Fort Riley, KS

Moon Lake DGC

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3.255(based on 4 reviews)
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Experience: 14.9 years 133 played 31 reviews
2.00 star(s)

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Reviewed: Played on:Jan 19, 2013 Played the course:once

Pros:

There are 18 baskets and all of them are in very good shape, so that's a good start. There is a LOT of shot variety, more than any other course I have played with a few exceptions. You will use every single disc in your bag at this course. The land is nice and the lake and its hazards have been well incorporated. I really like the basket on the peninsula (hole 8, i believe). Each individual hole is different and unique.

Cons:

The tee pads are very poorly marked-There are about one foot long PVC pipes sticking out of the ground, some with numbers, some without, and little black circle things on the ground to show the end of that pad. There markings are not very visible and often misleading. I spend 20 minutes trying to find the first tee (on top of the hill, it is a wooden stake, which confused me because every other tee is a white PVC pipe). The tee points in a general direction, but sometimes you aren't sure if you are going to a basket behind you or which one you are supposed to go to in front of you. The map helps some, but it couldn't save the course from being a bit of a nightmare to navigate. Crossing fairways and poor markings made the confusing worse. There is no signage for disc golf leading into the park, and it is a bit far off the highway for a road trip round. There is no map on site for those who don't happen to have smart phones. Fairways and tees were muddy when I played and I slipped a couple of times. I know a lot of snow had just melted, but if they get that was after rain too it could be a hazardous course to play half the time due to moisture. Hole 18 ends a decent walk from the parking lot-The flow of the course is just very off. The first 11 have you crossing through roads and sites that look like they are shared often with other activities. The last few just lead you away from the parking lot and double back on each other. It seems like they wanted a longer course and so to get the desired distances they sacrificed flow. IMO, flow is the most important factor in a course and they pretty well botched it here.

Other Thoughts:

If they could get some concrete tees or even rubber tees, put some signage of any sort indicating where to go after each hole, and maybe added a large course map about the entrance it would raise this course to about a 3.0, but the flow of the course is not enough to save it from being just another run of the mill course. If you are on a road trip along I-70 though Kansas, skip over this one and just play Frontier in Hays or Thomas and the two Lakewood 9 hole courses in Salina-They are a much better use of your time and are much easier to find, which is sad, because this land had/has tons of potential to have a great course with amazing flow, but unfortunately the designers were too concerned with individual shots that they sacrificed. the quality of the course as a whole.
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