Course reviews
+5 votes 
Jim Daniels
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The Ponds (Original) › April 11, 2022
B+ for the Longs, C+ for the shorts. The shorts have too many holes of similar distance (260ish or 210ish) with not enough variance in 'throw' requirement. The Longs are more interesting and there is no other course like it in SE MI -- still, if you have a righty 420' hyzer in your bag, you can score quite well on the long course. Longs are a great place to work on distance as there is not a lot of obstacles on many of the holes but just enough that placement does count because the baskets tend to be near trees.
+5 votes
Gary Busey- The Cat
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The Ponds (Original) › April 11, 2022
Lots of open space to run around and chase birds and squirrels and moles! Purrfect climbing trees! There is not a lot of shade here so you can get in plenty of sun bathing! And of course and a wonderful shop with people who feed me and pet me and love me!
+3 votes
James "Razor" Rizor
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The Ponds (Original) › June 16, 2011
Nice long and flat course with open fairways which makes it good for testing new drivers and new throws; only a few holes offer real danger of losing a disc. However, holes still challenging as many baskets are surrounded by trees and/or are on minor elevations; it makes your approach shots and lies very important. Use the blue or white marks on the basket to direct you to the next hole; I got lost a number of times until a friendly group informed me of the obvious (once you look for them and see them) aids.
+1 votes
Kira Damusis
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The Ponds (Original) › April 11, 2022
Love this course! Great practice course (a little bit of everything - distance, wind, trees, some water, and o.b.). Really stepped up my game playing this course.
+1 votes
Andy Smith
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The Ponds (Original) › April 26, 2013
I found it a little hard to navigate this course although playing it more will make me more familiar with the various holes and tees. There's a lot going on around you at some holes and baskets. I feel they did a good job placing a few of the baskets on the course just enough room not to really obstruct other holes. I think I'll up my review after playing here more in the future. Not a lot of tight shots or super tech lines. Great for airing your arm out. Over all a solid course in my mind. Be r ...
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+1 votes
Nate Coats
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The Ponds (Original) › June 23, 2013
Great course. Lots of fun. Only setback is, that without a map it's very hard to navigate from hole to hole. So, make sure to grab a map from the throw shop.
+1 votes
Kaleb Hartman
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The Ponds (Original) › March 28, 2013
It's really nice since it used to be an actual golf course. It can get kind of confusing because there are so many different tee pads and baskets everywhere. Some of the baskets have arrows on them which helped. Its very long. The second hole is around 900 feet. It was pretty fun though. I liked that the throw shop was right there. The guy that was working knew the answer to everything we asked and was very helpful. I'd play there again if I were from around here.
+1 votes
Ben Bobowski
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The Ponds (Original) › April 5, 2014
Good course, very well kept. I like the elevated tees.
+1 votes
Bryan Earvin
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The Ponds (Original) › April 4, 2014
Very long, open Course on an old golf course!! 13 over the water was the only hole where you really had to worry about landing correctly
+1 votes
Timmy Redman
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The Ponds (Original) › May 5, 2013
love the course, wind plays like invisible trees. cant wait for more holes into woods and hopefully near lake
+1 votes
TJ LaPimp
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The Ponds (Original) › August 11, 2013
the nicest course ive been to yet nice t pads blue and white tees 30 holes and the best throw shop around need i say more ok i will very comfortable picnic tables nice open holes some trees but they all are big beautiful trees n make u take more tactical lines beautiful clean park had a great day playing all 30 holes recommend getting a map from the throw shop as the letter parts of hole 2 and 15 can get a bit confusing plus u can browse all the candy in the shop which is very plentiful
+1 votes
Erin Feeley
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The Ponds (Original) › August 17, 2015
Nice open course. Glad I did not land in the pond and thankfully.
+1 votes
Dakota Young
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The Ponds (Original) › March 25, 2019
My favorite course the play. Always in decent or great condition. The Throw shop East is my go to place and Ben is helpful as always.
