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Olla Sports Complex - Old Layout reviews
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Joshwest
Experience:
11.2 years
106 played
28 reviews
Small Town Gem 2+ years drive by
Reviewed:
Played on:Jul 17, 2016
Played the course:once
Pros:
- The Idea is brilliant. I have never seen a course with one tee for two baskets. The color scheme makes it work. It is easy to just pay attention to yellow baskets on the front 9, and then look for blue on the back. It really is a great space saving idea and it is executed extremely well.
- The park area is very nice and well kept. The grass wasn't freshly cut, but I didn't notice anywhere that was in extreme need for mowing. It is remarkably flat, so there is not any elevation change to speak of, but that is a problem with Louisiana, not the course.
- The layout of the course was pretty good. The first 6 holes (1-6 & 10-15, excluding 12) were wooded and if the front was a hyzer, then the back was an anhyzer. It seemed well mixed up where you were constantly changing throws. The open holes (12, 7-9, & 16-18) were reasonable. There aren't too many obstacles on any of them, but they are a nice change of pace from the wooded ones.
- Color coded mando signs were a cool feature. It was easy to tell which mandos were for what hole with the color changes.
- Tee signs were excellent, very simple design, but looked very good. The baskets were DisCatcher, color-coded, and in pretty much new condition. The tee boxes were a rubber mat, with circles in them. They were in great condition, but I'm not really sure how good they are for throwing (See Cons).
- On 7/16 there is OB in the woods to the left. There are excellent signs and posts along the wood line to clearly mark where the OB line is.
- The park area is very nice and well kept. The grass wasn't freshly cut, but I didn't notice anywhere that was in extreme need for mowing. It is remarkably flat, so there is not any elevation change to speak of, but that is a problem with Louisiana, not the course.
- The layout of the course was pretty good. The first 6 holes (1-6 & 10-15, excluding 12) were wooded and if the front was a hyzer, then the back was an anhyzer. It seemed well mixed up where you were constantly changing throws. The open holes (12, 7-9, & 16-18) were reasonable. There aren't too many obstacles on any of them, but they are a nice change of pace from the wooded ones.
- Color coded mando signs were a cool feature. It was easy to tell which mandos were for what hole with the color changes.
- Tee signs were excellent, very simple design, but looked very good. The baskets were DisCatcher, color-coded, and in pretty much new condition. The tee boxes were a rubber mat, with circles in them. They were in great condition, but I'm not really sure how good they are for throwing (See Cons).
- On 7/16 there is OB in the woods to the left. There are excellent signs and posts along the wood line to clearly mark where the OB line is.
Cons:
- The pond could use a cleaning. There was algae all over it. Just not nice to look at. I'm not a marine biologist, so I don't know if it is practical, but it'd be nice.
- The rubber tee pads are a little weird to me. I can't say they were bad, but it felt like they were almost too grippy and kept you from really rotating on them. It's not too big of an issue on the short holes, but on long ones, you need to be able to rotate through, and I felt like I was sticking to the pad.
- Although the mando signs were really nice and color-coded, the blue ones did not stand out very well. On 14 there is a mando for you to go to the left of a tree to keep you from going over 9/18's tee box. But I didn't see it on the tee sign and I couldn't see it from the tee, so I threw it right down that lane, and it missed the mando I didn't know was there. The mandos should be on the signs (they could be and I just missed it), and the blue mando arrows could use some help standing out.
- On 7/16, the woods on the left and behind the basket are OB. It is clearly marked out in the field and it is marked on the tee sign, but it is not obvious on the sign. I had to look very close at it to see that.
- Although I like the simple aspect of the course and I'm sure they didn't want any super difficult holes since most of the players there are probably new, #10 is just way too easy. There is OB left of the basket and if you run at the basket too hard you will go in the pond, but it's a 150ft (if that) with very little tree interference. It's as much of an automatic birdie than any other hole I've ever seen. If there isn't anywhere to make it longer, make an OB line short and right to form an island green. It's just too easy as it sits.
- The rubber tee pads are a little weird to me. I can't say they were bad, but it felt like they were almost too grippy and kept you from really rotating on them. It's not too big of an issue on the short holes, but on long ones, you need to be able to rotate through, and I felt like I was sticking to the pad.
- Although the mando signs were really nice and color-coded, the blue ones did not stand out very well. On 14 there is a mando for you to go to the left of a tree to keep you from going over 9/18's tee box. But I didn't see it on the tee sign and I couldn't see it from the tee, so I threw it right down that lane, and it missed the mando I didn't know was there. The mandos should be on the signs (they could be and I just missed it), and the blue mando arrows could use some help standing out.
- On 7/16, the woods on the left and behind the basket are OB. It is clearly marked out in the field and it is marked on the tee sign, but it is not obvious on the sign. I had to look very close at it to see that.
- Although I like the simple aspect of the course and I'm sure they didn't want any super difficult holes since most of the players there are probably new, #10 is just way too easy. There is OB left of the basket and if you run at the basket too hard you will go in the pond, but it's a 150ft (if that) with very little tree interference. It's as much of an automatic birdie than any other hole I've ever seen. If there isn't anywhere to make it longer, make an OB line short and right to form an island green. It's just too easy as it sits.
Other Thoughts:
- The course is a fun, not too easy, not too hard course. If you are on 165 between Monroe and Alexandria, I would recommend playing here. It's right of the highway, took about 1 min from the highway to park.
- There was only one other group and two walkers when we played, and since it's a small town, I can't imagine it ever being much more crowded than that. Although, if for some reason the park was more crowded, I'd imagine there could be a lot of backups with the shared tee boxes (clearly the biggest flaw with the idea), but I really don't foresee, this ever happening.
- There was only one other group and two walkers when we played, and since it's a small town, I can't imagine it ever being much more crowded than that. Although, if for some reason the park was more crowded, I'd imagine there could be a lot of backups with the shared tee boxes (clearly the biggest flaw with the idea), but I really don't foresee, this ever happening.
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Bayou73
Experience:
1 played
1 reviews
Nice Course 2+ years drive by
Reviewed:
Played on:Jul 1, 2015
Played the course:2-4 times
Pros:
The course is well laid out. First six holes are in the woods and I find challenging but fair. It appears the locals are working towards an 18 hole course which should bring in outside interest. One hole is a throw over water. It is reachable and makes for an interesting throw. It appears to be around a 260 foot throw. This course is easy to find and well maintained. The field could use a mowing but understand the rain has been a problem foe everyone. This course is a must to play if your on the Highway 165 corridor between Monroe and Alexandria.
Cons:
Terrain is flat, but they have worked well with the landscape they have been given. Number 4 is not well marked but I suspect they are working towards fixing that. Hole 7 could use some help on the tee box but it was adequate.
Other Thoughts:
I will play this course again when passing through. Maybe by the next time the back 9 will be complete.
