Pros:
Great map given at the reception desk of the currently-under-rennovation sports building
Hole 1 Basket was in position, though no 'pad' visible
Hole 2, 3 8, and 9 baskets were located in a 'cage'
ALL baskets have wheels and can be put in place with minimal physical force, similar to pushing a shopping cart on grass...
Beautiful corner of campus, long shots, over the lake was fun, idea is cool...
*ALL joking aside, I don't mind setting up a course before I play it if that's what the deal is... but for now, I would suggest waiting to play here until the course is either permanent or at least the construction and layout are better refined.
**Read in other thoughts for the X3PO highlight of my night!
Cons:
Where do I start...
Honestly, who put this course on DGCR? It is a prototype at best and a failed attempt at worst.
Basket 1 was in place, but there was no exact pad for it, so we got as close as we could given the master copy of the map we were loaned out, which we returned afterwards.. more on said map later...
Had to personally grab basket 2 as we played the hole from a chain link 'cage' near the track field. found a small red spray paint dot on the concrete near the bathroom we assume matched the map's version of where the pad was, so we threw from there to the guestimate spot where the basket was.
Hole 3 was similar, we found baskets 2, 3, 8 and 9 in that 'cage' and plotted their rough placement, and set about playing while also setting up the course as best we could.....
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Here I digress, as we did while playing... so, as I had said, we managed to get a map from the facilities in the building closest to the tennis courts. Cool beans, right?! But at that same moment we realized all the baskets had wheels for a base, only 1 was in its place, 4 baskets were available to put out ourselves, and 4 baskets were simply missing. Holes 1 and 3 had NO visible pad location, holes 2 and 7 were assigned to existing concrete slabs (restroom and picnic area, respectively) and holes 4-6/8-9 were SAND. Bloody white sandpits in the middle of the grass... Strange, shotty footing for a monster 800+ foot drive on 5 for sure... So we played 9 holes with mediocre success due to the course design being intentionally mobile and given we were not students at NGU. I DO NOT RECOMMEND driving more than 10 minutes to try this course yourself, hence my changing this to NOT PLAYABLE. I have a friend in the area and I wanted to check it out, so I did... After a round at ERos I considered this a cherry on top either way.
Other Thoughts:
1: Glad I wasn't at work today, disc golf is ALWAYS better than working
2: Interesting concept having mobile baskets.. So there is only 1 outer set of chains, they don't catch anything but a direct shot, but are lightweight and have an H shaped base with 2 wheels on the bottom arms of the H, so as to be pushed (not pulled, like my dumb self) to their locations easily. I put this note here because I honestly don't know if I like that as a Pro or hate it as a Con compared to playing a permanent course. I guess any new course is a new course, and I shouldn't complain but sure enough I still do...
3: Give it time, I am sure they will get it together soon enough, this course just popped up here, wait for a more current review. Also, apparently a cross country race of some kind took place in these fields recently, so maybe they just pulled the baskets and they are soon to return. If so, maybe make that more clear on this website before posting a new course is up and running
4: IF you do end up here, and IF after the frustration of playing a semi-temp 9-hole college course hasn't beat you down by sunset, look up XPO Logistics nearby, its a building full of workers who have apparently set up 3 random baskets in the tall grass behind their employee parking lot, I would assume to play on lunch breaks. If you enjoy new experiences, and random throwing in an overgrown field of confusion, this is the perfect way to finish your day! Trespassing and general idiocy are the most common side affects....
Final thought and reflection for the day.... Luckily they were draining the pond one drives over on hole 7, probably the signature hole of the course.... and we found 3 discs in the mud as the water level was down about 2 ft from normal, and dropping. Nothing better than finding unmarked discs when you are having a rough day at the links!