+1 votes
Raymond "CHIPP" Chippewa
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The Ponds (Original) › September 10, 2018
Love it..home course....Ben is very honest. Wont talk u into buying stuff u dont need. Very helpfull for ur skill level............
+0 votes
Andy Sienkiewicz
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The Ponds (Original) › October 10, 2013
Great course for day-in-and-day-out practice. Really long and open; as a former ball-golf course the designers had to work to make it a viable disc golf course, and they did a great job.
Imagine field throwing, and then imagine a few ponds and a shitload of pine trees. This is Lakeshore. The first time you play this course, you'll think the designers were sadistic, but after that, you realize they did a great shop with shot-shaping on an otherwise wide-open course. This course has done mo ...
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+0 votes
Scott Semposki
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The Ponds (Original) › July 15, 2018
Cleaned up holes x1 and x2. Looks great. Grass is cut and fairways are fast and dry.
+0 votes
Randy Gallagher
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The Ponds (Original) › May 6, 2012
If you want to shoot a course with nearly no consequence for a a bad drive this is it. The pond is the only cool part.
+0 votes
Scott Smith
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The Ponds (Original) › August 18, 2012
everything that i thought it would be, that said flat, not a lot of shade, but they use the space very wise, holes are still changeling with trees that are in the way that you just want to cut down, but hey thats what makes it changeling, its rare to see a 28 hole course thats free and a pro shop that has any kind of disc, disc bag, mini, shirt, hat, baskets for sale and anything else that you need for disc golf. have not seen a selecting like that expect for cjs i believe that its called by hud ...
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+0 votes
Rick Gzesh
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The Ponds (Original) › July 29, 2019
Nice course built on an old ball golf course. They make great use of what trees and bushes are there as well as the original landscaping of the golf course. Great course id you have a big arm and like to let her rip!
+0 votes
Ryan Toth
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The Ponds (Original) › April 8, 2015
In my opinion, 18 holes of championship golf would be better than 28 holes. However, this course is FANTASTIC. If you want to have a real honest challenge, (be it against the course or a friend) few courses play as honest as the ponds. it requires a keen sense of wind play to get a good score here, as there is always a slight breeze at least. It was originally a ball golf course, so there was a lot of thought as to the wind angles and so forth. People i see complaining about lack of obstacles an ...
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+0 votes
Joel Coppernoll
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The Ponds (Original) › January 11, 2011
Lot's of wide open shots. Long throws even from the shorts. Great course.
+0 votes
Michael Ball
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The Ponds (Original) › March 21, 2015
Love it, a good sampling of what the Pro courses are laid out like.
+0 votes
Chadd Scruggs
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The Ponds (Original) › May 15, 2011
Long pretty ope course... some nicely place trees and OB make some holes tough... 28 holes is enough for a great long day of play... sucks since it gets so windy
+0 votes
chris robinson
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The Ponds (Original) › April 24, 2011
nice open layout just dont go when its windy
+0 votes
Jesse Whitlock
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The Ponds (Original) › April 22, 2011
Nice and open with challenging throw options! Really gives you the opportunity to put some power into your throws...
+0 votes
Brad Fuller
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The Ponds (Original) › July 27, 2011
Course is kind of all over the place. I'd play again.
+0 votes
Ed Carpus
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The Ponds (Original) › July 5, 2012
Liked the course, called for a variety of shots, although the most needed is just a 400 foot tee shot. I was amazed at the amount of empty water bottles just strewn around the course. If you walk up to a garbage can and there's some bottles on the ground around it wouldn't you throw them away? Cleaner grounds would have raised my rating. I must have thrown away 2 dozen water/powerade/beer bottles & cans.
+0 votes
Josh Barnett
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The Ponds (Original) › May 30, 2011
very fun. a lot less open than i expected. throw shop is amazing as well as the dude that works there; gave us free sun block and bug spray. grass could be shorter and the signage could be MUCH better but it was a great time and best of all it is free.
+0 votes
Joseph Contratto
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The Ponds (Original) › July 27, 2013
Love it here. Awesome Course. Great place to throw some bombs and try out different shots/discs with all the wide open holes. My second favorite for sure. (Hudson Mills Metropark is hard to beat).
