Rollin Ridge

If this is the future of disc golf, I am in. We played one round on the orange tee's and baskets (short). Well maintained and clear fairways and grounds. Has everything a beginner and advanced player could want. Three concrete and elevated tees boxes on nearly every hole. Three (yes 3) basket locations on every hole. Many options for approach, with hyzer & anti hyzer basket locations. Plenty of use of elevation, without being to hilly to be enjoyable. Good balance of open and wooded and o ...
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If this is the future of disc golf, I am in. We played one round on the orange tee's and baskets (short). Well maintained and clear fairways and grounds. Has everything a beginner and advanced player could want. Three concrete and elevated tees boxes on nearly every hole. Three (yes 3) basket locations on every hole. Many options for approach, with hyzer & anti hyzer basket locations. Plenty of use of elevation, without being to hilly to be enjoyable. Good balance of open and wooded and open holes. EVERYTHING A PLAYER COULD ASK FOR!!!

Only thing that can be done is nit-pick the details (purely for critique)
From #6 tee, Basket #14 & #6 can be confused, even with signs we still ended up in #14's basket (I even said "I'm aiming for the #6 sign").
Alot of tree's, some good, some not so friendly. Little trees on #13 are disk eaters.
Tee signs had no par markings, but I guess when you have 3 tees and 3 baskets at each hole it would be difficult to mark all of the different options for par.
They have made efforts to reduce the water on the course, we played after 4 days of rain... it was not extremely muddy, more "spongy". We were caught singing Indiana Jones as we hopped from root to rock across the soft spots.
Bugs were bothersome, but the staff (yes staff, was maintaining grounds, drying and sweeping tee pads, etc.) did mention that they were not able to fog because of the wind an rain the past 4 days.

All that being said, WELL WORTH THE $5, ALL DAY PLAY!!!!
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Never, and I do mean NEVER have I met a friendlier staff, been to a cleaner, or better maintained course in my life! Camping, tournaments, league, general play...... ALL top notch! Available camping, full proshop and clubhouse with bar/food! Play 9, kick your feet up for a while, play 9 more! Three pad choices with three basket locations. All up all the time! None of that seasonal stuff. You can mix and match your pad to basket giving you endless course options. The pads themselves have plen ...
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Never, and I do mean NEVER have I met a friendlier staff, been to a cleaner, or better maintained course in my life! Camping, tournaments, league, general play...... ALL top notch! Available camping, full proshop and clubhouse with bar/food! Play 9, kick your feet up for a while, play 9 more!

Three pad choices with three basket locations. All up all the time! None of that seasonal stuff. You can mix and match your pad to basket giving you endless course options. The pads themselves have plenty of run-up, foul line, and space for over stepping after your throw. It seems as though EVERYTHING was not only thought of, but well thought out! Lot's of wood features, but not overdone. Some courses end up looking like an 80's miniature golf course, but Rolin Ridge has just enough to add beauty to the course. Resting areas at each of the pads at every hole is an added bonus!

Did I mention how friendly and helpful the staff are? There should be an A++ rating available on here for Rollin Ridge!
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absolutely amazing course. the design makes perfect sense and the fairways are solid. it's tight and wooded for most of it, but fair. multiple tees and pins permanently in place for every hole. extremely well marked signs for the tees and along the course. easy to follow and very well done. there were people out working each day i was there. the rough areas of tall grass had sections cut through them to give you reference and ways to easier find your discs. they truly thought about every little ...
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absolutely amazing course. the design makes perfect sense and the fairways are solid. it's tight and wooded for most of it, but fair. multiple tees and pins permanently in place for every hole. extremely well marked signs for the tees and along the course. easy to follow and very well done. there were people out working each day i was there. the rough areas of tall grass had sections cut through them to give you reference and ways to easier find your discs. they truly thought about every little detail here. a little muddy at times given some heavy rains but you can't fault them for that. bring gore-tex shoes! a great pro shop with all the goods you could need. TOP KNOTCH!!!!! this place is a gem hidden in wisconsin. so glad to have found it.
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The amenities separate it from the pack.Huge pro shop. Practice putting area. Driving range/ala batting cage.On site camping. Bar/Pub Restaurant.Private course no conflicts like at public parks. Looping 9s holes 9 and 18 return you to the clubhouse.This allows you to reload discs and get something to eat.3 Tees and baskets per hole.Great navigation and short walk to next hole! They fog for mosquitoes.Pay to play 5 bones, what a bargain! Played course during month of Silver Cup. The owner Kat mad ...
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The amenities separate it from the pack.Huge pro shop. Practice putting area. Driving range/ala batting cage.On site camping. Bar/Pub Restaurant.Private course no conflicts like at public parks. Looping 9s holes 9 and 18 return you to the clubhouse.This allows you to reload discs and get something to eat.3 Tees and baskets per hole.Great navigation and short walk to next hole! They fog for mosquitoes.Pay to play 5 bones, what a bargain! Played course during month of Silver Cup. The owner Kat made me feel like family, and was very welcoming. This course needs to be on every disc golfers bucket list. A dream course. The future for disc golf courses looks bright, at Rollin Ridge you gotta wear shades!
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A World Class Experience. Rollin Ridge blows away everything I've played as of this review (290 courses). PROS: + 5 STAR CHARACTER + It's hard for me to envision a course with more amenities and comfort items. It has everything. It starts off when arriving. The first thing I noticed was the two practice baskets with one of them in a raised position, a first for me. The second thing that stood out was a netted enclosure, and upon further inspection I realized it was a driving range, also ...
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A World Class Experience. Rollin Ridge blows away everything I've played as of this review (290 courses).

