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Whistler's Bend reviews
6
2
porchmike
Experience:
21.3 years
34 played
19 reviews
new whistler's 2+ years
Reviewed:
Updated:
Played on:Mar 11, 2017
Played the course:2-4 times
Pros:
i did a long review of the original course, which has always been a favorite of mine- secluded, usually uncrowded, super scenic, a great campground with full bathroom facilities, hot/cold water, showers, and with mostly great disc golf holes. it has recently been expanded to 27 holes, and some of the first few original holes (2,3,4 i think?) have been moved for an expansion of the RV camping area.
Cons:
the new layout is absolutely ridiculous. i doubt the designers will find any fans of the navigation to all the new holes, since it's about a hole's walk to get to each new hole(except 24-to-25, 25-26) and many times you're backtracking or going some other such totally non-intuitive direction. barely any signage, despite very nice concrete teepads for all 27 holes. the original course involved some walking to get to some of the holes, but it made way more sense in general.
to be fair, almost all the new holes are great holes, except 25. and 19. and 27 is the old 18, which just isn't a very good looking hole or a good way to finish a good course. and it's another ridiculous walk there from 26. if you've never played here, you'll be doing a lot of adventuring to find all the new holes. if you've played the old layout, you'll at least have an idea where to look for the new holes, but the new layout will leave you wondering, like, "what?" helpful hint- #1 is in the same place, behind the kiosk in the parking area at the group campground, then to get to new # 2 from #1's pin, look backwards over your right shoulder, turn your body to that direction and walk diagonally left and up into the woods on the path about 300-ish feet to get to hole 2, then do another 180 and throw back in the direction you walked from. kind of a good primer for the navigation to the rest of the new holes. to describe the navigation to just the rest of the new holes would require writing a novel, so no thanks. suffice it to say that it will be much easier on your constitution to play here for the first time with someone who's familiar with the course.
i'm still gonna come here every time i pass through and camp and throw my arm off, but the new layout is bizarre.
to be fair, almost all the new holes are great holes, except 25. and 19. and 27 is the old 18, which just isn't a very good looking hole or a good way to finish a good course. and it's another ridiculous walk there from 26. if you've never played here, you'll be doing a lot of adventuring to find all the new holes. if you've played the old layout, you'll at least have an idea where to look for the new holes, but the new layout will leave you wondering, like, "what?" helpful hint- #1 is in the same place, behind the kiosk in the parking area at the group campground, then to get to new # 2 from #1's pin, look backwards over your right shoulder, turn your body to that direction and walk diagonally left and up into the woods on the path about 300-ish feet to get to hole 2, then do another 180 and throw back in the direction you walked from. kind of a good primer for the navigation to the rest of the new holes. to describe the navigation to just the rest of the new holes would require writing a novel, so no thanks. suffice it to say that it will be much easier on your constitution to play here for the first time with someone who's familiar with the course.
i'm still gonna come here every time i pass through and camp and throw my arm off, but the new layout is bizarre.
