Billy K2
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What is your favorite terrain to play on?
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Ideal Terrain for Disc Golf
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BirdieMachine
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Moderately Hilly and Lightly Wooded. I really enjoy Big Oak trees with lush wide open mowed grass. It gives lots of shot options while never losing any discs. That said I enjoy all types.
^same. ideal vs favorite though will get some varied answers depending if they read the title or OP.
I am not sure others would agree those are the ideal conditions
I am not sure others would agree those are the ideal conditions
I like elevation, and I like a mix of different levels of foliage. I love tight technical holes and I think that when you mix in holes that are moderately wooded you get better variety. I voted very hilly moderately wooded.
Yeah I am thinking my new favorite course is White Cedar- Mont Du Lac in Superior... such a fun @$$ kicking up and down/through the woods and the good shots are just that much more rewarding! Photos need updating on the course page but sick one from user LaramieCarlson via instragram of the new hole 1
http://instagram.com/p/fmg_RsiO9W/#
http://instagram.com/p/fmg_RsiO9W/#
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BirdieMachine
Michael Moore Fan Club President
Mont Du Lac is very nice and very fun. Only wish the teeboxes were better. They were really in sad shape. Eagles Peak also had very tough navigation as a first timer. Not a course I would want to play as my home course but was a great experience.
toothyfish
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Moderate hill, moderate woods. The variety of up, down, flat, left, right, technical, open, etc. has you throwing a variety of discs and shots. Keeps it from getting boring.
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You asked what's the ideal terrain is... IMO, the more variety, the better, so...
terrain that provides the most variety is best. That property would allow you to use elevation in several ways:
1) A few holes with BIG uphills and downhill tee shots and upshots to the green, not just 10 ft elevation change, but something that really makes you suck wind getting up there.
2) Moderately rolling terrain on a couple of fairways.
3) Some pins on small hills, slopes, and near drop offs for rollaway risk/reward
4) A couple of flat fairways, maybe even some that play flat, but drop off parallel to the fairway, so elevation may be a factor.
5) plays across gullies, and over rises to a blind pin placement.
A couple densely wooded, a couple of long open holes with just a few well placed trees to remove a line or guard the pin, some lightly wooded and some moderately wooded.
If you have a piece of property like that, CALL JOHN HOUCK IMMEDIATELY!
^ since this wasn't one of the poll options, I selected Very Hilly, Moderately Wooded.
Edit: just realized, I described Flip City.
terrain that provides the most variety is best. That property would allow you to use elevation in several ways:
1) A few holes with BIG uphills and downhill tee shots and upshots to the green, not just 10 ft elevation change, but something that really makes you suck wind getting up there.
2) Moderately rolling terrain on a couple of fairways.
3) Some pins on small hills, slopes, and near drop offs for rollaway risk/reward
4) A couple of flat fairways, maybe even some that play flat, but drop off parallel to the fairway, so elevation may be a factor.
5) plays across gullies, and over rises to a blind pin placement.
A couple densely wooded, a couple of long open holes with just a few well placed trees to remove a line or guard the pin, some lightly wooded and some moderately wooded.
If you have a piece of property like that, CALL JOHN HOUCK IMMEDIATELY!
^ since this wasn't one of the poll options, I selected Very Hilly, Moderately Wooded.
Edit: just realized, I described Flip City.
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Ideal terrain should have a range of woodedness---some dense woods, some fairly open woods, and some open areas.
An interesting take on this question is to reverse-engineer it. Think of the top-rated courses, or your personal top-5 or 10, and whether they share the same type terrain.
tom12003
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Looks like a course needs to be hilly, wooded, with a few bombing holes. If thats your thoughts, try RL Smith in Charlotte (http://www.dgcoursereview.com/course.php?id=4583).
How 'bout water?
Having once been part of a search to buy land to build a disc golf course, the features we sought were (1) hills, the bigger the better, (2) both open and wooded areas, and (3) water, either creeks or a pond.
Having once been part of a search to buy land to build a disc golf course, the features we sought were (1) hills, the bigger the better, (2) both open and wooded areas, and (3) water, either creeks or a pond.
I voted it doesn't matter... which really isn't true. But I do have favorite courses that are mostly open and favorite courses that are densely wooded. Most of my favorites, though, do include moderate or more elevation change.
Edit: Of the actual choices available, I'd probably go with moderately hilly and heavily wooded or very hilly and heavily wooded. Although I would like a couple bomber holes mixed in, even if I can't really bomb.
Edit: Of the actual choices available, I'd probably go with moderately hilly and heavily wooded or very hilly and heavily wooded. Although I would like a couple bomber holes mixed in, even if I can't really bomb.
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Same here David. We got all three at the new house.
I opted for the creek over ponds. Muskrats tore up my pond ever year at the old place.
I love a good wooded hole, but I don't like them so wooded I feel like I can't ever open up during a round and just rip one without having to worry about hitting an 8' gap.
I think Oak Ledges in Massillon Ohio has the ideal amount of trees and elevation in play, it just needs a couple longer holes along the lines of 14, 16 and 1. It has nicely defined fairways, thinned out rough, elevation in play every hole, and tons of trees, but the fairways are all very reasonable and usually offer at least two good routes to the pin. It could use a few par 4's with the same characteristics though.
Very hilly and moderately wooded gets my vote.
I think Oak Ledges in Massillon Ohio has the ideal amount of trees and elevation in play, it just needs a couple longer holes along the lines of 14, 16 and 1. It has nicely defined fairways, thinned out rough, elevation in play every hole, and tons of trees, but the fairways are all very reasonable and usually offer at least two good routes to the pin. It could use a few par 4's with the same characteristics though.
Very hilly and moderately wooded gets my vote.
I think, Mike, that my love for the woods may partly stem from the fact that I can't throw a Quasar 500'.
