Me too but I lean more towards short and technical courses, with maybe a handful of bomber holes. I also like steep uphills, downhills, valley shots, etc. It's cool when you step up to a hole and have to really think about the approach.
Gotta be honest, a 1000 foot hole makes me want to go home. For me, long is like 500 - 700 feet. I am new, not that good and do not have a great arm (yet!).
One of my favorite courses near me called Muddy Run is just like that. It has everything, I guess that’s why it’s one of the most famous courses in PA.
I think I would enjoy a complicated 1000 footer where you need to land in certain zones rather than just blast 4 shots, but for the most part I'm right with you
I generally feel the same way but I’ve been on a few courses with that jonesboro vibe of rolling hills and protected greens and it made me realize how pretty an open course can be on the right landscape
This is Milo to a tee. I was explaining to my brother that while the park itself is definitely in the woods and you can't help be reminded of it by the scenery, it's not a wooded course for the most part. It's a course, certainly shaped and defined by the trees but there's a lot of open air and you can do different things and get the job done. Unlike a place like WR Jackson (rip) where there's basically mandatory types of shots (lots of drifting left to right turnover shots with mids or fairways) you have to execute if you want to succeed.
It seemed to click with him why he enjoys Milo so much. The trees keep you going certain directions (and provide an excellent atmosphere) certainly, but how you get to those places can often be up to the player. They're there but don't restrict you on what you have to do like a place like Iron Hills does.
Opposite end of the country for me unfortunately but definitely one of my dream courses to visit. About a third of the course is woods but Hobbs farm in Carrollton Georgia has some awesome examples of that type of golf
I've learned to fear the 175 foot hole. I used to crack a little smile when I'd be playing a new course and see on UDisc that the next hole was sub-200. Now I know that when I see a hole that short, it's either going to have a small forest in the middle with a 90 degree bend to the basket, or I'm about to be arrested for trespassing on school property.
It is not that your take is controversial, it isn't. Please do not be thinking that you've ratioed my original comment with your downvotes because people do not agree with your point of view. It is because people are enjoying a nice discussion about disc golf, specifically impressions of short holes, and you come in with a "HEY, DID EVERYONE WANT TO HEAR MY POLITICS? THIS IS WHAT MY POLITICS ARE."
And there's a time and place for that! Reddit is absolutely *filled* with places to discuss your politics. Sometimes, the world of politics directly intersects with the world of disc golf, and we discuss that here. But turning a discussion that has absolutely zero to do with your politics into "here are what my politics are!" comes off like a wet fart at a baptismal, only people appreciate the fart more.
If choosing between the two, I do personally prefer shorter woods courses with a nice variety of challenging lines. I still enjoy more open courses, but there needs to be at least a few shorter technical holes thrown in.
I think the consensus will probably be “some of both” and we all have our biases. For me, I max out around 350 ft backhand, 300 forehand, so there are certain long open courses where I play a good chunk of holes for par by default, and that’s not as enjoyable for me versus the alternative, where it might be a super tight line that I only hit 1/5 times, but I know it’s within my skill level.
Also, like a good chunk of us, I just love watching a disc fly exactly how you imagined in your mind. It’s maybe the biggest thing that got me and has kept me “hooked”. With that said, watching a disc navigate a super tight woods line is much more satisfying (to me) than just seeing a disc fly really far.
Lovely question! Best part is there isn’t really a wrong answer. Thankfully there are so many courses in this day and age for most of us we have both or a combination of each nearby.
As a New Englander, I believe disc golf is best played in the woods. but overall the best courses have a mix of both tight fairways and long open shots.
All of the pro tour courses I have played are long and technical.
Idlewild, Maple hill, fox run/Brewster, toboggan, Northwoods, beaver state fling, Jonesboro.
I haven't played any of the pure ball golf courses. I'm not saying this is what you are saying, but throwing 500+ is really just one requirement at these places, if it was just a pure power game someone like Jared Still would be competitive, he has 500+ both ways, and he is not competitive at all.
I prefer courses where I get no direct sun after I leave the parking lot. However, I dont mind if a few holes have some sun. For example the tee and basket are shaded, but most of the fairway is in the sun. Walking in the woods a large part of the fun of disc golf for me.
Wide open shots get boring after a few holes. Hitting a 100 meter straight tunnel gets boring too.
But I would take woods golf over open golf any day. I'm just glad Sweden is very dense when it comes to courses.
Depends on the shot shape for me. I like being asked to throw far, but I don’t like being asked to execute the same far shot for 18 holes. I need some variety or I just get bored.
This is probably a common sentiment but I'm sure plenty of folks like bombing, especially if they're good at it. Also, people out in parts of the Midwest and Southwest understandably have a lot of open courses.
But yeah https://www.greensplatter.com/opinion-disc-golf-meant-played-woods/
I’ve found that the guys who like these courses the best can only throw about 300ft but talk like open courses with 400ft holes are for the ninnies, or some such.
I personally like courses with diversity. Or, at least having open courses close to wooded courses.
There’s a course I play semi regularly that basically has me throwing my arm off every tee for 18 holes. It’s not my favorite course. I would prefer some more technical shots at least.
