Considering all the love here for Lake Stevens baskets, the irony of the hate for Hornings baskets doesn't escape me.
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They're more or less the same size as a regular basket. Only if you're close enough to reach around or over you could drop it in on some of them for sure. The course is pretty short and heavily wooded so these baskets make what would be a pretty easy course much more interesting.
I am completely aware of the intentional design. However, to be within 6 ft. of the basket on your drive and yet have no chance to birdie doesn't really make for fun nor fair golf..
They're not annoying, they're "unique" ��
Its plenty fair. You just have to place more emphasis on where your approach shots land. There are plenty of holes out there where a tree makes you place an approach shot on a particular side of the basket. These are no different.
Funny thing about those Lake Stevens baskets. Traveling players and others playing there for the first time hate them. The locals absolutely love 'em. I believe they've had plenty of opportunities to swap them out with conventional baskets but they just don't want to, they like them just as they are. I don't know of another course that has these, so they do have a unique one-of-a-kind thing going, far as I know.
The basket in the pic is just one of the different variations. Many of them have completely different chain configurations, so you really need to know what side of the basket to land your shot. If you land on the wrong side, you could be 3 feet away and have no possible way to make the putt.
I thought the baskets were fun, but they weren't all in the greatest shape (this was a couple few years ago). Some had super tight chains, etc.
Cool concept though. I liked them plenty. I was far more underwhelmed with the horrid navigation at the course.
I think those would be fun to play on. They're unique, that's for sure. Even on, actually especially on, a road trip. It's like the cones in Minneapolis, they catch worth a crap, but boy were they fun to play a round on. You're putting better be on point for the cones. These your upshot needs to be placed just right.
This thread has basically digressed into a cool/ unique baskets thread.
I just had to scroll up to the top to see what thread I was in. Seriously. :doh:<3
I've seen that red one before, but don't remember the other two. I wonder if they are included in one of the "unique basket" threads. A thread like that should get bumped for nostalgias sake. A lot of people probably haven't seen some of those baskets! :thmbup:
You can also travel 30 minutes north of Lake Stevens and play on these! J/K, I'm not really sure if these are played anymore, but they're cool old baskets that they've left in place at least for nostalgia's sake.
https://www.dgcoursereview.com/course.php?id=2427.