PROS:
+ 5 STAR CHARACTER + It's hard for me to envision a course with more amenities and comfort items. It has everything. It starts off when arriving. The first thing I noticed was the two practice baskets with one of them in a raised position, a first for me. The second thing that stood out was a netted enclosure, and upon further inspection I realized it was a driving range, also a first. Third, the clubhouse and spacious deck. The deck has numerous picnic tables that over look the ninth hole's black basket location. Along the west side of the deck and along the outside clubhouse wall, is a giant course map with all the tee and basket distance combinations. There are scorecards with map, pencils, bug spray and community board postings. A door to a restroom with a sink is along this wall as well. And then there's the inside of the clubhouse itself. A bar with numerous stools, a pool table, a lost disc rack with hundreds of returns, over a thousand new discs available for purchase, a guest book sign in, a map to pin where a player has visited from, etc. etc. It's simply amazing.
+ TEE EXPERIENCE + Three large and beautiful concrete tees at just about every hole, Orange, Red and Black. They may not be the widest I've played but they are still five to six feet wide at front and tapper wider in the back, the optimal shape. The stone work and flower beds around many of tees looks amazing. Hands down the most visually stunning tees I've every stepped foot on. The tees are well shaded and provide wind blocking at about 80 to 90 percent of the tees. There is seating for what seems like 8 people on every hole. The hole signage is sensational. Beautiful and color coordinated showing all the obstacles, all the tees, all the basket locations and the direction to the next tee in most instances.
+ 54 BASKETS + While standing on the first tee I noticed the omission of basket location indicators at the tee. So I ran down fairway to check the location, thinking how can a top course omit such an item. Just as I finished my thought I looked up and saw a MachX at each of the three positions, Orange, Red and Black baskets. There are 54 MachXs to shoot at out here, 3 at each hole.
+ MULTIPLY FORMATS + With the 3 tee and 3 basket set up, there are nine playable options at 16 of the 18 holes, and 6 options at (7) and (16). This combination gives the player the option to never play the same layout twice. Want a quick round? play Orange to Orange. Want a long difficult round? Play Black to Black. The combinations are endless.
+ NATURAL BEAUTY + In my top 3 for most beautiful courses I've ever played. As mentioned above stunning tees. Perhaps it was the time I played but there were lots of wild flowers blooming along the open holes. Lots of older pines and mixed deciduous trees to throw through. Several fairways designs are worthy of pausing to take out a phone and snap a picture. Lots of well done woodworking along the course, from benches, to errant disc protection, to bridges, to hole (14) with its wood-crafted backdrop and to hole (8) with its 100 foot long teeing deck .
+ CHALLENGING + The Black tee to Black basket combo looks championship level difficult. A par 69, 8,851 foot layout with lots of shop shaping and needle lines to thread through. My guess is that only players with a rating of about 970 or above will break par on a routine basis.
+ NAVIGATION + Not flawless but really good for a course with this type of set up. The only confusing area was (6) to (7) and (14) to (15), in which these holes all kind of converge a bit. The course map on the scorecard helped and there are numerous directional signs along the layout.
+ UNIQUENESS + Among the top 5 most diverse layouts I've ever played. Sweeping par 3s, Several par 4s, a couple long dogleg left par 4s and a couple par 5s. Open holes through heavily wooded holes. Lots of tunnel fairways, tee shot gaps, pockets left and right and basket windows to hit. Shot shaping will be a major requirement. I personally would not call any of these fairways as poke and hope shots. I've seen many much worse offenders in Florida and also on a couple John Houck courses (no disrespect to John Houck, I love his course designs). There are also few water elements in play on holes (1) (2) and (18), and some moderate elevation changes. Most notable elevation is on (10) which is about a 40 foot down shot from the Black tee.
+ SKILL LEVEL FRIENDLY + Other than players with less than 50 rounds in the bag, Rollin Ridge will appeal to all the remaining skill levels, even pro players.
+ MAINTENANCE + The course grounds were in immaculate shape. Seriously how many people do they have here keeping up the grounds? Several holes had well thinned out fairways and edges. Only bad ricochets or throws well off line will end up in some thicket.
+ PAY TO PLAY + Only five dollars to play? Are you kidding me? Please take my money.

