Manhattan, KS

Tuttle Creek SP - River Pond

3.315(based on 13 reviews)
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themcmc87
Experience: 7 years 29 played 12 reviews
4.50 star(s)

My favorite of many great courses in MHK 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Dec 10, 2017 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Personally my favorite course in Manhattan KS, which has some really great courses.
I feel like the layout is really intuitive, each tee-pad is not far from the last basket. Perhaps there could be some better signage, but with any kind of course map, I see no way for anyone to get lost here.
This course is also just set on some beautiful property. Tuttle Creek is a nice little campground and the disc golf course weaves its way around to produce a great 2.5ish mile walk through the grounds.
Good use of the land - the creek becomes an obstacle on a few different holes. Excellent use of the existing trees.
Great variety of shots both in terms of distance and layout.
Advanced players with really big arms should have the ability to birdie most holes on a good day, but there are plenty of obstacles to get in the way. I could see the top level advanced players thinking this course easy, but fun. For beginner and intermediate players this is medium difficulty course.
The course is well-maintained, and there's not a lot of places for you to lose your disc *IF* you avoid the water (see below in cons). No really nasty brush to deal with, unless you go crazy OB into the long grass on 4 and 5.
Bathrooms available right when you start.
Plenty of parking.
The course drops you off right where you begin, which is great for parking.

Cons:

The biggest con for this course is always the wind. If I see my weather app tell me there will be 15+ MPH of wind I tend to just head to other area courses instead, because 15MPH of wind feels like 45 when it's whipping over the dam and forcing itself down into the little valley where this course lies.
Plenty of opportunities for missing discs due to water. Hole 13 plays over the lake, and when the trees have leaves it's a pretty tricky shot to make it over. You can always play from the alternate teepad for that hole, but it's much longer and more annoying.

Other Thoughts:

If you live in Kansas, you should get the KS states parks pass, which prevents you from having to pay the 5$ each time here. I have never actually seen anyone out enforcing the 5$ charge when the front entrance isn't manned, but am told they will ask you for it if you are parked there without the pass.
The basket that most people use as a practice basket is actually hole 18's basket. You can see across the road near the campers there is a little practice basket for real, but I've never seen anyone use it.
This course is a great course for players of all skill levels, in a really safe, beautiful, well-maintained park.
Also, shout out to the camp steward lady who helped me walk the fairway around hole 18 looking for my missing cell phone. You da' real MVP.
Takes me about an hour and a half to play the course.
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