+0 votes
Gary Taylor
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The Ponds (Original) › September 26, 2011
Nice course from both tees..big arm shots from most longs...great layout and sweeet shop to go broke at:)
+0 votes
Sam Wallace
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The Ponds (Original) › May 6, 2014
Long open course, mapping the holes can be challenging, especially if you're not out there everyday. Throw Shop is awesome, and the selection is huge!
+0 votes
Nick Oliver
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The Ponds (Original) › May 11, 2012
Great for drives, some cool basket placements. Fun if it isn't hot or windy. Decently maintained with a cool pro shop on the course. Great players all over, but tons of casuals as well. Water in play in a couple spots, and tons of woods on the edge holes. Otherwise open.
+0 votes
Chris Evans
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The Ponds (Original) › July 2, 2012
Wide open layout, pretty hard to lose a disc, but a great course to grip it and rip it!
+0 votes
Roger Hobbs
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The Ponds (Original) › July 25, 2012
I like the open parts of the course, and the some of the tight spots on the extra tees are nice. Maybe a bit more grooming, but great for a free course.
+0 votes
Nate Wegryn
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The Ponds (Original) › July 27, 2012
Very open and therefor windy but a good variety of every kind of hole including the "lake" shot on hole 14 where you are required to throw over a 250 ft. pond, very cool!
+0 votes
William "Bullet Bill" Pope
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The Ponds (Original) › December 8, 2012
Awesome course! Huge! Nice layout. So many varieties of holes. A ton of fun!
+0 votes
Skyler Stoker
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The Ponds (Original) › October 8, 2016
Had a lot of fun out here even with the 15-20mph winds
Great signage, trash cans everywhere, pads are all in great shape and placed very well. Awesome use of an old golf course can't wait to get back out there again!
Great signage, trash cans everywhere, pads are all in great shape and placed very well. Awesome use of an old golf course can't wait to get back out there again!
+0 votes
Daniel Treharne
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The Ponds (Original) › March 25, 2013
The Course was clean and marked well. First course I have played to have sandtraps.
+0 votes
Alex Jerden
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The Ponds (Original) › May 13, 2013
Wide open course for almost every drive but it offers its own unique challenges. the wind plays very rough on this course and can be worse than hitting a tree. The Throw Shop is amazing and the guys there a really nice and knowledgeable. Would definitely play again
+0 votes
- Buckwheat
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The Ponds (Original) › July 5, 2015
Despite the long grass needing a desperate mowing, played half a Tournament here w/ 24+ Holes and really enjoyed the long open Holes. The short Holes proved even more challenging as they got creative w/ Basket placing on this former Ball Golf Course. The Disc Store 'The Throw Shop' was one of the better DGSs Ive been in, DEFINITELY worth checking out!
+0 votes
Nick Schuette
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The Ponds (Original) › June 13, 2013
Wide open and good for practice, but tough to play under even remotely windy conditions.
+0 votes
Alex Rolfes
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The Ponds (Original) › July 21, 2014
I really enjoy playing The Ponds. This course is well maintained and is hands down the best place to play on wet days, because it drains so well. With the first class Throw Shop right on the premises, I love going and checking out new discs and chatting up the local pro.
I also really appreciate the open layout of the course, which has helped me put in some serious work towards developing my backhand drives. If only there were more elevation changes then this course would be a solid A - A+.
I also really appreciate the open layout of the course, which has helped me put in some serious work towards developing my backhand drives. If only there were more elevation changes then this course would be a solid A - A+.
+0 votes
Robert Coon
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The Ponds (Original) › July 12, 2014
This is now my favorite thing to do in Ypsilanti - visit The Throw Shop and then go throw 18-28 holes, all in the same place. It's such a nice place to put in some meaningful practice without the worry of losing a disc. I particularly like the occasional elevated basket, the visual aids at the tees, and the blue & white directions you find on the bottom of the baskets. Can't wait to return.
