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Florence, WI

Keyes Peak DGC

4.085(based on 6 reviews)
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3 2
Gilroy
Experience: 2 played 2 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Lots of fun 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 13, 2018 Played the course:once

Pros:

The other reviews provide a good description.
Good design. Fun course.
Good baskets and easy to find.
Well maintained.

Cons:

Somewhat remote.
Hard to find the first tee. It's on the other side of lodge.
Short holes.

Other Thoughts:

This is a fun course. The holes are short, but because you're going uphill it's still a good challenge. Also throwing off the top of the ski hill is fun.
The lodge is closed, but there's a park across the street if you need a bathroom.
They recently built stairs for the uphill portion of the course.
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jeremyhilss
Silver level trusted reviewer
Experience: 11.7 years 50 played 30 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Quite the surprising gem 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Apr 9, 2017 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Currently a full 18 holes at the time I played

Lots of different shots needed, left, right straight, etc, although there seemed to be more left to right holes, but it wasn't too prevalent

Elevation - this course will give you a strenuous workout - throughout the layout, you will ascend and descend the mountain twice, along ridges, through valleys, and down steep slopes

Signature holes - as with any ski hill course, the opportunity for epic uphill and downhill shots is abundant, and the designers made it happen. Holes 7 and 17 come to mind especially - hole 7 is probably the best hole on the course, throwing all the way down the snow tubing run, down a 400' + wide, steep slope, with a GORGEOUS view of the Keye's Lake and surrounding hills and forest. Hole 17 plays from the back 9's highest peak, and is a downhill shot which is actually a touch ace run type of shot, very steep with the basket not far from the base of the slope - throw just a LITTLE too hard and you'll overshoot the green easily

The entire course seemed very clean and void of litter, garbage buckets at multiple holes

Heavily wooded, with lots of technical golf shots in all shapes snaking their way through gorgeous tall pines and other marvelous trees

Pin placement - lots of thought seems to have been put in to this - a handfull are on the edge of steep dropoffs that can turn a missed putt for two into a bogey or worse. Others are strategically put on fast rollaway slopes. Hole 12 in my opinion has the coolest location, and also qualifies as a signature hole in my eyes - straight to hyzer (RHBH) shot through spaced out tall trees, with a basket tucked in a sort of cul-de-sac of pines, at the bottom of a 12' hill, with their branches creating a canopy over your head, Hole 16 is BRP/VQ style, dug into a trench.

Signs - most holes have a nice sign with hole shape and length on it

Baskets - they are made locally, but catch perfectly fine. Holes 1-9 are similar to Mach III's, although have shallower cages, whilst 10-18 are more similar to Mach V's, with deeper cages

Multiple tees per hole - tees are wooden framed with some sort of gravel filling, which seemed to grip fine

Cons:

Most shots stay within the mid 100's - mid to upper 200's range of feet. The only shot to really break away from that mold would of course be the downhill bomb on hole 17. Two holes are listed as par fours but in my opinion should be threes as well. It would have been cool to see one or two legit par fours here. Not a big con though.

No water hazards (could be a pro to a lot of people though)

Some of the multiple tees are similar lengths away, and it is sometimes confusing to know which tee to play from when playing from shorts or longs - you may walk to one and find out it is the wrong tee when you get there, and then have to walk up or down hills to the correct one for the layout you're playing

Signage on the back 6 is somewhat lacking.

If you are a stickler for baskets, you may find the locally made ones to be a con. However I feel they more than served their purpose, and if you are blaming them for a significant amount of putts/shots, it may be user error instead.

Other Thoughts:

I was truly pleasantly surprised when I played Keye's. I was expecting a maybe 3 star course, but was blown away with the beauty, design, and fun factor. I drove over two hours to play and thought the drive was 100% worth it. Great elevation and some very unique shots, and picturesque views galore. Some longer par 4's and 5's and maybe a few more open shots would bump this up a half or possibly a full disc rating. BUT I still HIGHLY recommend playing here if you are in the region - I would even call it a destination course.
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lsrc1195
Experience: 24.1 years 58 played 1 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Fun course, quick play. 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 26, 2015 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Short course, easy to play multiple times. Marked from the road. Nice signage at holes. Tee boxes well done. Baskets are brightly colored, solar nightlights. Grass is trimmed and fairways are trimmed back, hard to lose a disc unless you try. Course designer was on site the day I played, nice guy, nice course give it a try.

Cons:

It is on a ski hill, shots up hills and shots down hills, challenging to get your disc where you want it. Challenging to walk up and down, improvements with steps have been made.

Other Thoughts:

Bring your cooler and take your time. Benches at every hole and a nice scenic look at Keyes Lake on hole #7.
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