Atlantic, IA

Sunnyside DGC

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3.985(based on 23 reviews)
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Swisher Streets
Experience: 20 years 85 played 6 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Great stop 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Sep 27, 2009 Played the course:once

Pros:

- Extremely nice teepads/signs
- A lot of benches
- Good balance of holes (Hyzer, Anny, Straight, long, short, finesse, power, etc)
- Pro/Am tees with a few shared
- Well maintained in a beautiful park
- Good for any level of skill. Am/pro tees offer a noticible change in difficulty

Cons:

- A lot of walking in between holes, some back tracking.
- Took us a little bit to find tee pads being our first time.

Other Thoughts:

We made a stop on the way from council bluffs to des moines and all agreed it was a very nice course. We were messing around for the most part and shot +5 +7 +7. If you went and played serious you could easily shoot underpar. Really nice course, id definitely suggest it to people. I've met the head of the course if you will, at a few tournaments and hes a really good guy. He and Mike Wulbeker (Spelling?) are really putting in work to bring disc golf to western Iowa.
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Hector Chain
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Experience: 15.9 years 222 played 191 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Impressive Course 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 1, 2009 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Pros: The holes have two tee pads, a "pro" pad and a "rec" pad. Each hole also has two (and sometimes three) pin positions, although only one basket is in use at any given time. The signage, which is some of the best I've seen, shows the distances, various pin positions, pars, and where the next tee is. The course wasn't bad to navigate, and you don't need a map (although there is one near the first hole). The front nine plays through a very nice area of mature trees with some low-hanging branches, so you often will have to throw low and flat. They aren't overly tight, though, with the exception of the 6th hole. The second half is slightly less wooded but has a couple holes (14 and 15) with some great risk/reward where you probably need to thread a small window to get a birdie. Hole 12 is a fun cliff shot. One of the pictures shows this hole, although the picture doesn't do it justice. Since it is a public park, it is well taken care of. There are a couple holes just under 200 feet, but they are all either pretty wooded or uphill. Most of the holes are 225-350 feet, as I recall. This place has some nice elevation. Two other cool holes: The first hole has the basket blocked by a playground ladder, so you have to throw through it or around it. Cool idea. And the 6th hole has a short but narrow fairway from the pro pad to the rec pad that requires some precise placement to play the dogleg to the basket.

Cons:

You don't have the park to yourself. There was a Boy Scout gathering near the first hole, but they weren't really in the way. However, I couldn't tee off on #13...because there was a wedding in the fairway! You'll probably have most of the course to yourself, but there is real potential to have other park users in the way on #1, 10, 13, and 14. The course also had more players on it than I expected considering how new it is. That's great that it's already a success, but hopefully it doesn't end up getting crowded. Finally, some of the pro tee pads were just farther back but didn't give a really different look to the hole.

Other Thoughts:

I drove here to check it out from Omaha. It is well worth the drive for a refreshing course. Parks like this are ideal locations for courses, and towns would do well to use some of their park dead space for courses. I'll be back.

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safg
Experience: 4 played 4 reviews
4.50 star(s)

Great, Diverse course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Apr 18, 2009 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Course was changed this spring! One new hole and a much better overall flow to the course. Multiple choices on most holes for both righties and lefties, great variety of distance on the holes as well. Multiple pin locations will keep the course changing and fresh. More than enough trash cans (I counted 9) on the course keeps things clean. Park is extremely well maintained, making it enjoyable to play at any time throughout the discing season.

Cons:

Sometimes there will be other things going on in the park and people will be in the shelters.

Other Thoughts:

Slight water hazard, but it is a shallow creek and discs can easily be retrieved. Well placed branches and vines (on hole 7 especially) give this course character that is tough to beat. Worth the drive for anyone in the area.
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