+0 votes
Brennen Berry
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The Ponds (Original) › August 3, 2014
Nice course that is really well maintained. Super Clean!! Lacking obstacles but offers good variation in distance and uses the obstacles it has well. Can't complain about a 30 hole course that is kept pristine.
+0 votes
Steve Albert
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The Ponds (Original) › September 15, 2013
Holes are very open, but fun. Disc shop on course is a plus.
+0 votes
connor leidal
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The Ponds (Original) › September 11, 2016
Built on an old golf course it's pretty open and super deep. There is one section of the course that you can get thrown off and go to the wrong hole but besides that it's easy to navigate. Big bonus that the throw shop is the old pro shop.
+0 votes
Tim Misiak
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The Ponds (Original) › May 25, 2015
Great course but needs better signage and more benches/picnic tables. I almost wish it was pay to play so they'd have the funds for small improvements.
+0 votes
Christopher Graham
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The Ponds (Original) › July 13, 2014
Love the open layout, which allows for longer throws without hitting trees (though I still do). Plus The Throw Shop on site with tons of discs to choose from, and drinks/snacks.
+0 votes
Caleb Bowen
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The Ponds (Original) › August 10, 2014
This course rates higher than it should for a few reasons: it is attatched to a fantastic disc golf shop, it plays like a city park course but without the city elements (random people, cars etc...) And the wind. Great course to try out new discs and throws without being punished. Worth a trip for sure.
+0 votes
Jeff Hulet
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The Ponds (Original) › July 27, 2015
This a Nice course, bu the extra tees are confusing. I played 9 holes, but they may Not be numbered holes! I guess I need to play the course more so the map makes more sense to find the right tees.:)
+0 votes
Brendan Livingston
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The Ponds (Original) › May 18, 2015
Very fun place to play, all the old sand traps are grown in but are considered O.B. That makes for a very interesting layout where you have to focus on placing your drive. Very nice basket placement as well. The 13th hole....
+0 votes
Dan Brock
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The Ponds (Original) › October 12, 2014
The wind gods will steal your children.
+0 votes
richard bell
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The Ponds (Original) › April 24, 2015
Very clean course with plenty of garbage cans by most tees. Very spacey and open with some technical basket shots. pro and am tees is also a bonus if with someone without a big arm or accuracy. Bonus is the throw shop located behind tee 1. Live a hour away and still will head out that way for this course on a regular basis.
+0 votes
Ken M.
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The Ponds (Original) › July 9, 2015
Lakeshore might be boring for guys who can throw 400, because it's mostly open, but for old guys like me it can be fun. Most of the holes are open and there's almost no penalty for missing the fairway. This is a good course if you want to work on distance throwing, or you just want a mostly tension-free round. Watch out for the pond hole though, it can eat your disk. Lakeshore isn't a course you want to play when it's windy.
+0 votes
Steve Simison
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The Ponds (Original) › August 1, 2015
Wide open with some well placed holes. Grab a score card to make it easier to find the next tee boxes.
+0 votes
Eric "Downtown" Brown
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The Ponds (Original) › October 9, 2017
This course reclaimed an old ball golf course. I like the idea of using land that was once wasted or not being used. Very nice clean course, pleasant setting, with open design: encourages you to let loose and try various lines and discs. Nice sized dual concrete tee pads and score cards with course map. Very forgiving of bad throws. Only one hole where you could lose a disc to water hole 13. The course itself is a B+ all day. The Throw Shop Pro-Shop on site makes my rating an A- with nice varie ...
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+0 votes
Eric Purr
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The Ponds (Original) › October 8, 2015
well rounded with amount of open and wooded areas.
+0 votes
Trevor Diehl
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The Ponds (Original) › August 1, 2019
VERY WELL KEPT UP! This course is always in tip top shape, and has multiple tee locations for each hole. Nice mix of technicality, making it super fun, and has the Throw Shop right there as well. Couldn't ask for a more convenient course setup. If I had to find a criticism, it would be that some of the teepads appear to be a sort of paneling? I didn't care for that, but they did the job just fine. I will gladly play dozens more rounds here and I hope it continues to grow as a course.
