baileyt1212
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Got a bit of a lay-over at Sky-harbour; 7-8 Hours. What's the best course to hit up in this time.
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Phoenix DG Courses
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grube.fresh
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grass courses or desert? We have both. i would play papago with the time avail. directions are hard to follo0w as the course hard to find. pm me i can lead you or direct u as needed.
I would agree. It really gives you a feel for the land that Phoenix has to offer. They added 9 more holes there so that would help. Fountain Hillls is a bit outside of Phoenix area, buut also nice in it's own way.
If you find your layover not to be as long as you thought, Moeur Park (aka Papago Park) is REALLY close to the airport. It's not a great play, but it's not turrble either.
Papago is good, (a bit hard to follow, especially on the back, unless that has been fixed), but I enjoyed this course more than buffalo ridge - a bit more variety in technical shots with some OB thrown in, while buffalo has lots of open airspace and elevation.
The Hammer
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Vista and Papago are both pretty close to the airport. Vista is better IMO. 7-8 hours would give you plenty of time to travel to and play both.
baileyt1212
Eagle Member
Thanks guys. I think that 8 hours will be enough to hit up anything in the area so I review the one that you've mentioned.
baileyt1212
Eagle Member
Does Fountain Hills have disc sales on/near it?
dheathx
Par Member
Negative
baileyt1212
Eagle Member
How about any of the other courses?
hangwind
Eagle Member
Scottsdale does, hit "Spinners On the Green" on the way out to the Fountain. The 12th tee of "Vista del Camino" is a short walk away. We jump in there. Sky Harbour to Spinners, 20 mins, 30 mins in the store, two hours to play Vista. 45 mins to Fountain Hills, 2 hours to play there, an hour back to Sky Harbour. Well within 8 hours, played 2 great courses and went shopping at a awesome disc golf store.
That's how I would do it.
That's how I would do it.
baileyt1212
Eagle Member
Sweet, thanks. I have to save some time for my wife to do some shopping but it still might be do-able.
Sunday Mike
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Those are two nice courses, but you can play park courses in any state. If you are in Arizona you should play at least one desert course...a course you can't get anywhere else....Buffalo Ridge is the ticket!!!
hangwind
Eagle Member
Even though I enjoy park courses, and the Fountain and Vista are good courses, I would have to agree with Sunday Mike. If it is an "Arizona Experience" you want, you might want to play a desert course as he says however we are talking ROCKS and cacti, bushes, dirt and dust. Much more like what this area looks like than say lush green grass and (sic) water.
ManU
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as a Canuck who was in the area recently and having played Vista and Buffalo my vote would go to Buffalo
I didn't get to Mouer Park (sp? Papago)...I had time but based on the reviews although I was very interested in the front the lack of clarity on the back put me off
Vista is a nice course but a little flat and boring...other than the small water risk
Buffalo had elevation change, a fair amount of shrubbery to deal with
I found Buffalo to be a more challenging and interesting course
I didn't get to Mouer Park (sp? Papago)...I had time but based on the reviews although I was very interested in the front the lack of clarity on the back put me off
Vista is a nice course but a little flat and boring...other than the small water risk
Buffalo had elevation change, a fair amount of shrubbery to deal with
I found Buffalo to be a more challenging and interesting course
rj29274
Double Eagle Member
DONT PHX, FLG! - phx courses are very very average, why do you think the phoenicians constantly come up to play in flagstaff. . . cottonwood isnt too bad if you have some time to travel
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