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Port Aransas, TX

Port Aransas DGC

2.715(based on 7 reviews)
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xJediDadx
Experience: 8.6 years 6 played 5 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Nice Short Course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Oct 25, 2020 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

All holes are marked with sign posts.
Nothing to technical about the course.
12 hole course with Red and Blue tees on all but the last 3 holes. Could easily play this as a 24 hole course if you want. Playing Reds one round and Blues another.

Cons:

No tee boxes, most of them are in sand.
Water near 4/5
Need to be careful on 6 for tee-off. Could lose a disc in someone's backyard with a bad throw(like I did but went and asked for it after after I was done)

Other Thoughts:

Nice little course that's played around the aquatic center and baseball fields. Hole 1 Blue tee is next to the skatepark at the far end of the parking lot, again no tee box, just launch off the sidewalk. same with Hole 2 tee behind a park sign. Need to watch for traffic on 9-12 as they're played around at the entrance to the park.
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Ballas
Experience: 1 played 1 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Eaten Alive 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 8, 2018 Played the course:once

Pros:

Ok, the main "pro" is the law of real estate: location, location, location. Having a course to play, blocks from the beach is awesome. The surroundings are beautiful. You play half the course in and through a salt marsh adjacent to a coastal nature preserve. As for the course, even though it's short, it has enough obstacles to be technically challenging. Play it with the local rules and it will be really tough. They have a hole that they play as an "island". Don't hit the green, and you take strokes for missing the island. There are two holes that have a narrow fairway. On 2, you are playing between the marsh tundra on one side and the outfield fence to a ball field in the other. On 7,there's another outfield fence and a row of back yards. Even though I chucked it over the fence on both holes, I enjoyed the challenge.

Cons:

Cons? One word: mosquitos. Swarms of the most tenacious, voracious and apparently wind-proof mosquitos I ever saw. We forgot bug spray, but figured, what the hell, the winds blowing a steady 15 kts. They'll be hunkered down in that wind. Nope. When I say "swarms", I'm not exaggerating. I beat myself silly with my putter and every time I looked down, there were twenty or thirty more feasting on my legs. They were biting straight through my clothes. One landed on my eyeball. I couldn't kill them fast enough. Now, two days later, I got more red bumps than a fifteen year old boy on prom night. Seriously, do not go out there with anything less than 100% DEET slathered all over you. Maybe wear a bee keepers outfit and carry a smudge pot around. These are not normal skeeters. Skin so soft and citronella will just make them laugh.

Other Thoughts:

Seriously, getting eaten alive WAS horrible, but it's a funny story and so, it was worth it. I'll go back next time I'm on the island but I'll be prepared next time. The course was fun, it's great having a course to play when I go down to Port A. The two missing holes are still out, but I believe they are working on getting them replaced. I'm no good driving from dirt tees, but that's on me. It's part of the game. It really was a pretty setting for a round, so all in all it's worth the time. Just bring DEET!
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