Reservoir Ridge DGC reviews
6
0
Nice addition to the disc golf community 2+ years
Reviewed:
Played on:Oct 12, 2014
Played the course:once
Pros:
1) Plenty of land for the course. Not cramped at all;
2) Some elevation changes;
3) Open holes with mature trees and tight wooded holes;
4) Good mix of lefty and righty holes;
5) Good tee signs
6) Short and long tees
2) Some elevation changes;
3) Open holes with mature trees and tight wooded holes;
4) Good mix of lefty and righty holes;
5) Good tee signs
6) Short and long tees
Cons:
1) Dirt tees;
2) Not a huge fan of the mach X baskets;
3) No benches;
4) A few navigation issues
5) Some of the open holes need a few more obstacles
2) Not a huge fan of the mach X baskets;
3) No benches;
4) A few navigation issues
5) Some of the open holes need a few more obstacles
Other Thoughts:
A solid new course. This course has a lot going for it. 24 holes. Good terrain to work with. Spacious property. Excellent tee signs. Nice mix of short and long holes. Plenty of room to air out a rip on the open holes, but just enough of the shorter, technical holes to keep it interesting.
This was my first outing to the course and I was not disappointed. Gently sloping fairways and greens abound. Water comes into play on quite a few holes as well. Beautiful setting for a course. The course starts out in the open and has a nice alternation between righty and lefty-favored holes for you to navigate. It dips into thick woods towards the middle of the course, and then finishes in the open again. The tee signs are awesome. Vibrant colors, with illustrations of the hole layout on them.
The biggest problems with the course are the lack of concrete tees which will be fixed in time, no benches (Not a huge deal, but you would expect them on a course over 18 holes, especially a long course like this one. II think that will be fixed as well), and some of the open holes don't have enough obstacles to get around. I was told that they are thinking of planting some trees to fix this problem which is awesome. I did notice that there were a couple of issues finding the next hole. I can't remember the problem holes though. This could be easily fixed with next tee markers.
My last complaint is a unique one and I'm sure there will be some of you who disagree with me, but I'm not a big fan of these new mach X baskets. They were designed to help keep your disc in the chains, but instead I've noticed that they are prone to spit outs if you don't shoot hard at the chains. The extra chains almost act as a disc repellant. The extra weight pushes the disc back out unless you hit the basket hard. So, if you are a spin and loft putter instead of a line drive push putter, you might have some problems with these baskets. All in all though, this isn't a huge problem. It's more of a style adjustment issue.
Everything being taken into consideration, I am giving this course a 3. Once the issues mentioned above are fixed, this course will easily be a 3.5 if not a 4 star course.
This was my first outing to the course and I was not disappointed. Gently sloping fairways and greens abound. Water comes into play on quite a few holes as well. Beautiful setting for a course. The course starts out in the open and has a nice alternation between righty and lefty-favored holes for you to navigate. It dips into thick woods towards the middle of the course, and then finishes in the open again. The tee signs are awesome. Vibrant colors, with illustrations of the hole layout on them.
The biggest problems with the course are the lack of concrete tees which will be fixed in time, no benches (Not a huge deal, but you would expect them on a course over 18 holes, especially a long course like this one. II think that will be fixed as well), and some of the open holes don't have enough obstacles to get around. I was told that they are thinking of planting some trees to fix this problem which is awesome. I did notice that there were a couple of issues finding the next hole. I can't remember the problem holes though. This could be easily fixed with next tee markers.
My last complaint is a unique one and I'm sure there will be some of you who disagree with me, but I'm not a big fan of these new mach X baskets. They were designed to help keep your disc in the chains, but instead I've noticed that they are prone to spit outs if you don't shoot hard at the chains. The extra chains almost act as a disc repellant. The extra weight pushes the disc back out unless you hit the basket hard. So, if you are a spin and loft putter instead of a line drive push putter, you might have some problems with these baskets. All in all though, this isn't a huge problem. It's more of a style adjustment issue.
Everything being taken into consideration, I am giving this course a 3. Once the issues mentioned above are fixed, this course will easily be a 3.5 if not a 4 star course.