+0 votes
Michael Guthard
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The Ponds (Original) › February 22, 2017
Several long holes with hazards at intermediate distance from the tees. Many short holes that require several different lies. Easily my favorite course in SE Michigan.
+0 votes
Josh Barry
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The Ponds (Original) › September 10, 2016
Great for testing out new throws and trying for long drives. Not really any different challenges until you get close to the pond. Hole 13 is a shot straight across the pond, which is somewhat intimidating. When the wind is up, be ready. There are no real wooded areas to throw until you are at "X."
+0 votes
Chad Baird
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The Ponds (Original) › June 23, 2019
Lots of fun with lots of potential form some great scores once one gets to know the course. A must is to get a map from the Throw Shop so one does not get lost. Really a place that I plan to make more visits to.
+0 votes
Elliot McConnell
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The Ponds (Original) › July 17, 2019
Fun course. Always pretty dry, and very open. Almost never searching for a disc.
+0 votes
Sean Rhoades
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The Ponds › July 30, 2021
Free course in private hands -- truly remarkable combination. Because it used to be a standard course, many of the fairways are very wide and clean. There is remarkably little in the way of hazards or rough. You will need a map to find your way from the basket to the next hole.
+0 votes
Grant Saylor
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The Ponds › September 12, 2024
Mostly open, distance course with a few narrow shots. There's a ton of variety off the tee and some unique greens that really makes you think about your approaches. Fantastic disc shop on the course as well.
+0 votes
Timm Koppen
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The Woods › August 29, 2021
Nice layout a good addition to the existing course. Some of the woods holes can use some definite fairway development but have great potential. At this time there were ground wasps on two of the woods making them unplayable. The were signs posted at the tee warning of the wasps. But a good mix of shots in and out of the woods with some real nice birdie opportunities but also the potential for some punishment if one drifts into the rough. Precision is key and a good scramble game is definitely a good thing to have in the bag when taking on this course.
+0 votes
Benjamin Demory
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The Woods › January 14, 2022
The course is playing beautiful for mid-January. Every tee pad is clear, and unlike other local courses, I didn't see a single sign of mud the entire layout. Thought there may be some snow on the shaded wood areas, but it was minimal and the ground was very hard - allowing for amazing skip play even through what snow was present. Had a great & nearly blemish-free round until I teed up the hyzer route with a Valykrie and it followed the tailwind for a full launch into the parking lot, following a ...
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Sean Rhoades
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The Woods › July 30, 2021
Free course in private hands -- truly remarkable combination. The Woods course has some exquisite holes in the wooded area, along with two "mega" holes: the tenth at 1000 ft and the eleventh at 880 ft -- yikes. More interesting than the Ponds course.
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Grant Saylor
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The Woods › September 12, 2024
Narrow wooded course that requires quite a bit of precision and shot shaping. The rough can be a bit thick in some areas, so it can be punishing to go for the birdie. Fantastic disc shop on the course as well.
-1 votes
Jon Andrews
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The Ponds (Original) › June 6, 2011
.This course is in great shape and a lot of fun to play. However there are some holes in the ground back between 2 and 3 that I caught my foot in and twisted my ankle and hurt my wrist. The pro shop is great, loved it
-1 votes
Jamie Mosier
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The Ponds (Original) › June 28, 2012
I enjoy playing the course but Ben ruined it for me
-1 votes
Paul DISC-OR-DIE Holstein
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The Ponds (Original) › March 30, 2015
I liked this course a lot, but it's not quite an "A". Some pluses: Long and short tees, 24 holes, "The Throw Shop" disc golf store on site, lots of elevated and tricky baskets on hills and near trees, throw over a pond, long and short fairways. A few things that could be improved included the OB in odd areas (I heard that some of the chalk lines were outlines of old sand traps from when it used to be a ball golf course), one tee along a fence near a road and one that backed up to a parking ...
