Appleton, WI

Plamann Meadowview 9

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wellsbranch250
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Experience: 10.2 years 658 played 636 reviews
2.50 star(s)

A Meadow All Grown Up 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 18, 2021 Played the course:once

Pros:

(2.521 Rating) A mix of park style and young woods play.
- NATURAL BEAUTY - This place has some genuine Wisconsin charm to it. The first two holes are pleasant park style shots. Then (3) and (4) add some nice sweeping elevation change to the park style element. Then holes (5) thru (7) are rather exotic looking, playing through a maturing prairie that's sporting 30 and 40 foot tall trees now. Because of this 3 hole stretch, I basically rated the beauty here about the same as it's 18 hole counterpart.
- HOLE VARIETY - I scored this aspect around average, but for a niner, it's really good. Good hole length variation from sub 200 to almost 400. The soft par figures indicate par 4s and even 5s. Considering the constricted fairway widths, only hole (7) will feel like a multi-play fairway to those with Intermediate level skills and under. I liked the weaving in and around the trees, the tunnel fairways and the pocket plays. There is some modest rolling elevation present and its used well.
- CHALLENGING - This place feels like a great test for Rec and Intermediates when ignoring the par figures. Precision will be the biggest key on being able to go low, but having at least 300 foot power will be critical as well.
- 27 HOLE LOOP - After hole (1) on this layout, players have an option of either proceeding to hole (2) or going to hole (12) on the neighboring 18 hole course. It's a seamless way to play 27 holes. I'm going to guess however, that most people playing 27 holes start from the other course.
- BASIC AMENITIES - Concrete tees and Mach III baskets. Par for the course.
- NAVIGATION - Ok I guess. I don't recall seeing a course map, but once finding (1) from the parking area, getting around wasn't too terrible. Next tees are generally close to the preceding basket or there's an intuitive path. I suppose someone not paying attention could make a wrong turn.

Cons:

A very good niner that can reach out and bite you.
- OVERGROWTH - I missed the fairway pretty bad on (5) and spent more than 5 minutes looking around for my yellow disc. Discs are going to get swallowed up and lost on a few holes here during the summer for sure. The fairways are super tight in the middle portion of the course. 15-foot wide throwing lanes are present on three holes and they have large thick bushes and tall grasses flanking both sides of the fairway. Players may find themselves throwing lay-up putter shots a few times rather than risk losing a disc by gunning for the basket with drivers.
- MOSQUITOS AND POISON IVY - I don't take off points for this, but man I wish I had deeted up before heading out for this trip as I got eaten up pretty good here and two other courses. I spotted poison ivy several times in the overgrowth too.
- BEGINNER FRIENDLY - Considering the above two cons, I would not bring a beginner. Not only will they likely throw one of your discs into the thicket, but they will likely bitch and complain about the tall grasses and bugs the entire time. Considering I had just traveled from the nearby Telulah course, I'd say that that's a much better beginner option.
- SIGNAGE - At first sight, I thought the tee signs were really good, but they are not. There is seemingly an artistic description of the line, but in reality, it's just a generic image. The only useful info on the tee signs here and the neighboring 18-hole course is the hole number and distance.
- EXTRAS - The course does not have extra tees, alt placements or a practice basket. I did appreciate all the benches though. Restrooms and shelters are in the park too.
- TIME PLAY - For a niner, this one took pretty long. I had a couple of protracted searches to find discs and the layout is not a dinker length. It took me 45 minutes solo to play this one.

