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Lumberjack Meadows DGC reviews
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A course that deserves its name. 2+ years drive by
Reviewed:
Played on:Jun 18, 2010
Played the course:once
Pros:
Beautiful new wide cement tees.
Relatively bug free. For a swampy area, there were blessedly few mosquitoes. Horseflies were abundant, but largely left us alone.
While a very flat course, wise choices have utilized small elevation changes well, like allowing natural growth to obscure basket views.
Zero non-DG traffic.
Relatively bug free. For a swampy area, there were blessedly few mosquitoes. Horseflies were abundant, but largely left us alone.
While a very flat course, wise choices have utilized small elevation changes well, like allowing natural growth to obscure basket views.
Zero non-DG traffic.
Cons:
Nasty swamp around holes 5-7, and not much drier on the rest of the front 9.
A large amount of juniper and related dense growth makes the rough very unfriendly. On some holes the *only* option from the rough is a short shot back to the fairway.
Some of the pin positions are underwhelming, and fail to add to the hole difficulty.
Field shots are extremely flat and the only challenge is taming the wind.
No sign visible on the road.
A large amount of juniper and related dense growth makes the rough very unfriendly. On some holes the *only* option from the rough is a short shot back to the fairway.
Some of the pin positions are underwhelming, and fail to add to the hole difficulty.
Field shots are extremely flat and the only challenge is taming the wind.
No sign visible on the road.
Other Thoughts:
The course name is apt as you are either hacking through dense forested areas or wide open meadows. I enjoyed my round, and most of my complaints already have solutions in the works.
This course is still a work in progress. Permanent signage is still being constructed, and alternate basket positions are planned to increase the difficulty of some less challenging holes.
Alpena is a very economically depressed area. The original designers have left, and the course has been taken up by new blood. Progress on the course is slow, but it will get another star from me when the following planned upgrades are completed.
1. Addition of raised dirt to meet the top of the tees, many of which were not sunk due to the shale layer.
2. Permanent signage, including significantly improved "next tee" identification.
3. Select basket repositioning.
4. Regularly scheduled mowing.
5. Readily available course map. (Had we not had a local guide, we would have been very lost.)
The fairways were untended, resulting in tall weedy growth, which wasn't so thick to make disc retrieval a chore, but it definitely killed low drives. However, I do not recommended that you throw any clear champion plastic or yellowish-green discs.
The 9 holes at Eagle Country are a wonderful complement to this course, and are a mere mile or two away.
This course is still a work in progress. Permanent signage is still being constructed, and alternate basket positions are planned to increase the difficulty of some less challenging holes.
Alpena is a very economically depressed area. The original designers have left, and the course has been taken up by new blood. Progress on the course is slow, but it will get another star from me when the following planned upgrades are completed.
1. Addition of raised dirt to meet the top of the tees, many of which were not sunk due to the shale layer.
2. Permanent signage, including significantly improved "next tee" identification.
3. Select basket repositioning.
4. Regularly scheduled mowing.
5. Readily available course map. (Had we not had a local guide, we would have been very lost.)
The fairways were untended, resulting in tall weedy growth, which wasn't so thick to make disc retrieval a chore, but it definitely killed low drives. However, I do not recommended that you throw any clear champion plastic or yellowish-green discs.
The 9 holes at Eagle Country are a wonderful complement to this course, and are a mere mile or two away.
