Top Courses of 2017!

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Happy new year everyone!

As always, I put together a top courses list for the past year. There's an overall list which takes into account every review a course has and then a "2017 Only" list which only counts reviews written in the past year.

Enjoy!

https://www.dgcoursereview.com/topcourses

 

[DiscGolfCraig]

Thanks Tim! Love seeing so many new courses in the list.

 

[BogeyNoMore]

Thanks Tim!

Just got back from a trip that took me to 3 of the overall top 20; Hobbs, Harmon, & Langley are all superb. Courses like those are the reason I take roadies.

 

[Quinum]

Very interesting. Thank you!

 

[wellsbranch250]

Top 50 according to trusted reviewers (TR). Minimum 5 Reviews.
* denotes course not in regular top 50

1. 4.94 (MO) Harmony bends (8)
2. 4.94 (TX) Selah Ranch – Lakeside (17)
3. 4.86 (MI) Flip City DGP (57)
4. 4.85 (MA) Maple Hill (30)
5. 4.83 (KY) Idlewild (70)
6. 4.82 (WI) Highbridge Hills - Blueberry Hill (19)
7. 4.78 (CO) Bucksnort (9)
8. 4.71 (WI) Rollin Ridge (21)
9. 4.70 (TN) Harmon Hills (25)
10. 4.70 (WI) Highbridge Hills - Highbridge Gold (15)
11. 4.68 (VA) Hawk Hollow (14)
12. 4.67 (LA) Lake Claiborne SP – Whitetail (6)
13. 4.67 (PA) Tyler State Park – East (6)
14. 4.66 (PA) Moraine State Park (31)
15. 4.66 (PA) Deer Lakes Park (28)
16. 4.66 (WI) Highbridge Hills - Granite Ridge (15)
17. 4.64 (WI) Justin Trails – Big Brother DGC (7)
18. 4.63 (CO) Beaver Ranch (31)
19. 4.63 (IL) Fairfield Park (16)
20. *4.62 (WV) Whippin' Post (17)
21. 4.61 (TX) Selah Ranch – Creekside (19)
22. 4.61 (GA) Hobbs Farm Park (9)
23. 4.60 (MN) Blue Ribbon Pines (19)
24. 4.60 (SC) Langley Pond DGP (5)
25. 4.59 (IA) Wildcat Bluff (11)
26. 4.58 (OR) Riverbend DGC (24)
27. *4.58 (UT) Solitude Mountain Resort (6)
28. *4.55 (CA) Coyote Point DGC @ Lake Caditas (21)
29. 4.54 (OR) Horning's Hideout – Meadow Ridge (14)
30. 4.54 (CA) Sky High DGC (12)
31. *4.53 (GA) IDGC WR Jackson Memorial DGC (31)
32. *4.52 (PA) Nockamixon State Park (22)
33. 4.50 (MN) VisionQuest (5)
34. 4.50 (CO) Phantom Falls (18)
35. 4.50 (NY) Brakewell Stell – Warwick Park (19)
36. *4.50 (IA) West Lake Park (15)
37. *4.50 (MO) Ozark Mountain (6)
38. *4.50 (NM) Grindstone Park (5)
39. 4.47 (MO) Water Works Park (33)
40. *4.47 (SC) Stoney Hill (18)
41. 4.46 (KY) Lincoln Ridge Park (46)
42. *4.46 (GA) IDGC Steady Ed Headrick Memorial DGC (38)
43. 4.44 (OK) The Lodge – Island Course (8)
44. 4.44 (NC) Rolling Pines DGC (8)
45. 4.43 (WI) Zobel Park (7)
46. *4.43 (TX) Circle C Metro Park @ Slaughter Creek (21)
47. 4.42 (ME) Sabattus Disc Golf – Eagle (6)
48. 4.42 (NC) Ashe County Park (19)
49. 4.42 (MO) Branson Cedars Resort Treehouz DGC (6)
50. *4.42 (GA) North Georgia Canopy Tours (12)
51. *4.42 (OK) The Lodge – Moccasin Creek (6)
52. 4.40 (TX) Shawshank (15)
53. *4.39 (AL) Inverness Disc Golf Park (9)
54. *4.38 (CA) DeLaveaga Park (29)
55. *4.38 (NY) Parma DGC (13)
56. *4.37 (CA) Stafford Lake County Park (26)
57. 4.35 (IL) Foundation Park DG Complex – Champ 18 (21)
58. *4.35 (MI) Leviathan (15)
59. *4.34 (TN) Bud Hill – Original (16)
60. *4.33 (WV) The Woodshed (18)

