Kiwanis of Stoughton DGC reviews
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Hammer_Time_1977
Experience:
6 played
6 reviews
nice little nine holer
Reviewed:
Played on:Feb 22, 2024
Played the course:5+ times
Pros:
*it's free!
*if the front of the course is busy, it's very quick and easy to walk over and start on 3 or 6
*LOTS of interesting hole shapes (more on this below). This is not a long course, but they pack in quite a bit of interest, variety and challenge for such a small course.
*if the front of the course is busy, it's very quick and easy to walk over and start on 3 or 6
*LOTS of interesting hole shapes (more on this below). This is not a long course, but they pack in quite a bit of interest, variety and challenge for such a small course.
Cons:
*can get fairly muddy
*very little in the way of any elevation change (very very slight uphill on 1, slight downhill on 4, and that's it).
*signage could be a bit better, but if you use UDisc, it's pretty manageable your first time through, and after that, navigation is easy
*the walk from 9 back to 1 (I usually play twice through) is a bit long, but in the grand scheme of things this is not such a big deal
*very little in the way of any elevation change (very very slight uphill on 1, slight downhill on 4, and that's it).
*signage could be a bit better, but if you use UDisc, it's pretty manageable your first time through, and after that, navigation is easy
*the walk from 9 back to 1 (I usually play twice through) is a bit long, but in the grand scheme of things this is not such a big deal
Other Thoughts:
As mentioned above, this course forces players to make shot shapes that are not necessarily all that common, and virtually every hole has some kind of obstacle tree that you have to avoid, a gap you need to hit, guardian trees to contend with, or a tunnel you have to throw down.
On 1 most players will probably opt to drive to the right of the island of trees that is about 200 feet from the tee. There is a path over to the left (on the gravel road) if you can huck it more like 275, but if you throw to the left and only get out like 200-250, you have a LOT of trees between you and the pin and very few viable paths. And then even if you do manage to drive to the right of the island, there are a LOT of guardian trees between you and the basket, so this hole can easily become a bogey (or worse) for a lot of players right off the bat.
2 and 7 both have trees less than 50 feet in front of the tee that make a birdie essentially impossible if you hit them (and sometimes even ending with a par is challenging). 9 is somewhat similar, but a little easier to hit. But if you manage to avoid them, your chances of getting a par are very good, and on 7 and 9 birdies are even relatively easy if you hit the gap just right.
3 has a bend to the left about 165 feet off the tee and if you go into the rough / woods (especially to the left), getting a par is quite difficult.
6 is somewhat similar to 3, except even more difficult to hit. There is a very extreme dogleg left about 235 feet off the and if you end up a bit short, there is a terrible mess of small trees between you and the pin which is extremely difficult to navigate through. Sometimes you can go up and over with a tomahawk or thumber, but even that line is often obstructed if you're in the thick of it. Players who cannot consistently drive at least 235 are probably going to want to almost plan on a bogey on this hole, because if can't get up to that gap (and hopefully at least partway down the little tunnel to the green), the odds of ending with a three go way down.
4 is the first "tunnel hole," although in reality it's not terribly narrow. If you can hyzer flip a midrange to go straight, or even do a gentle rightward bank, you'll have a decent shot at birdieing this hole. Whatever you throw, you need to keep it pretty straight because the fairway is only maybe 30 feet wide.
5 is another tunnel of sorts, about as wide as 4, but the trick with this one is you really want to try to end up landing toward the right at the end of the "tunnel" before there is a stand of trees that separates the main fairway from the green area. End up too far to the left and your options for getting it up to the basket for a three are fairly limited. But thankfully this is a par 4, so you may still have a chance to save par.
8 is the most tunnely of the three tunnels. It's about a 200 ft shot down a narrow tunnel (again, maybe like 25-30 feet wide) that also contains a few obstacle trees, and then a very sharp dogleg right. If you can get to the end of the tunnel and not end up in thick rough, getting it up to the pin for a birdie (this is a par 4) is actually pretty feasible.
