine is wide open with only a couple of obstacles in play total. All of the back nine holes are also shorter than 300', other than #15 which for some reason is 550' long. When taken as a whole, the course has decent variety and challenge for rec level players.

The baskets are very old DGAs I think. Or were they homemade? Regardless, they seemed to catch fine and I didn't mind them. They were numbered and painted a red-orange color.

Cons:

There aren't any navigational aids. The paths between holes within the front nine were generally mowed pretty well when I visited, but you'll need UDisc in some places to avoid extra walking. Even if you know where to go, there are 2-3 different times throughout the course where you have to walk back the fairway you just played to find the next hole. Then there's the walk between the front nine and the back nine. This walk sucks, plain and simple. The easiest route would be across a couple of athletic fields - but the problem is, those fields are fenced in and the fences were locked when I visited. The alternatives are to walk all the way back around the school (at least 1/3 mile), or try to make your way through the thicket of weeds and small trees just outside of the fence. I chose the latter option and regretted it. The terrain was unmowed, uneven, and unpleasant.

Several holes also play very near these fenced-in areas. It would be difficult to retrieve any discs that land inside the fence.

Several more holes play quite close together. Hole 16 and 17 basically share a fairway and play in opposite directions.

The course is pretty much flat, and has no water hazards.

The tee pads are natural. The tee signs are just either one or two wooden posts with the hole number, to mark the front of the tee areas. Probably all holes used to have two posts, but some of them have gone missing over the years.

There is a kiosk, but the only thing on it when I visited was a map that was so faded that it was barely legible. There are no other "extras" like practice basket, trash cans, or benches.

Other Thoughts:

This course was a low point of my quest to bag every course in/very close to Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Some of that was because this is not a very good course, but to be clear it was also because I wasn't throwing it well. I laughed when I saw that hole 15 is listed as a par 7 here on DGCR. Then I managed to four putt the hole and actually take a 7 (it was a bit windy okay???)

I didn't necessarily expect a lot from this course, but I should have guessed what I was getting into after seeing that this course is only rated at 2.7 on UDisc. This is one of the only courses I have ever seen that is actually rated higher on DGCR than UDisc (still true after this review). It's clear that someone put some effort into this course at some point - which is always appreciated. But as it stands now, the 2.0 rating I'm giving feels generous. There are a couple good holes in the front nine, but not nearly enough to make the rest worth it.

I wouldn't recommend this one unless you're trying to bag every course in the area. It's there if you must though.
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