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East Dubuque, IL

Nubbs Nine

3.175(based on 3 reviews)
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wolfhaley
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Experience: 20.1 years 1009 played 580 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 7, 2023 Played the course:once

Pros:

Nubbs nine is a top flight nine hole course. There's a good mix of open holes and tight wooded ones. All with at least a little bit of elevation change, a few of the have pretty extreme elevation. It's a small piece of land to work with but they did a great job with the design to fit nine excellent holes here.

The tee pads are concrete. Most, if not all have, have two tees per hole. I couldn't tell if hole 2 had a long pad. Now that I think of it I don't know about hole three either. The rest did though. The pads themselves are nicely sized, level and have good grip to them. No complaints with these. Same size pads for either tee too. A red painted front edge denotes the shorts while the white one are the longs.

Each hole has two baskets too. There's a white and blue Prodigy basket on every hole except hole 1. Hole 1 has a blue Prodigy and an elevated Mach or Chainstar of some kind. I don't remember which right now. A few of these baskets are elevated too. The rando basket one 1, and then one each on holes 3 and 5 too. Nicely done to up the variety.

The flow is pretty simple. I didn't need to use the map once after I found where hole 1 started.

There's tee signs on every hole too. These seem to just be temporary versions at the moment I'd assume. They have the basic info on them though. Hole #, map and distances. Plenty serviceable.

Cons:

The temp tee signs were in great shape when I played here, but these won't last forever. Many of them were missing, which is to be expected of signs like these. Hole 1's sign was clearly from an earlier iteration of that hole with only one pin in play. Not a huge deal as the two they have now are both visible from the tee.

LOTS of thorns and nettle off the fairways in the wooded areas. Wearing pants would be recommended here. You're almost assured of being in the rough at least once out here.

As was mentioned in a different review, the walk from nines basket back to the lot is pretty long and uphill the whole way. Minor annoyance, but worth noting.

Other Thoughts:

I was very impressed with this course. I'd love to have this one near me. I'd play it all the time. The two tees/pins combo make for such a great variety in such a small space. One of the better nines I've played, ever actually. Loved this course.

Not a destination course obviously, but absolutely worth a stop if you ever find yourself in the area. Really nice course.
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Johnsondere
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Experience: 10.7 months 136 played 83 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Solid Course - Amazing Backstory drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jan 28, 2023 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

- Two sets of tee pads and 2 baskets for each hole to make 36 playable combinations.
- A variety of shot shapes.
- A good mix of woods and open shots.
- Well designed course overall!
- Great use of elevation.

Cons:

- Not a whole lot of distance required.
- The walk between hole 9/18 and the parking lot isn't ideal.
- Off the fairway is super rough!

Other Thoughts:

For anyone who doesn't know about this course, I would recommend checking it out. Not only is it a solid 9 hole course, but it was designed in honor of a friend that passed away who loved disc golf.

The entire story is on a board by the 1st holes tee. It's a bit long and not my story to tell for this review. Check out Kronk Disc Golf for more events & course designs like this!
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Maplesdm01
Experience: 34 played 1 reviews
3.00 star(s)

There's potential here drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Dec 2, 2022 Played the course:once

Pros:

What's nice is you can turn a 9 hole into an 18 hole course.Multiple pins and pads longs and shorts.Good elevation changes tests you ability to hit the right lineI liked all the thank yous posted through the course. Makes you feel appreciated for playing the course! Never seen anything like it. Was a nice touch

Cons:

As much as I enjoyed the multiple pins it made it difficult which pin to throw to.I think it was 4 I saw 4 different baskets to throw at. Really wasn't sure where to go.Hole 5 pins were difficult to locate, ened up throwing to 9s pins. And the pda pointed I. The Long pad pointed in the wrong position. Hole 2 long throws over a volleyball court. The walk from 9 back to the parking lot.

Other Thoughts:

Seems like this is a newer course. Some fairways seemed new due to lack of foot traffic. Played with all the leaves fallen might have made it easier to locate discs. Need to playbduring the summer to see the difference. I'm not the biggest fan of Prodigy baskets buts that's me. Need to color code the tee signs. Some baskets must have been added only seen 1 on the signs. This course has potential if maintained. Could add a couple Mr hole to lead back up to the parking lot. I'll probably come back during the summer. Maybe there will be more changes who knows.
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