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Best course names?
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simpletwist
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Locally I like Shore Winds at Lakeside Beach SP. Several holes on both the White & Blue courses are along the wind swept shores of Lake Ontario.
Then there is Shadow of the Hawk, Hawk's Landing, and coming soon, The Hawk. All of these courses are the private labor of love of Doug and Mary Opiela. So named for the hawk(s) that like to perch on basket 15.
And finally the Angry Apple at Darien Lake SP. The course is so named for a very old Apple orchard the course was designed around. This is particularly evident on hole 9.
Then there is Shadow of the Hawk, Hawk's Landing, and coming soon, The Hawk. All of these courses are the private labor of love of Doug and Mary Opiela. So named for the hawk(s) that like to perch on basket 15.
And finally the Angry Apple at Darien Lake SP. The course is so named for a very old Apple orchard the course was designed around. This is particularly evident on hole 9.
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You gotta love the way the folks in Ludington name their courses:
Beauty
Beast
Goliath
Leviathan
Labyrinth
The Edge
Cool yet descriptive. Names that get your juices flowing and give you an idea what to expect.
Never hurts to have a solid course behind the name.
Beauty
Beast
Goliath
Leviathan
Labyrinth
The Edge
Cool yet descriptive. Names that get your juices flowing and give you an idea what to expect.
Never hurts to have a solid course behind the name.
Spinthrift
Eagle Member
Nevin Nightmare.
(As will be seen at Charlotte Masters Championship next weekend)
Plantation Ruins at Winget.
(Foundation, chimney ruins of plantation house and parts of outbuildings visible along parts of deeply wooded course.)
(As will be seen at Charlotte Masters Championship next weekend)
Plantation Ruins at Winget.
(Foundation, chimney ruins of plantation house and parts of outbuildings visible along parts of deeply wooded course.)
Burritotoes
Birdie Member
I once played a course in florida simply because of the name, ChainDragon.
The course is a 3, but the name is a 5.
The course is a 3, but the name is a 5.
Burritotoes
Birdie Member
I've always been fond of the Hippodrome name also. It's just fun to say.
CaptainAnhyzer
* Ace Member *
Hyzer Creek............... the waterway comes into play on 7 holes.
Cgkdisc
.:Hall of Fame Member:.
Blueberry Hill
Okoboji Gold
Orange Crush
One trend is to name the course separate from the name of the Park to give the course a unique identity. One of my new ones like that is Squaw Creek Gold at Fairfield Park opening late spring. The Highbridge courses all have a color in their names, and at least initially, had baskets of that color:
Granite Ridge
Highbridge Gold
Woodland Greens
The Bear
Chestnut Grove
Whitetail Trails
Blueberry Hill
Okoboji Gold
Orange Crush
One trend is to name the course separate from the name of the Park to give the course a unique identity. One of my new ones like that is Squaw Creek Gold at Fairfield Park opening late spring. The Highbridge courses all have a color in their names, and at least initially, had baskets of that color:
Granite Ridge
Highbridge Gold
Woodland Greens
The Bear
Chestnut Grove
Whitetail Trails
Blueberry Hill
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^ always thought the Highbridge courses had cool names.
Hard to tell if The Toboggan is a cool a name or not, but it certainly is descriptive.
Holes 1 and 18 literally play down one side and up the other of what really is a toboggan run.
Hard to tell if The Toboggan is a cool a name or not, but it certainly is descriptive.
Holes 1 and 18 literally play down one side and up the other of what really is a toboggan run.
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sugarnot
Eagle Member
Interesting, we have one here called The Bear at Compass Lake :thmbup:
Cgkdisc
.:Hall of Fame Member:.
I saw that. The Bear at Highbridge was named in 2005 but it took around 7-8 years before they finished it. The intended color at Highbridge was black. I see the tee signs for the Florida course has a brown bear.
My home course is called Bird's Ruins. I'm not sure how cool it is, but it's unique.
fritothedog
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Valley View Park is a good one in MKE. From hole one tee box you overlook the valley that most the course plays in. I like Chandler Park in Tulsa, the second course they installed there is called Moose Run. I have no idea where the name came from because there are no moose in OK. Also in Tulsa at Mohawk Park is Red Hawk and Black Hawk. I always thought those were good names.
I do like the idea giving the course itself a different name than the park it is in to let the course have its own identity. Some do work, like Boomer Lake Park (although the lake doesn't come into play as much as the name would suggest) and Hoyt Grove Park in Stillwater, OK.
I do like the idea giving the course itself a different name than the park it is in to let the course have its own identity. Some do work, like Boomer Lake Park (although the lake doesn't come into play as much as the name would suggest) and Hoyt Grove Park in Stillwater, OK.
HeavyCritters
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The Hammer
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I always thought Flyboy, and Birds of Paradise were cool names.
John Rock
Double Eagle Member
In the early days of DG here I had several tree/object courses laid out in different areas of town. The one at Amarillo College, Hamlet School Park, West Hills Park, Sam Houston Park, San Jacinto Park, and Thompson Park. Whenever I would try to get someone to go play I would usually just say I was going to Ac, Hamlet, West Hills, Sam Houston, San Jacinto, or "The Creek". That's how Thompson Park came to be known as The Disc Creek DGC. When the creek level is up, it will swallow and hide discs that go in the water.
Flip City.
