Recent content by optimalben

4.00 star(s) Real nice Layout: very intuitive. Informative signs. The designer knew what they were doing. Infrastructure: big tee pads with texture, no slipping, tripping. Garbage cans plentiful. Gameplay: this is rare, but I even like the "pace" of this course. E.g., a bunch of narrow "finesse"...

4.00 star(s) Pleasant Surprise Infrastructure. Tee pads are large and have good grip. Garbage cans plentiful. Scenery: I like the climbs and the several holes that invoke the creek. Not very full when I played but I imagine the creek could be quite the hazard. Several very good holes like 9-10, 12, 14...

4.00 star(s) Very Solid Organization: the layout is very intuitive and well measured/signed. A+ on this. Tee pads are new and big; trails are well defined and located. Level of difficulty: the pins were all "back" today, so I played from the shorter tees, and this was a perfect combination of challenge...

4.50 star(s) Classic Course This is a great setting for a frolf course. The drive in from Lafayette is pleasant, but the terrain you cover on the course (and the areas surrounding) is the best I saw all day. Most of the course is through wooded but accessible terrain, with plenty of pleasing and...

3.50 star(s) It's 18 Now I added a half point to my rating, based purely on the quality of the course's art. The statues that are in play on the holes 10/11 are better than any other disc golf course art I've seen! I love the layout of the front 9, involving the hill climbs and descents and the hardwood...

3.50 star(s) Satisfying Plenty of holes where you can let your drive rip. The hilly terrain makes for a nice workout. Intuitive layout and I really enjoyed myself. Would make a great everyday course. All the yardage measures were exaggerated. Made for a challenging first round. The advertised views of...

2.50 star(s) It's Alright They've clearly invested a lot in the course with good tees, maps, organization. The layout is pretty intuitive, and if the creek were full, water would be in play on half of the holes which would be interesting--at least unusual. 1. Short holes. Maybe this reflects my own...

1.50 star(s) Needs Some Work Numerous opportunities to let the driver rip because most of the holes are just out in the open. No signage, i.e., yardage, many tees are not labeled at all (yet?), no diagrams or directions from hole to hole. The pairs of tees are not sufficiently different to really call them...

3.50 star(s) Pleasant Surprise Length: several very long holes that let you try to air it out. There are some "technical" holes on the back 9 through the woods that blend nicely with the open ones. Regular and pro tees that are well-marked and arrows on the pins that direct you to the next tee. I'm counting...

3.50 star(s) Alright: I'm a little salty about this course right now since they've begun charging to play it (and I'm moving away soon and won't get enough value out of a season pass). I played this course plenty back when it was free, though, and I have to concede that, personal animosity aside, it's a nice...

2.50 star(s) This is the first course I ever played (way back in 1999). I liked it then, and I still like it. It was my "home" course up until 2005 when I went off to college, and I still play it when I'm back in town. Having played other courses in WI (and now in other states, too), though, really reminds...

4.00 star(s) It's a Killer In a word: "brutal." I happened to play the course on a 90 degree day last week and did not bring an adequate amount of water (plus was sunburned already from the previous day). But the length of the course combined with the elevation changes made this a real struggle. As a...

4.50 star(s) Epiphanic Very good course, but even more remarkably, it's a great concept! Put a disc golf course on the ranch surrounding your brewery, which just so happens to be in a gorgeous part of the Anderson Valley. I was just going through here for a day on my way to "wine country", so I only had a...

3.50 star(s) I just played this course this summer, and I had a great time; I also closed out with two 2's on 17 and 18 including a near skip ace on 17 where it bounced up and hit the basket. I'm rating it a little lower (from a critic's point of view) compared to how much I enjoyed the course. A couple...

5.00 star(s) Best Yet Outstanding course; if you're in the neighborhood, don't pass up the chance to play this one. I was there about 3 weeks ago, and my round was magnificent. It helped that I "deuced" all of the "signature" holes, including a near ace on 18, which is straight down a cliff, and the...