Lizard Range DGC reviews
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kingk6
Experience:
14.6 years
47 played
8 reviews
Great low-impact course 2+ years drive by
Reviewed:
Played on:Aug 15, 2015
Played the course:5+ times
Pros:
This course is a favourite of my wife because she can stick the kids in a stroller and push them the entire course without much problem. It is low-impact in the sense that the park is very well-manicured and the course designer maintains the course remarkably. They recently took some trees down in some areas of the course which opened up a few holes and made them a little more fair (hole 14, for instance).
There isn't a huge amount of room for all 18 holes, but the course is used well to incorporate all of the area they were given with minimal instances of people playing into each other (holes 12/13, and 16 being the exception).
The mando holes (9 and 10) give the player the choice of taking an anny or hyzer line which is a great way to change a hole with little effort.
Lots of parking available, with a public washroom on-site at hole 10. There are also garbage bins at every tee pad.
There isn't a huge amount of room for all 18 holes, but the course is used well to incorporate all of the area they were given with minimal instances of people playing into each other (holes 12/13, and 16 being the exception).
The mando holes (9 and 10) give the player the choice of taking an anny or hyzer line which is a great way to change a hole with little effort.
Lots of parking available, with a public washroom on-site at hole 10. There are also garbage bins at every tee pad.
Cons:
There is absolutely no elevation change on the whole course. For such a beautiful mountainous resort community, it's an interesting juxtaposition having an entirely flat course.
Some holes are more prone to reward luck over skill. Hole 1, 11, 14, and 18 (rhbh line) don't provide a clear, defined line to challenge players. There are fairways, but once the disc is out of your hand and heading towards the basket, chance plays a larger role in determining your shot than it should. Hole 14 was recently thinned out to give a more clear line, but it can be hard to see off the tee. There are plans on moving the tee pad back and to the left to create a soft anny shot.
Some tee signs are missing or incorrect. There are plans on creating new tee signs in the next year or two.
Tee pads are inconsistent. Some are slabs of concrete (former sidewalk slabs), some are shale, and some are just dirt. There are also plans on redoing all of the tee pads in the next few years.
Some holes are more prone to reward luck over skill. Hole 1, 11, 14, and 18 (rhbh line) don't provide a clear, defined line to challenge players. There are fairways, but once the disc is out of your hand and heading towards the basket, chance plays a larger role in determining your shot than it should. Hole 14 was recently thinned out to give a more clear line, but it can be hard to see off the tee. There are plans on moving the tee pad back and to the left to create a soft anny shot.
Some tee signs are missing or incorrect. There are plans on creating new tee signs in the next year or two.
Tee pads are inconsistent. Some are slabs of concrete (former sidewalk slabs), some are shale, and some are just dirt. There are also plans on redoing all of the tee pads in the next few years.
Other Thoughts:
The baskets are not consistent throughout the entire course. The baskets on the front 9 are DGAs and the back 9 have Discatchers. Some may like the variety, while others may not.
