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High Sierra reviews
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wolfhaley
Diamond level trusted reviewer
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Experience:
20.1 years
1020 played
588 reviews
2+ years
Reviewed:
Played on:Sep 14, 2021
Played the course:once
Pros:
High Sierra DGC is a wide open, prairie style course with undulatating fairways and prevelant winds being your main obstacles out there. The course is set up in a disc golf exclusive area so there shouldn't be any non disc golf interferances while playing here.
Nice sized, flared concrete tee pads on all 18 holes. These are nicely done and more than adequate for this course. All were level and grippy. One tee pad per hole.
The baskets are Discatcher Pro 28's, which are some of the better baskets out there in my opinion. These were all mounted nice and level and caught great. It appeared that there were two pin positions on nearly, if not every hole. Good way to change things up a little bit. Especially on a wide open course like this. All baskets were numbered on the top band, and all numbers were facing the tee. Very helpful when numerous baskets can be seen from most tees.
No tee signs, but there were small number plates by each tee with the hole #. These same kind of plates were by the parking area directing you to either hole 1 or hole 10. The flow of the course was pretty intuitive. There's a front nine which plays on the lower south side of the park, playing counterclockwise back up to the parking lot. The back nine plays clockwise back to the parking lot on the upper, north side of the park. There are also woodchipped paths from basket to the next tee.
The course was pretty clean and it's free to play and permanent. If I lived around here I'd probably hardly ever play this in the summer months, but I'd be out here a bunch in the cooler months.
The design of the course is actually really good for the area they had to work with. There's a few pretty cool greens perched up on top of hills and some pins protected by the few large rock mounds. Basically, they used all the natural features out here, which isn't much, to great effect.
Nice sized, flared concrete tee pads on all 18 holes. These are nicely done and more than adequate for this course. All were level and grippy. One tee pad per hole.
The baskets are Discatcher Pro 28's, which are some of the better baskets out there in my opinion. These were all mounted nice and level and caught great. It appeared that there were two pin positions on nearly, if not every hole. Good way to change things up a little bit. Especially on a wide open course like this. All baskets were numbered on the top band, and all numbers were facing the tee. Very helpful when numerous baskets can be seen from most tees.
No tee signs, but there were small number plates by each tee with the hole #. These same kind of plates were by the parking area directing you to either hole 1 or hole 10. The flow of the course was pretty intuitive. There's a front nine which plays on the lower south side of the park, playing counterclockwise back up to the parking lot. The back nine plays clockwise back to the parking lot on the upper, north side of the park. There are also woodchipped paths from basket to the next tee.
The course was pretty clean and it's free to play and permanent. If I lived around here I'd probably hardly ever play this in the summer months, but I'd be out here a bunch in the cooler months.
The design of the course is actually really good for the area they had to work with. There's a few pretty cool greens perched up on top of hills and some pins protected by the few large rock mounds. Basically, they used all the natural features out here, which isn't much, to great effect.
Cons:
The course is completely wide open, so it gets repetitive pretty quickly. There's a couple power line poles in play on a few holes. Also a few stone mounds. Otherwise just wide open.
Be sure to wear sturdy, durable shoes out here. Lots of small cacti and yucca everywhere out here. Long pants would be advised too.
The sun will beat you down out here on hot clear days. It's not the longest round you'll play, but there is no escape from the sun out here. Be sure to bring enough fluids to stay hydrated. This is alleviated by the fact the 2 nines loop back to the lot. But it can be scorching out there.
Be sure to wear sturdy, durable shoes out here. Lots of small cacti and yucca everywhere out here. Long pants would be advised too.
The sun will beat you down out here on hot clear days. It's not the longest round you'll play, but there is no escape from the sun out here. Be sure to bring enough fluids to stay hydrated. This is alleviated by the fact the 2 nines loop back to the lot. But it can be scorching out there.
Other Thoughts:
This was my first, legitemate prairie course. Like the kind of prairie you picture when hearing the wood. I've played plenty of "prairie" courses in WI. This is a different animal altogether.
Not really my cup of tea, but I've certainly played much worse courses than this. If you're in the area, I'd say it's worth a quick spin. Shouldn't take more than an hour to play. But you probably won't feel the urge to play it twice. Good course for an area without too many options.
Not really my cup of tea, but I've certainly played much worse courses than this. If you're in the area, I'd say it's worth a quick spin. Shouldn't take more than an hour to play. But you probably won't feel the urge to play it twice. Good course for an area without too many options.
