Paradise Pointe - Beaver Creek reviews
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Fair challenge 2+ years
Reviewed:
Played on:Mar 11, 2021
Played the course:once
Pros:
Beaver Creek brings in a lot of very challenging elements while not making itself unplayable for amateurs. Dangerous greens, small gaps, and challenging trees in the fairway are some of the best examples of this.
The course itself is a little bit far from the parking area. But this allows it to play around the bottom of the peninsula and have some moderate water danger on several holes.
The water level was low, so that exposed lakebed saved me a par and a disc on holes 1 and 17, which are both excellent to play.
The par 4s are very well set up. Hole 10 is uphill off the tee, then across a creek to the green, and 11 is a dogleg right that takes you into the trees for a run of 5 wooded holes.
This course almost executes the elevation perfectly. Dangerous downhills (1, 6, 8, 9, 14) and tough uphills (5, 16) are only marred by most of them having very simple greens. 1 and 8 are pretty good though.
Some other nice elements
- Hole 2 has an interesting tree gap to hit.
- The green of hole 3 is hidden behind some reeds
- Hole 4 has nice guardian trees around the basket
- The wooded holes (11-15) offer a nice change of pace from the mostly open front 10. Hole 11 hides a drop off about 15 feet behind the basket.
Navigation is extremely simple even without a map. 8 is across the road from 7, but once again the big pvc pipes sticking out of the ground make it incredibly simple to find the next hole.
The course itself is a little bit far from the parking area. But this allows it to play around the bottom of the peninsula and have some moderate water danger on several holes.
The water level was low, so that exposed lakebed saved me a par and a disc on holes 1 and 17, which are both excellent to play.
The par 4s are very well set up. Hole 10 is uphill off the tee, then across a creek to the green, and 11 is a dogleg right that takes you into the trees for a run of 5 wooded holes.
This course almost executes the elevation perfectly. Dangerous downhills (1, 6, 8, 9, 14) and tough uphills (5, 16) are only marred by most of them having very simple greens. 1 and 8 are pretty good though.
Some other nice elements
- Hole 2 has an interesting tree gap to hit.
- The green of hole 3 is hidden behind some reeds
- Hole 4 has nice guardian trees around the basket
- The wooded holes (11-15) offer a nice change of pace from the mostly open front 10. Hole 11 hides a drop off about 15 feet behind the basket.
Navigation is extremely simple even without a map. 8 is across the road from 7, but once again the big pvc pipes sticking out of the ground make it incredibly simple to find the next hole.
Cons:
Holes 16-18 are a somewhat bland way to finish off the course. The water danger is present on the last two, but should be easily avoided.
The circular tee pads are on the small side. And since a circle doesn't point you in the right direction, you might throw from the tee of 1 to the basket of 18! A quick look at the course map would have prevented this, but not my proudest moment.
Some of the prairie grass/hay on holes 5-7 was extremely high. It wasn't all that dense, and I know it's part of the deal to be allowed to build these courses, but it's still a con worth mentioning.
There's land for a few more big par 4s around holes 8 and 9. Would have been cool to see what elevation they came up with.
Hole 14 is a little bit of a crapshoot. You toss a forehand and hope it A: doesn't hit anything and B: skips to the pin. The basket is a long way off to the right and could be a big score separator.
Basket 18 is a really long way from the parking lot. I wouldn't gripe about it except it's a long uphill walk and I had already played the other two courses.
The circular tee pads are on the small side. And since a circle doesn't point you in the right direction, you might throw from the tee of 1 to the basket of 18! A quick look at the course map would have prevented this, but not my proudest moment.
Some of the prairie grass/hay on holes 5-7 was extremely high. It wasn't all that dense, and I know it's part of the deal to be allowed to build these courses, but it's still a con worth mentioning.
There's land for a few more big par 4s around holes 8 and 9. Would have been cool to see what elevation they came up with.
Hole 14 is a little bit of a crapshoot. You toss a forehand and hope it A: doesn't hit anything and B: skips to the pin. The basket is a long way off to the right and could be a big score separator.
Basket 18 is a really long way from the parking lot. I wouldn't gripe about it except it's a long uphill walk and I had already played the other two courses.
Other Thoughts:
This is a very well put together course. While it doesn't have the challenge of Woodhenge course here, it holds up very well on it's own. There's a lot of nice variation in the holes and the dangerous greens make you play accurately on your upshots.
Combining this with a world-class course and a short course for the less experienced makes Paradise Pointe one of the best disc golf complexes out there. Each course is distinct and mostly keeps away from the others so that every course feels new and different!
Combining this with a world-class course and a short course for the less experienced makes Paradise Pointe one of the best disc golf complexes out there. Each course is distinct and mostly keeps away from the others so that every course feels new and different!