Other Thoughts:

This is a high quality nine hole course. It has most of the aspects I look for, from beauty, to variety and to challenge. I enjoyed being able to sit down too... for a second, and then jump up and wish that I had grabbed the bug spray out the door. It's cool that this park has some extra holes and all, but this extra nine seemed aimed at a similar skill level and was of a similar style as the other course. I think the course would really benefit by adding some short or long tees on a few holes and correcting the par figures. I think the locals would enjoy some alt placements as well to spice it up. Regardless, I'm personally marking this one down as a 90 percentile niner. Just outside my top ten.
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SneakyJedi
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Experience: 14.9 years 143 played 83 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Fun Extra 9 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:May 16, 2016 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

- Nice shot variety/contrast with Apple Creek 18
- Concrete tee pads and baskets in good condition
- Plays well as a stand-alone, quick 9-hole course or an easily accessed additional 9-hole loop to the Plamann 18-hole course

Cons:

- Long grass and thick rough through the middle section of the course will eat errant throws and require a lot of time searching for discs
- No helpful fairway geometry/pin location on tee signs
- Hole 1 feels like a filler hole

Other Thoughts:

The Plamann Meadowview 9 is an interesting course; it and its 18-hole brother could probably be listed as a single, 27-hole course with an optional 9-hole loop. Viewed this way, these 9-holes add some tighter, more technical lines to the generally more open holes from Apple Creek. Holes 5-7 in particular offer tight lines with more punishing rough not seen through most of the 18-hole course. I'd say you might even have an easier time shooting under par on Apple Creek than Meadowview, despite its short length.

There is nothing spectacular here, but with the exception of Hole 1, there are no bad holes either, and it certainly is a fun loop. It is nice to have the option to play 9, 18, or 27 holes of good disc golf given one's available time. These 9 holes complement the other 18, and you would be doing yourself a disservice if you skip these holes while coming out to play Plamann.
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Stardoggy
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Experience: 12.8 years 1009 played 214 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Solid 9 hole add-on 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Oct 26, 2014 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Nine holes that can either be played by themselves, or as a split into the 18 hole course adjacent.

One grippy, concrete tee pad per hole. Plenty long enough and rectangular. All were in good shape.

Solid DGA baskets, all in good repair, and caught as well as you'd expect. There's a couple blind-ish holes that would do well to have some sort of flag or distinguishing feature on the baskets. One pin placement per hole.

Navigation was pretty simple, as the course makes a nice loop from the parking lot and back.

A decent amount of challenge here, especially for a 9 hole layout. The more open holes at least require different lines, from straight, to anny, to big hyzer. Hole 8 is a nice s-curve type hole that will test you. A few meadow type holes in the middle will test accuracy, especially with long grass on both sides. Hole 5 is an especially nice hole, that requires good accuracy from the tee.

Cons:

The meadow grass on holes 5-7 can be a pain in the arse. The undergrowth is heavy, as well. We spent a good deal of time searching for a shot 20' from the basket on 5, as it was barely visible under a very little amount of shule.

The tee signs, while visually appealing, do little more than tell you what hole you're on and its distance. On most holes it's not a problem, but there are a couple blind holes that will have you walking to scout.

This place can get very busy, but not quite as bad as the adjoining 18.

Other Thoughts:

This is really a solid course, especially for 9 holes. Pretty much every hole has its own personality, which is very nice. It you're playing it from the 18, you'll hop onto hole 2 from hole 11 on the previous course. Easy peasy.

The baskets are only in from spring-fall, so don't make the mistake of coming here in the winter. All in all, you're kind of cheating yourself if you play the 18 and don't give this course a run.
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cydisc
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Experience: 28 years 257 played 85 reviews
2.50 star(s)

2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 7, 2008 Played the course:once

Pros:

Concrete tees, descriptive tee signs

Cons:

some extremely narrow fairways on a few holes

Other Thoughts:

This is an interesting 9 holes that can be played separately or as an add-on to the 18-hole Apple Creek course at Plamann Park (you will encounter the 1st tee roughly mid-way through your round while playing Apple Creek). Many of the holes are similar in nature to the Apple Creek course, a bit hilly with mature trees scattered throughout a wide-open mowed grassy area but there are a few holes in the middle of the round that are cut through some tall grasses and evergreen trees. These holes are easy enough to play except that there is a high likelihood to lose a disc or two in the tall grass due to the very narrow mowed trail through the grass.
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