Yeah but Shawnee was a bomber course. Easily 150 feet longer than Dorr.
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Name the hardest and easiest course you have played
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As a former sponsored pro, I thought you'd enjoy longer more open courses 
biscoe
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To revisit this... this weekend at the Lake Marshall Open we will unveil the Lions in its complete form. 12093 feet Par 72. I expect par to be rated above 1000. Course is currently trending towards the top ranking on this site once it has sufficient reviews. Video should be available within a week or two.
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Easiest - Washbourne Park - https://www.dgcoursereview.com/course.php?id=6709 Hard to call it a course although a great place to increase my ace count to stupid levels.
Easiest that is actually fun to play and averaging 4.4 on Udisc at the moment - Sherwood Pines - https://www.dgcoursereview.com/course.php?id=11961 Really fun 9 holer in Sherwood Forest, first hole is a whopping 82ft and yet it's great fun throughout.
Hardest is probably Quarry Park Black layout - https://www.dgcoursereview.com/course.php?id=2398 - at the moment, plays about 970/980 to par and is more of a mental test than an ability one, it just keeps coming at you with no light relief holes, if you're off your lines you're dropping shots.
I'm in the process of building a wooded course just down the road from Quarry Park with a planned Gold layout that on the original cut was aiming for 1000 rated to par of around 65 but we have lost some land for ecological reasons so it might be a little below this in both par and rating, should still be pretty special!
Easiest that is actually fun to play and averaging 4.4 on Udisc at the moment - Sherwood Pines - https://www.dgcoursereview.com/course.php?id=11961 Really fun 9 holer in Sherwood Forest, first hole is a whopping 82ft and yet it's great fun throughout.
Hardest is probably Quarry Park Black layout - https://www.dgcoursereview.com/course.php?id=2398 - at the moment, plays about 970/980 to par and is more of a mental test than an ability one, it just keeps coming at you with no light relief holes, if you're off your lines you're dropping shots.
I'm in the process of building a wooded course just down the road from Quarry Park with a planned Gold layout that on the original cut was aiming for 1000 rated to par of around 65 but we have lost some land for ecological reasons so it might be a little below this in both par and rating, should still be pretty special!
Easiest I've played is Jackson Hole Mountain Resort (Jackson, WY), mostly because par is set so horribly. It's a Par 61 but feels like a Par 54.
Hardest? Man, I'm probably going to sound like a homer but The Fort (Ogden, UT) is just an absolute beast from the Gold tees. It has changed so much since the Utah Open back in 2019. I am excited to see how the pros play it at Worlds this year.
Hardest? Man, I'm probably going to sound like a homer but The Fort (Ogden, UT) is just an absolute beast from the Gold tees. It has changed so much since the Utah Open back in 2019. I am excited to see how the pros play it at Worlds this year.
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Oooof!
This noodle arm would probably find it challenging to keep my score in double digits.
biscoe
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No one but MPO will ever play the longs in any larger event. 1000 for the "shorts" (10000 feet plus) was roughly 67.
What a great question. From my perspective, it goes like this...
9-hole courses:
The easiest 9-hole I've played is Brielle Park in Brielle, NJ because it's all flat with just a few trees in a tiny neighborhood park.
The toughest 9-hole that I've played is Chimney Rock in Bridgewater, NJ because it has most of the features that one would expect to find in a good 18-hole course crammed into half the size.
18-hole courses:
The easiest 18-hole I've played might be Moore Township DGC in Bath, PA due to the open and largely flat nature of the holes.
The toughest 18-hole course I've played could very well be Iron Hill in Newark, DE. My dad and I will be playing there in about a month for our yearly Fathers' Day visit, and we both expect to play quite badly because we intentionally choose the gold layout!
9-hole courses:
The easiest 9-hole I've played is Brielle Park in Brielle, NJ because it's all flat with just a few trees in a tiny neighborhood park.
The toughest 9-hole that I've played is Chimney Rock in Bridgewater, NJ because it has most of the features that one would expect to find in a good 18-hole course crammed into half the size.
18-hole courses:
The easiest 18-hole I've played might be Moore Township DGC in Bath, PA due to the open and largely flat nature of the holes.
The toughest 18-hole course I've played could very well be Iron Hill in Newark, DE. My dad and I will be playing there in about a month for our yearly Fathers' Day visit, and we both expect to play quite badly because we intentionally choose the gold layout!
