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Ashland, NE

Ox Bow Trail DGC

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2.25(based on 10 reviews)
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Hector Chain
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Experience: 15.9 years 222 played 191 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Wide open: both the course and your yawn 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Oct 15, 2011 Played the course:once

Pros:

course is set in different parts of a park, separated by a street and a river. The course has a volleyball court and dog park, but I was the only person in the park.

The course is mostly flat, but the elevation is used well. There are a couple holes that make you throw over embankments. Several holes bring the tree lines into play, including 17 and 18. Every hole has a concrete tee pad with an arrow pointing you in the right direction. It appeared that every hole had two pin positions.

Contrary to some of the previous reviews, the course now has 18 baskets (temporarily? See below).

Cons:

There are no tee signs here, just poles next to the tee pads with a number on them. Navigation isn't awful, but I didn't realize that holes 10-15 are on the other side of the river, and I couldn't figure out where they were until I was driving away (I did stop and play them and am glad I did). The map linked to on this site is incorrect now that there are 18 holes, and it confused me.

Hole #14 didn't have a tee pad that I could find.

All in all, there are just too many holes where you are throwing straight ahead with very few trees interfering with whatever flight path you choose. The course will rarely force you to throw a specific shot (or even eliminate any type of shot), so it can get a little boring.

There isn't much parking near #1, but there is adequate parking on the street and in a small lot near #11.

Other Thoughts:

Six of the baskets are on loan from Cunningham in Omaha until that course's back half is redesigned sometime in 2012. It's not clear what will happen then for this course. I'm glad I visited once. At 18 holes, there are still better courses to visit in Omaha and Lincoln. If it returns to 12 holes, I can't see any reason to visit.

It's good to see towns like this using their park space. Unfortunately this isn't the kind of course that will bring in many out-of-towners.
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