Top 50 courses not in (TR) top 50 include
Shawshank, Foundation Park DG Complex, Black Falls DGC, Bryant Lake Park, The Canyons, Bailey DGC, Camden Park – II, Smugglers Notch – Brewster Ridge.

Also these four courses didn't have 5 TR reviews.
Muddy Run, Spearfish Canyon, Base Camp Adventure Ledge DGC, Mont du Lac – White Cedar.

 

[biscoe]

whole lot of HH's...
Highbridge Hills
Harmon Hills
Hawk Hollow
Horning's Hideout...

anomaly

 

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The guys in the local club over at Harmony Bends were pretty psyched to be #1 in 2017. They suggested coming up with a trophy of some sort to display at the course. I hadn't done it before but it seemed like a fun idea so why not? They put me in touch with fallingputt.com which was nice enough to donate the trophy. I came up with a design and I just received this pic of the end result.

 

[blazerico]

46/50 East of the continental divide. Finally it's better to live in the East!

 

[BogeyNoMore]

The guys in the local club over at Harmony Bends were pretty psyched to be #1 in 2017. They suggested coming up with a trophy of some sort to display at the course. I hadn't done it before but it seemed like a fun idea so why not? They put me in touch with fallingputt.com which was nice enough to donate the trophy. I came up with a design and I just received this pic of the end result.

Very cool! That course is spectacular in pretty much every way, and quite deserving IMO. I assume they'll mount it on the pavilion by the parking lot, near the 1st hole.

 

[thrembo]

Played two of them in 2017. Hobbs and The Canyons in IL. Both certainly worthy to be on the list. Should be able to get at least two of them in 2018 although the list will certainly change by then. It is a great time to be a disc golfer.

 

[DavidSauls]

The guys in the local club over at Harmony Bends were pretty psyched to be #1 in 2017. They suggested coming up with a trophy of some sort to display at the course. I hadn't done it before but it seemed like a fun idea so why not? They put me in touch with fallingputt.com which was nice enough to donate the trophy. I came up with a design and I just received this pic of the end result.

Put a banner or trophy icon or badge or something on the course page. "2017's Best!", or something like that.

No, don't, the unintended consequences might be more threads obsessing about ratings.

 

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Very cool! That course is spectacular in pretty much every way, and quite deserving IMO. I assume they'll mount it on the pavilion by the parking lot, near the 1st hole.

That's the plan from what I understand.

 

[BogeyNoMore]

Put a banner or trophy icon or badge or something on the course page. "2017's Best!", or something like that.

No, don't, the unintended consequences might be more threads obsessing about ratings.

Echoes my thoughts exactly. It'd be nice to recognize "winners" on the site, but that would just invite all manner of ultimately unuseful reviews and discussion. :\

 

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I don't think adding a little badge is a bad idea. I mean, it's not like people can't just check the list and see what course was best X year, doesn't really change anything other than offering a bit of recognition. It wouldn't be as visible as the top 10 list so I don't think there would be the same obsession.

 

[DavidSauls]

If it's a success, just remember where you got the idea from.

And if it starts stretch-drive review-wars each December, I was never in this forum.

 

[jasonc]

Happy New Year! Thanks timg!

Time for more road trips in 2018 since I have only played 7 out of the top 10

 

[thrembo]

I give you the first (?) course of 2018: The new Sun King course North of Tampa Sunset Ridge https://www.dgcoursereview.com/course.php?id=9598

 

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That's actually the 4th course of 2018... unless you mean one installed in 2018 in which case, yes

 

[thrembo]

Well, it was opened in 2018! 'Just happy to have another course to play!