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-1 votes
Adam Kriesberg
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The Ponds (Original) › June 25, 2011
Finally got out to play all 28 here this afternoon. The wind out there made some of the more open holes tough, but holes W and X were the opposite: pins nestled into the woods on the south side of the course. Am coming to really like this course as it is much more forgiving than some of the other tight courses around...will definitely be back
-1 votes
Nick Rye
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The Ponds (Original) › February 8, 2011
Great all around experience. Very open so you have room to try new things. Challenging short, long and really long shots. The extras help if you're out for the day or trying to play twilight and are fighting the sun. The throw shop always has exactly what you need and the Calhoun family is always happy to see you. Gimme a shout if you wanna play; i'm less than 2 miles away.
-1 votes
Nick Seips
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The Ponds (Original) › April 30, 2011
This was my first time here and I will DEFINATLY be back many times. This is a very challenging course that will hopefully improve my game rapidly.
-1 votes
John Perry
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The Ponds (Original) › September 16, 2014
not a fan! open, long, not enough trash cans, tee signs are kinda wrong i guess, trash around the course. i have lost so many discs in the water never got a single one back ever. nor has anybody i know.
-1 votes
John Broering
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The Ponds (Original) › May 30, 2015
Nice course and the tee locations are easy to find with most tee pad poles showing the placement of basket alternate tee and next tee pad. Would be nice if course had a little bit more maintenance, mowing more than anything but altogether a fun course to play
-1 votes
Chris sias
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The Ponds (Original) › May 12, 2015
sometimes to much of something is a bad thing. 30 holes crammed into the area it is in is one of them. if you never played there before (like i was) you'll get lost easily on where to go next. you can also get lost by the fact that you have to check into the apartment complex security before going to the shop/course. it was nice having full cement pads for the pro and am tees. overall it's ok once you figure out where the next hole is. if this course dropped some baskets down to even 24 and redid the layout it could become a better course.
-1 votes
Jake Fischer
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The Ponds (Original) › June 3, 2014
This course is on a former ball golf course so it's 90% wide open. It's to just go rip it if the wind isn't too crazy. It's usually pretty mowed down, but difficult to navigate the first few times. There's 30 holes and it's free to play.
-1 votes
Matthew Hunt
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The Ponds (Original) › December 15, 2014
Great course just the only bad thing I would say is that it is easy to get confused to find certain holes.
-1 votes
Brian Jones
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The Ponds (Original) › July 31, 2015
A good course to practice with new discs, or work on new shots. Very open, and very forgiving.
-1 votes
Bill Murray
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The Ponds (Original) › August 27, 2015
Wahhh its too open...wahhh needs to be mowed..im a crybaby wahhh...needs better signage :'(
-1 votes
Chris Trumbull
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The Woods › February 8, 2021
Windy round. 3 put in the wind on 17 (triple boggy) killed my score.
-3 votes
William Gilbert
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The Ponds (Original) › May 26, 2012
Love he option of open if i want to play it long.
But nothing special about the course except length, which is not what i do.
Nice tees, nice signs, nice baskets, regrettably nothing special.
still anothe 48 acres of land to use with funding could change my outlook of the course with some woody holes added. This course need major funding to get better.
But nothing special about the course except length, which is not what i do.
Nice tees, nice signs, nice baskets, regrettably nothing special.
still anothe 48 acres of land to use with funding could change my outlook of the course with some woody holes added. This course need major funding to get better.
-3 votes
Sean Kecskes
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The Ponds (Original) › October 5, 2011
This is THE course I take beginners to for the sheer fact that it's -almost- impossible to lose a disc here unless you hit the water. Great mix of holes, all sorts of challenges, well maintained as well. They also put little arrows on the baskets showing which way the next tee is. I wish every course did that.
-12 votes
Angel Gilbert
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The Ponds (Original) › August 6, 2023
I hate this course so much just a much as i hate rolling hills. way too open and horrible to play when it is windy bc of the wind that comes off the lake. its worse when people vandalize the fence by cutting it open to get their disc that has gone over. have to worry about going on someone's patio if you shank your disc. Have to watch for ppl practice putting on hole 9 and watch for ppl just walking the course or walking their dog on the course.