Sheep Mountain

This course is definitely the best tone course in the Helena area with it's wonderful location in the tree guarded hills of Sheep Mountain. However, the throws are relatively short, the tee pads are b ... show more ›

This course is definitely the best tone course in the Helena area with it's wonderful location in the tree guarded hills of Sheep Mountain. However, the throws are relatively short, the tee pads are barely visible, and tees are very close to the end of every hole (always in the danger zone). Altogether this course is a fun experience but far from perfect.

I am about to list off a bunch of bad things, but I don't want to give the wrong impression. This course is romantic. Highly technical. Losts of optical illusions. The metal chime pins are even a bett ... show more ›

I am about to list off a bunch of bad things, but I don't want to give the wrong impression. This course is romantic. Highly technical. Losts of optical illusions. The metal chime pins are even a better sounding reward than the chains, although far from standard pins.
However, this course needs some work. Tees are not clearly defined, nor is the direction of play; although, most of the tees are collocated with the previous pin. The tees are also really hard to throw from: tight spaces, rocky terrain, steep gravel slopes and even off of cliff faces where you have to throw almost 90 degrees off from your runup direction. The pins are also put in awkward spots and it almost feels like playing obstacle miniature golf in several places. This course is about as irregular as a DG course can get. That being said, if you are not a beginner and you want to play DG like a obstacle course, than you will have fun here.
BTW: be prepared to lose a disk.