Pageant Hill DGC is a fun little mountain course is the Black hills of South Dakota. The surrounding area and drive in is absolutely gorgeous. Many epic views from the top of the course.

The course starts out pretty ho-hum with a few mostly open shots with a few trees in play before taking off around hole 3. From there it's pure mountain golf at it's finest.

The baskets here are Mach III's. These are all in pretty solid shape and caught just fine. There's a couple pin positions per hole. These seem to not always only add distance, but also to change the shape of the fairway up quite a bit. Many of the baskets also had large poles with an orange flag attached to the top. This really helped with spotting the pins, especially the ones in the long positions.

The tee signs are the generic white plastic/fiber glass ones you usually see at city parks or public schools. These have the hole #, par, distances to each pin location, and very rudimentary hole map and a next tee arrow. Pretty basic but servicable.

The tee pads are nice and grippy concrete. These were all level or at least pretty close to level and are decent sized. No complaints for these. One tee per hole.

The design here is top notch. You'll need all the tricks in your bag to score well here. Scrambling will be essential as the course is heavily wooded and you're going to get tree kicks off the fairway. There's an excellent mix of left to right and right to left turning shots off the tee. The mix of uphill and downhill shots is split more evenly than Spearfish, where it seems like it's almost all uphill.

The distances are on the shorter side for the most part, but that's fine with the terrain and trees involved here. Hole 18 is a cool, fairly tight tunnel shot back down the hill.

There course is free and permanent. There's a restroom by either 15 or 16 and by the parking lot and a few benches scattered throughout.

The tee signs leave a lot to be desired for a course of this caliber. Probably the biggest con for sure. A more detailed map showing what pin is in play would be the best upgrade they could do IMO. It's rather annoying having to walk the fairway to find the basket.

Not really a con, more a PSA. Make sure to bring plenty of water as this is a pretty challenging hike of a course. Expect a couple hours to play a round, depending on your group size and speed of play.

Finding the next tee wasn't always the easiest. The Udisc map was used quite a bit out here. There's quite a few longer walks and some backtracking to get to the next tee pad.

As mentioned in the previous review, there's walking trails scattered around the course. A lot of them are hard to see from the tee, so be careful to look out before you throw. This is especially true for hole 18. The fairway is basically just a walking trail to get up or back down the hill to the parking lot.

I really enjoyed this course. I'd play this one again in a heartbeat. It's kind of in the middle of nowhere, but I'd recommend taking the time to make the drive out here to play this if you're anywhere nearby. Excellent course in a beautiful part of the state.

From what I've gathered reading up for this trip is that there's kind of two camps. The Spearfish camp and the Pageant camp. Some people swear by one more than the other. I played Spearfish the day prior and rated it a 4, but I'd actually give it a 4.25 if I could. This one is a 4 all day but that's it. Not taking anything away from it, but Spearfish is a step better in my mind. That said you can't go wrong with either one. Play them both if you get the chance.

+ Mach 3's. Some people have issues putting on these but I have no issue. They catch just as expected.

+ Concrete Teepads - Always a welcome sight. They were all more than long enough for us tall folks and fairly grippy.

+ Excellent layout. The course mixes the uphill and downhill shots throughout the course with a fair bit of flat shots. It was a very fun layout to play. Every hole out here is a par 3 and they are all getable.

+ This piece of land feels like it was made for disc golf. It seems like there was very little trimming that needed to be done to put this course in. I enjoy when you can put in a course and have to take down minimal trees and other natural landscapes.

- Teesigns leave a bit to be desired. They are just your standard sticker teesigns. They are nothing special and give you the distance and not much else.

- Walking trails are scattered throughout the course. As long as you are paying attention its not too much of an issue but people will be dumb and just not care.

- The rough was a bit rougher then I enjoy. My group had a few shots that were in the circle on a few holes where we looked for discs for too long. Its no where near the worst I have seen but could use some upkeep.

- Hole 18 was slightly a let down for me. You could tell that the course was setting up a sweet downhill shot for the 18th hole. And it is indeed a long downhill hole. It just lacked that wow factor that I was hoping for. I was looking at hole 18 as the potential for a great signature hole and it just fell short. It also played further away from hole 1 and the parking lot than I would have thought.

- Finding the next hole was sometimes an issue. uDisc helps a lot but its still not perfect.

I played the 18 hole layout that was on uDisc but noticed that there was a 27 hole layout that was used for SD States. I wasnt sure if those extra holes were all in. While playing the course I would see random baskets laid around but no clue where the tees for them were. I looked around for a bit for where those holes actually were and came up with a lot of nothing. Its not a big deal but it lead to some confusion on what pins were the correct ones to play and what holes were next to play.

I had a great time at this course and enjoyed it more than nearby Spearfish. I would recommend this course to all skill levels and would say that you should stop here for a round if you are in the area and if you have the time.

Beautiful location, clever placement of holes, good for beginners and experts

No clear fairways and steep in places

Map available at Chamber of Commerce, although not that accurate. All baskets point to the next tee.

Beautiful- Pretty short on average.

Tall grass and need a spotter with all the little pine trees.

Lost my favorite disc, but wouldn't rate a course lower because of that. For us out-of-towners, it's a climb if you aren't used to the altitude.
Get to add South Dakota to the list of states I've played.