Poncha Springs, CO

Poncha Springs

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Tom Z
Experience: 9 played 9 reviews
1.50 star(s)

Needs work 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 3, 2016 Played the course:once

Pros:

1) Pretty country
2) Concrete T-Pads
3) Nice use of elevation changes
4) Due to the shape of the T-Pads it was easy to know which end was the front.

Cons:

1) Way too many blind shots. If walking down a fairway to find a basket, then walking back to the T-Box to throw, then walking down the fairway again to find your disc is your thing, then you will love this course.
2) No clear fairway to hole from T-Pad on most holes
3) No signage as to where the next T-Pad is after finishing a hole. Picking the most traveled path doesn't always lead to the next T-Pad. If you could see a T-Pad sign from a basket, it was probably the correct one. However, you won't know until you walk up to the sign because almost all times you would be looking at the back of the sign.
4) T-Pad signs were often wrong as to distance and pin placement.
5) Way too many trees. Shots that look great off the T-Box are often hard to find as they disappeared from view during flight.
6) Trees were not limbed and branches were very low to the ground. This made it impossible to throw from where a disc came to lie even though it was under a tree along the so called fairway.
7) The best route on almost every hole was an overhead shot (thumber or tomahawk) as it eliminated the trees. However, it made finding discs more difficult.

Other Thoughts:

It's possible that the designers and maintainers of this course are restricted from removing and limbing trees. If so, that's unfortunate because this course has great potential.

Most of the Pros and Cons I mentioned have been mentioned by others. I just wanted everyone to know they are true.

A good course should be easy to follow for people who have never been there. This course does not meet that criteria.

Our group that played the course (all new to the course) unanimously agreed that we probably won't return unless a lot of our cons are fixed.
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