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Eau Claire, WI

Tower Ridge Park - II

3.435(based on 15 reviews)
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wolfhaley
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Experience: 20.1 years 1009 played 580 reviews
3.50 star(s)

2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 23, 2014 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

This course along with Tower Ridge I is set throughout cross country ski trails. This course is pretty much completely flat. Trees are your main obstacle on this one. The baskets are Discatchers that are in pretty decent shape and catch ok. These are nice and easy to see too. The tee signs are pretty nice. They show a basic hole layout, pars, pin locations and distances. These are on the long tees. The short pins just have the hole # and distances to the two different pins. There are two sets of tees on almost all holes. The only ones that don't I believe are15, 16, and 17. The longs are nice level flared concrete pads and the shorts are just carpet or natural. There's a great mix of left, right and straight shots here. This course is not as long as Tower Ridge I and has a number of ace and birdie opportunities. The course is very easy to navigate. There are concrete blocks imbedded in the ground near each basket showing the direction to the next tee which is awesome. It's pretty easy to follow anyhow though. This course can connect to the other course after hole 8 and can be played as a 36 hole loop or just the two separate 18's. The course is always well taken care off and pretty clean for the most part. The rough off the fairways isn't too thick so finding an errant shot isn't too difficult which is always a plus. This is also usually not a very crowded course and is a very quiet and peaceful place to play at. There's restrooms and water available at the ski chalet as well.

Cons:

Just like Tower Ridge I, the short carpet tees are ridiculous. It'd be better off just having dirt or gravel. Hopefully they do something about this. The bugs can be pretty bad. Bug spray works for the mosquitoes but the gnats and flies are still insane. Not much they can do about this but worth mentioning. The course has a $3 per day parking pass required. This is well worth it though for the caliber of golf you get. The course is only open from April 1st to November 1st. This is because of the cross country ski trails, so nothing they can do about it.

Other Thoughts:

Out of the two courses onsite, this is the easier of them. Both courses are very fun though and make for an excellent day of disc golf. I'd recommend coming out here and playing around or two. There's not much else too close by that's that great anyway so if you're in the area this is the place to play for sure.
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deafdgolfer
Experience: 125 played 4 reviews
3.50 star(s)

2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Oct 13, 2013 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

-several hidden baskets, and some of those further pins are made for challenging shots
-mixed fairways,some of those baskets may be left, straight and right sided
-Fun to play

Cons:

-flat
--trash laying around the tee pads, very few trash bins
(thank goodness that it is not everywhere and its all at the tee pads)

Other Thoughts:

signature holes (Pro tee to longest pin)
Hole 1
Hole 10
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SleekrBeekr
Experience: 15 years 63 played 22 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Tower Ridge II 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Apr 5, 2012 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

18-hole layout.
Concrete tees on all holes and multiple pin locations on most.
Maps by the tees and markers by the holes showing which way to next tee.
Excellent mix of short and long holes, all played through the woods.
Yellow rimmed baskets are easy to spot.
Practice basket available.
Bathrooms and water available in the ski chalet.
Horse and walking trails run close to the course, offering a nice variety of activities.
Great course for beginners wanting to throw in the woods as well as experienced players wanting to work on accuracy through the tight fairways.

Cons:

Not very many elevation changes on the entire course (which is actually a nice break from the hills on Tower Ridge I).
A lot of logs and dead brush in the woods on some of the holes. This is from the initial creation of the course, as well as the continued maintenance and upgrades. For the most part all the 'debris' is a decent ways off the fairway, but it still can be an issue.
Pay to play - $3/day - $25/season.

Other Thoughts:

I'm a local and I play this and Tower I as much as possible. This course is a lot of fun, and slightly easier than Tower I. The lack of elevation makes for quicker rounds as well. The maintenance is pretty good on this course, and the guys that take care of it are always trying to find ways to make it more fun and more challenging. There is a spot about half-way through where the two courses intersect and can be played as one continuous 36-hole loop.
This course has a high replay value, especially with the two courses being right next to each other.
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pvilleDiscgolfer
Experience: 17.1 years 24 played 8 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Number 2 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 18, 2009 Played the course:once

Pros:

-Fairly new
-Beautiful facility with snacks, AC, and bathrooms for the ladies and an amazing view around back
-Yellow band around baskets makes them easily located.

Cons:

Explodedmike was right on.
The maps look like they were cut out of a printout and not reorientated for the individual holes. Very misleading but not the end of the world.

Other Thoughts:

Nice break after doing the first course but lovely. I wouldn't drive past it.
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Explodedmike
Experience: 15.9 years 24 played 4 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Dittos to CwAlbino 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 12, 2009 Played the course:once

Pros:

See CwAlbino's reviews

Additional pros:
- Clear underbrush makes finding discs easy
- Fairly linear play keeping newbies from getting lost

Cons:

See CwAlbino's post

Additional cons:
- In addition to the lack in upkeep, the signs and maps are confusing and misleading. Each hole has a small map at the tee pad, but many times the drawing was VERY misleading. More than once everyone took a mulligan because we shot to a clearing that seemed to be indicated by the drawing only to discover the pin was located in an entirely different clearing. Perhaps this was due to alternate pin locations.
- The maps were all oriented very awkwardly. It looked like someone took an overall course map and simply cropped out the individual hole without reorienting it so on holes that shoot south appear (by conventions of disc golf cartography) to shoot off of the back of the tee.


** Please note that my biggest gripe is with the maps on the tee boxes. This course freaking ROCKED!! **

Other Thoughts:

Excellent course. I went with CwAlbino and would like to second everything he said about the course. It's a lot of fun. It's definitely worth taking a day to go play it. :eek:)
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CwAlbino
Bronze level trusted reviewer
Experience: 24 years 76 played 23 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Well Upkept 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 12, 2009 Played the course:once

Pros:

This course is the second of the Tower ridge courses and In my opinion takes more skillful shots than One. This course has nice cement pads and the directions are great, unlike tower ridge one (tower ridge old, Two is tower ridge new). The course itself had a great mix of lefty and righty shots, tight fairways, and minor elevation changes.

Cons:

After doing tower ridge one, you really realize how much this course is lacking elevation changes, and neither course has any water hazards. Not really a whole lot of cons on this course, but I can see it as becoming slightly repetitive. The upkeep in places is getting to be bad, and the maps on the teesigns can be confusing, however the upkeep is FAR better than tower ridge one.

Other Thoughts:

My review of TR-I has a little bit of info on this one as well.

The bathroom are better at the start of TR-II at the welcome center, with lights and running water.
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