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Langley Pond was pretty brutal but in a good way. https://www.dgcoursereview.com/course.php?id=8097
The easiest course is a local church course (for a youth league, in its defense). 5 baskets in a parking lot that average prob 100' each. https://www.dgcoursereview.com/course.php?id=9043
The easiest course is a local church course (for a youth league, in its defense). 5 baskets in a parking lot that average prob 100' each. https://www.dgcoursereview.com/course.php?id=9043
hardest probably gateway in the fort worth area (old layout) in 54 holes 20 bogies a dbl and a triple and not a single birdie. easiest is ash lake 9. handicap accessible all short mostly open or possibly tommy and sue brown in dfw. 6 very short holes
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Hardest - Either IDGC Jackson or Hornets' Nest. Slightly different challenges.
Easiest - Northwestern Middle School in Milton, GA. 6 wide open, short holes. Easiest public park course would be either Victory Street Park in Aberdeen, MD, or Maple Creek Park in Dacula, GA. Both excellently done beginner courses.
Easiest - Northwestern Middle School in Milton, GA. 6 wide open, short holes. Easiest public park course would be either Victory Street Park in Aberdeen, MD, or Maple Creek Park in Dacula, GA. Both excellently done beginner courses.
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Easiest:
Pick any random elementary school course on my played list
Hardest:
Idlewild. I left that course physically and mentally exhausted... in a good way
Pick any random elementary school course on my played list
Hardest:
Idlewild. I left that course physically and mentally exhausted... in a good way
Black Bear DGC in Shawnee SP (OH) may have crept into my top hardest spot. More for the physical beatdown than the tight fairways.
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hardest were definitely the old Ozark Mountain courses
easiest was probably Mullen DGC in BFE Nebraska
easiest was probably Mullen DGC in BFE Nebraska
Hardest would probably be Nevin NC. It's the most frustrated I have ever been on a course.
Honorable mentions - The Bear WI, Iron Hill DE and Nockamixon PA.
Still amusingly remember reading the score card at Maple Hill. It was something like Red=easy, Blue=challenging, Gold=good luck! That said, Maple Hill is not a brutal course. Just thought the card was funny.
The course I lost the most plastic on was Selah Ranch. Between the two courses, I lost 5 discs in one day. No joke. All in the drink. Couldn't help myself. Packed a bag of back up discs so perhaps I asked for it.
Easiest. Right here in town. Balgriffin. Can't say I have played too many easy courses outside of Columbus. No point.
Honorable mentions - The Bear WI, Iron Hill DE and Nockamixon PA.
Still amusingly remember reading the score card at Maple Hill. It was something like Red=easy, Blue=challenging, Gold=good luck! That said, Maple Hill is not a brutal course. Just thought the card was funny.
The course I lost the most plastic on was Selah Ranch. Between the two courses, I lost 5 discs in one day. No joke. All in the drink. Couldn't help myself. Packed a bag of back up discs so perhaps I asked for it.
Easiest. Right here in town. Balgriffin. Can't say I have played too many easy courses outside of Columbus. No point.
I lost a couple the day I played there lol
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Easiest so far would be I guess any of the local 9 holes.
Hardest course I've played so far is Yulga in Steven's Point Wisconsin mostly because it seemed like every single tree was a magnet for my disc. Lots o' trees but extremely fun park that's also pretty technical. I've played Sandy Point but even that course wasn't so bad and not anywhere near a pro player.
Hardest course I've played so far is Yulga in Steven's Point Wisconsin mostly because it seemed like every single tree was a magnet for my disc. Lots o' trees but extremely fun park that's also pretty technical. I've played Sandy Point but even that course wasn't so bad and not anywhere near a pro player.
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Hardest: tie. Yeah, lame. I can't do it tho.
Between Whistler's Bend in the middle of a downpour and The Fort when the outside temp was 15° F. This was when I really learned about disc golf. I finished the round at Whistler's Bend in great spirits, bloodied but unbowed. The round at the Fort, was around last new years day, I finished but it was like McBeth at Ledgestone. Checked out and headed for the car at about hole 13 or so.
Easiest: Ken Caryl 9-hole.
Between Whistler's Bend in the middle of a downpour and The Fort when the outside temp was 15° F. This was when I really learned about disc golf. I finished the round at Whistler's Bend in great spirits, bloodied but unbowed. The round at the Fort, was around last new years day, I finished but it was like McBeth at Ledgestone. Checked out and headed for the car at about hole 13 or so.
Easiest: Ken Caryl 9-hole.
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