CONS:
There is nothing of substance wrong with Rollin Ridge. All the listed cons below are nit picking items that come with making a course of this caliber, or they are site issues.
- FORGIVENESS - As stated above, I thought all the lines were fair, but just because they're fair, doesn't mean they are easy. Several lines were less than 10 feet wide. Ricochets in the wrong direction or grip locks could be very punishing. There is a swamp along much of hole (2) and a menacing small pond on (18) between the Orange and Red basket. By looking at the disc return collection, you can tell people lose plastic out here quite often.
- BOGGY - As mentioned in many other reviews, there are a few holes here that appear to not drain well. (4) (5) (13) and (14) seemed all slightly boggy during my round. I kept my feet dry the whole time, but I could see some issues after heavy rains.
- POISON IVY - I spotted poison ivy a few times along the layout but it was always a small plant. I wonder if they come through on occasion and take it out.
- BEGINNER FRIENDLY - I wouldn't advise bringing newer players here. Way too many trees here for players not adjusted to throwing discs on a fairly precise line. The short Orange to Orange layout looks best served for rec level players with over a year of experience. I brought my mom with me to play this one, and although she loved the sheer beauty, she got a bit frustrated hitting trees, hole after hole.
- PARKING - One of the better gravel parking lots I've seen, but still gravel.
- TIME PLAY - Rollin Ridge is going to take a chunk out of a player's day. My group of two spent almost 2 hours on the course. Plus we spent another 30 minutes mulling around the clubhouse after the round. I just didn't want to leave and time will just fly by here.

OTHER THOUGHTS:
I played Red tees to Orange baskets and it was perhaps the most enjoyable round I've ever played. I drove into Reedsville (not in Brillion) a bit skeptical of its top ten rating but was left blown away by the totality of the experience. At round conclusion I considered Rollin Ridge to be best course I had ever played and my scoring method backed my initial thoughts up. Rollin Ridge is the first course I've rated as a A+, something that I thought wasn't possible for a long while. I definitely hope to be back in the next couple of years as I do get back to Wisconsin once or twice a year. I want to try the Red To Red configuration or perhaps even see what kind of licking the Black to Black configuration can dish out. I can't recommend this course enough, you need to plan a trip here.
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This is a disc golfer's amusement park.....amazing, immaculate, well-maintained, and possessing a warm and friendly pro-shop manager. That's right; this course has a driving range, putting area, bar, and pro shop. I've never seen finer tee signs and the multiple tee and basket options make this course worthy of a full day's trip. Great holes and baskets and good variety. Some holes are close to one another, but the designers have created barriers that could be mistaken for artistic design. Th ...
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This is a disc golfer's amusement park.....amazing, immaculate, well-maintained, and possessing a warm and friendly pro-shop manager. That's right; this course has a driving range, putting area, bar, and pro shop. I've never seen finer tee signs and the multiple tee and basket options make this course worthy of a full day's trip. Great holes and baskets and good variety. Some holes are close to one another, but the designers have created barriers that could be mistaken for artistic design. The day I played was after a significant rainfall; a few of the holes were boggy, but the course and the people are worth the trip. Great course and very well maintained!
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The two B ratings are trash ones vague and the other one is someone that didn’t appreciate being challenged. My favorite course I’ve ever played. There’s 17 billion ways you could play this course and yes you should spin the wheel for every hole and play a completely random layout, it’s super fun. This course is as much leisure or punishment as you like. The long tee to long pin positions is a true championship level layout that demands accuracy and distance. I recommend getting you ...
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The two B ratings are trash ones vague and the other one is someone that didn’t appreciate being challenged. My favorite course I’ve ever played. There’s 17 billion ways you could play this course and yes you should spin the wheel for every hole and play a completely random layout, it’s super fun. This course is as much leisure or punishment as you like. The long tee to long pin positions is a true championship level layout that demands accuracy and distance. I recommend getting your money’s worth and camping the weekend to try the variety this place offers. Best time to play I feel is June through September, but beware the leaves in the fall because you can lose your disc in plain sight if you get off the fairway.
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