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Ladysmith, WI

Dodson DGC

3.385(based on 4 reviews)
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wolfhaley
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Experience: 20.2 years 1105 played 681 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 29, 2024 Played the course:once

Pros:

Dodson DGC is a pretty fun and varied 9 hole course. The course starts out pretty short but heavily wooded for the first six holes before opening up in both space and distance for the last three holes. The woods holes offer some nice ace runs, though you need to hit your line and weigh the risk/reward of missing long. These have a surprisingly good mix of left to right and right to left shapes for so such a small sliver of woods. The last three, well two really, let you open up and air it out. These two holes are both par 5's and measure in at 433' and 671'.

The baskets are Mach III's. All are in good shape and catch pretty well. They're all painted orange except for one that's purple. Not sure why one's purple exactly but they all stand out nicely and the paint doesn't affect their catching ability. One basket and pin position per hole.

Concrete tee pads on each hole. These are all nicely done and of good size. There's even short pads on five of the nine holes which is great to have, especially on the much longer open holes.

Great design here. I'd played this one about four years ago and really enjoyed it. Liked it just as much my second time around. You'll need to be pretty decent to score well out here. Even the short holes are tough. I loved the different amount of shots available out here off the tee.

The flow is pretty easy to follow to. You won't need a map out here. You'll have to backtrack to the next tee in a few spots but it's pretty simple to figure out, plus there's little yellow plastic arrows on the top of the cage that point toward the next tee as well as a next tee arrow on the signs. Very straightforward.

Speaking of the tee signs, these are nice too. There's actually two on each hole. There's what I'm assuming are the originals which are just a yellow sign with a large number for the hole and the par and distance in smaller font below. Then there's the newer, more detailed ones below which have all that same info along with a pretty nice little hole map and the next tee arrows I mentioned above. Very well done here.

Free to play, clean and in kind of the middle of nowhere. very relaxing place to throw a round at.

Cons:

A couple of the wooded holes are a little too tight for most players. If you're accurate with both a BH and FH you'll fair OK. But opening these up a little wouldn't be a bad idea. Not much, just a tad.

Not sure where the property line ends or anything but it'd be cool if they were able to expand this one to a full 18 at some point. There's space for sure north of the current course in the open prairie type area to potentially fit 9 more in. Not a con it'd probably get this place more visits.

Pretty far away from any major highways or cities. You'll need to be passing by or staying near here for this one to be practical to play.

The bugs are brutal. It's the middle of nowhere WI so that's to be expected though. Just be sure to bring bug spray.

Other Thoughts:

One of the better courses, variety wise, in the state in my opinion. Absolutely worth a visit if you find yourself out this way. There's a very basic 9er just a few minutes away now too that should be available when schools out to make this one more tempting to bag. Pretty awesome 9 as a standalone course though anyway. Really like this one.
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Offconstantly
Experience: 27 years 17 played 9 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Potential 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:May 30, 2021 Played the course:once

Pros:

Well layer out with the first few in the woods and the last few is the open. Huge map at first to help with navigation. Lots of cools signs directing you to parking and on every tee sign. Very nice tee signs. Newer concrete pads.

Cons:

If I had to be picky it would be that the grass was long, real long. Finding a disc was still no problem. Last hole was ridiculous. Every course has to have that 800footer just to say they got something that long.

Other Thoughts:

Very cool and plenty of space for a few more 9s. I\'ll play again. Drove 45 mins to play this.
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sfink
Experience: 1 played 1 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Dodson Disc Golf 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:May 5, 2020 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

This is a great course for any level player. Easy enough for a beginner, but still challenging for an intermediate or expert. No water to worry about. I love the elevated basket on hole 4.

Cons:

Some of the holes are difficult to find if it is your first time playing. You kind of have to back track from hole 4 to get to hole 5.

Other Thoughts:

The directions to this course are a bit confusing. There is a gate at the entrance that says "No trespassing" making it seem like a private property. But if you drive right through it you will find the course up the road with a parking lot to the right of the road.
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uwdiscgolf
Bronze level trusted reviewer
Experience: 14.9 years 164 played 26 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Rusk County's First DGC 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Sep 12, 2018 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Concrete Tee pads/ multiple

Powder coated baskets

Next tee sign arrows in basket anchor made out of pebbles

Driving range on site



Cons:

Designed for beginners : not a huge concern, but something to know/understand

Still freshly installed. Not broken in yet

No restrooms

No parking lot as of 9/12/2018
-One is said to be going in-

No benches as of 9/12/2018
- They are being scheduled to be built-in

Other Thoughts:

Since I am the designer of the course I will keep this short

The course is designed for beginners, but will be fun for all ages

Course is located in a new public park that is still in the very early stages of development

Parking lot, restrooms, and camping are in the works for the park. I worked exclusively with the Rusk County Parks Dept on the course design, and installation process.

A back nine will be built once funds are raised.

Course has a good mix of different shots

Course is still freshly installed

This review will be updated as the course progresses throughout the next few years

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