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Lake Marshall - The Lambs

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DiscGolfCraig
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2.50 star(s)

Two out of Three Ain't Bad

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 17, 2022 Played the course:once

Pros:

As top tiered as Lions and Lair are, Lamb is just ok. Don't let its inflated ratings deceive you. This course isn't the level of those.
- If this was a stand alone course, it'd be just another nine hole layout.
- First several holes are basic warm up holes. Here, that means either loosening up the arm, or just wrapping up a day of playing.
- #4 is a 500 foot par 4. The next longest hole is 302 feet. If you're like me, and you've already played nearly 20,000 feet of holes in the previous 4 and a half hours, your whole body is shot. Lucky for this relatively simple, straight ahead layout, you can throw a lot of 200 - 250 foot putters/mid-ranges and shoot par after par.
- Course plays mostly in the woods. There's minimal elevation, especially compared to the other two layouts. #3 and 7 are nice downhill runs. #4 is a solid up and down, dogleg left.
- Easiest of the three courses to navigate. Layout is compact. Signage is easy to spot.
- There's a short, 18-hole layout overlaying the course. Each hole has two shorter holes. Many of those holes are in the 100 - 150 foot range. It would be an interesting layout to play at some point. You've got to get birdies somewhere after all of those bogeys on Lions.

Cons:

There's nothing inherently bad about this layout. This is the generic wedge salad at an upscale steakhouse. Sure, someone gets their jollies over blue cheese and bacon bits, but it's nothing flashy.
- After playing 36 elite level holes (both courses have arguments about being 5.0 rated courses), this isn't that. You're not confusing those layouts with this one.
- Perhaps unfairly, this course seems somewhat basic. Although, based on it's bloated rating on this site, it seems most people lump the entire three course layout together as one.
- A higher than normal lost disc / long search factor compared to most nine hole courses. With so many trees, and some of the elevation variances, one bad kick and a disc could kick deep in the woods.
- The pictures on this site were taken late Winter / early Spring, without any leaves on the trees. It's a much tighter layout in the Summer.
- Disclaimer I'm making about all three courses. You're 20 minutes back into town. Come prepared with the essentials - drinks, food, towels, bug spray, suntan lotion, sunglasses, aspiring, etc.
- The course ends on a flat note. Last three holes are simple and straight ahead. All birdie runs, or simple pars at the worst.

Other Thoughts:

Lambs is an appropriate name for this course when compared to the other two courses. I'm not sure how Lair fits into that narrative though.
- Nobody, well almost nobody (hint, hint), would drive this far out of the way for a nine hole layout. If Lambs didn't exist it would make zero impact on people's desire to play Lions or Lair. It's an added bonus, or stat padding round, to play this course.
- You can see the makings of a quality course here. It has aspects of Lake's Edge in Reidsville, NC with the wooded layout.
- I saw a small red fox running across #9's fairway. That's one of the few aspects of this course I'll remember.
- #7 is a nice downhole layout. Trees in the fairway give a split layout, picking one route or the other. #8 is shorter, at 235 feet. It's a good, aggressive straight ahead shot, with several trees protecting the basket. You can get close while not having a clean look at the basket.
- All told, it's a fine, above average nine hole layout. It's a sub 2700-foot layout for 9 holes. An 18-hole version of this course is, at best, a 3.5 rated course. I'm not sure how a half course is so overrated.
- It's above average, but nothing more. Don't confuse this layout with the truly elite here.
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