On 1 most players will probably opt to drive to the right of the island of trees that is about 200 feet from the tee. There is a path over to the left (on the gravel road) if you can huck it more like 275, but if you throw to the left and only get out like 200-250, you have a LOT of trees between you and the pin and very few viable paths. And then even if you do manage to drive to the right of the island, there are a LOT of guardian trees between you and the basket, so this hole can easily become a bogey (or worse) for a lot of players right off the bat.
2 and 7 both have trees less than 50 feet in front of the tee that make a birdie essentially impossible if you hit them (and sometimes even ending with a par is challenging). 9 is somewhat similar, but a little easier to hit. But if you manage to avoid them, your chances of getting a par are very good, and on 7 and 9 birdies are even relatively easy if you hit the gap just right.
3 has a bend to the left about 165 feet off the tee and if you go into the rough / woods (especially to the left), getting a par is quite difficult.
6 is somewhat similar to 3, except even more difficult to hit. There is a very extreme dogleg left about 235 feet off the and if you end up a bit short, there is a terrible mess of small trees between you and the pin which is extremely difficult to navigate through. Sometimes you can go up and over with a tomahawk or thumber, but even that line is often obstructed if you're in the thick of it. Players who cannot consistently drive at least 235 are probably going to want to almost plan on a bogey on this hole, because if can't get up to that gap (and hopefully at least partway down the little tunnel to the green), the odds of ending with a three go way down.
4 is the first "tunnel hole," although in reality it's not terribly narrow. If you can hyzer flip a midrange to go straight, or even do a gentle rightward bank, you'll have a decent shot at birdieing this hole. Whatever you throw, you need to keep it pretty straight because the fairway is only maybe 30 feet wide.
5 is another tunnel of sorts, about as wide as 4, but the trick with this one is you really want to try to end up landing toward the right at the end of the "tunnel" before there is a stand of trees that separates the main fairway from the green area. End up too far to the left and your options for getting it up to the basket for a three are fairly limited. But thankfully this is a par 4, so you may still have a chance to save par.
8 is the most tunnely of the three tunnels. It's about a 200 ft shot down a narrow tunnel (again, maybe like 25-30 feet wide) that also contains a few obstacle trees, and then a very sharp dogleg right. If you can get to the end of the tunnel and not end up in thick rough, getting it up to the pin for a birdie (this is a par 4) is actually pretty feasible.
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Spike Hyzer 23
Experience:
30.8 years
92 played
88 reviews
Nice 9 Hole Track 2+ years drive by
Reviewed:
Updated:
Played on:Apr 11, 2015
Played the course:5+ times
Pros:
Densely wooded and full of highly technical shots and deceiving distances for what appears to be a short course. It's not the very best of the local 9 hole courses--simply because some have recently been installed that are outrageously challenging--but it's a nice place to visit early in the season when everything else is closed in the Madison area. It is vastly under rated by those who have caused the average to be near 2.5
The holes themselves are interesting and a technical challenge and you can play 3 in an hour because there is little walking between holes.
The holes themselves are interesting and a technical challenge and you can play 3 in an hour because there is little walking between holes.
Cons:
It's absolutely flat and it's a bit too near to the hiking trail that people use for nature walks. There is a great deal of unexplored land that could be used to create 18 holes with a possible redesign of the existing holes.
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CapnInsanoMJF
Experience:
13.1 years
31 played
2 reviews
Hidden Gem 2+ years drive by
Reviewed:
Updated:
Played on:Sep 16, 2011
Played the course:once
Pros:
Very challenging. Fun place to try some trick shots.
Foliage isn't too thick, easy to find your discs.
9 holes that use the landscape as best as possible.
Foliage isn't too thick, easy to find your discs.
9 holes that use the landscape as best as possible.
Cons:
Pedestrian traffic, can be annoying, but it's really not bad at all.
Bugs. Bring bug spray.
Hidden, kind of hard to find, but definatly worth it!
Bugs. Bring bug spray.
Hidden, kind of hard to find, but definatly worth it!
Other Thoughts:
I loved this course. The holes were short, but challenging, and they command a lot of control from your drives. Tees and signs are very nice, and the course was well manicured. I was on a road trip to play courses in Madison, and I used this course as a warm up before going to Elver Park. I will definatly do it again.