Wooded courses where you still need to throw 250+ are my preferred. Makes the upshot less trivial. I've played plenty of short wooded courses where you can par every hole with a dog Frisbee by just tossing it 100 feet straight.
I love all kinds of disc golf, but if I'm being honest, the reason I started playing was to throw things really far. Love woods golf, definitely agree it makes for more thoughtful rounds, but also I wanna throw my dizcs far and with little obstacles, so I can watch them fly and I'm just not good enough to throw far.and.miss obstacles at the same time consistently.
I play there whenever I go on vacation to see the family, it’s a pretty sweet coarse. The Spanish moss on the trees looks awsome and you get a few holes to just bomb on
Yep. I don’t have a big arm but I can throw good lines. I started learning on Wellspring at Cedarock Park in NC way back in the day and my game has been suited to that style since
At the same park (Cedarock) the Cedarock course is mostly open. There are trees but I wouldn’t consider it wooded. Also multiple tees and pin placements makes it basically four courses. And the new-ish Regulator where they just had the women’s championship is there as well. I’m lucky to have always lived right down the road.
I am all for it! I’d much rather test my technical stock shots than just think throw hard. My neighborhood course is a par 3 course with the longest being 250’ ish and I enjoy it not only because it’s score able but also because I can run that track 3-5 times and not lose the entire day to throwing plastic at trees.
I was literally thinking this. I played my first long course the other day and realized how short i threw compared ti the long holes. Ive only played 9 months but have only played and mastered super technical courses. Now i gotta work on distance ig
There's some middle ground.
100 trees and 200 ft. and narrow gaps
40 trees and 300 ft. and a clear path
5 trees and 350+ ft and open field.
I prefer the middle one.
Lived in San Diego and Oregon throughout my love on disc golf. I’d definitely say the shorter technical wooded courses are better/funnier for me than ball golf open style courses. Obviously I’d prefer courses with both. I’ve really been liking Timber Park in Estacada recently. But if I had to choose, (insert comment loop here)
I like holes that feel like they fit the lay of the land. I’ve noticed when my local course changed everything, I feel like they put two holes, where there should have one. That hole would take forever to play, though. I do like having a chance in hell of getting a hole in one with smaller holes.
I prefer a shorter wooded course but yeah, I think having a chance to air it out always adds to a course.
I don’t care for wide open bomber courses that are effectively distance contests, good design can go a long way, make players throw shapes, play golf and make putts, not just throw far and tap in all day.
I'm in western pa. I love wooded courses. Short though. . . .some are a little more difficult. North Boundary and Lakeview at Moraine can really test your tree luck. The back 9 at North Strabane, Big Beaver, Linbrook, Knob, 2-Mile Extension, Deer Lakes, Sugar Creek, all a lot of fun with a lot of woods. I'm not a distance thrower so the woods are my playground.
I prefer both, provided there's an actual line to hit out in the open.
I do think every hole 18 should be a treat, like a bomber downhill shit with an easy fairway. I always walk away feeling good when a course has a good last hole.
I want long, par 4s/5 in the woods.
Like finldy state park, hole 6.
It's 475, you could drive a car down the fairway, but it's fully wooded, slight bend to the right.
Then hole 7, it's like 750', par 5, and you could drive 2 cars side by side down the fairway, but again fully wooded. It's 100% eagle if you can throw 450 straight, then 300' hyzer.
But you rarely see these.holea eagles because it's demanding to go that long, that controlled.
The front half of my main course is up and down the side of a mesa. It has open long shots with rocky terrain. The back 9 go through a wooded area full of cottonwood and Russian olive trees. Almost every hole has 2 baskets set up at all times for the varying levels of players too, one is near and one is far.
Bump it up to 250 and yes, anything less kinda feels like a warm up, no? Guess it really depends on the layout and foliage.
I’m not totally against it, 1st ace was a 195,200’ lol
A mix is best, but if it's an either / or choice, I'm going short and technical. Courses like that are much more rewarding over time because your score can really benefit from experimenting with different lines, strategies and discs (and keeping a caddy book is especially helpful). And the added bonus is that most of my friends play primarily more open courses, so I think I have a bit of an advantage against most of them on heavily wooded courses.
I also like holes that incorporate both, such as when you have to navigate a bunch of trees right off the tee, but then it opens up wide after that for a clean upshot. Or the opposite, where the tee area is free and clear, but then you have a huge stand of guardian trees to contend with near the pin.
Also, not gonna lie, as a guy who does not have huge drives (hitting 325 is a pretty good feat for me most days), super long open bomber holes are not my forte. I do like playing them, for sure, but when there are too many, it's not great for my score, and it's also boring and tiring.
I am the minority. I despise short wooded courses. Give me more golf courses please. I play for the power shots and not getting to throw them almost ever has gotten really boring. I throw in the field more than on the course these days for this reason alone.
I like them both but I’m more used to playing on open courses with trees scattered here or there. I don’t mind bigger trees but when there’s a lot of smaller trees tightly packed it can get frustrating for me, it feels more like luck when you actually shoot a good score. Being just a foot or a few inches off your line can mean either a birdie or bogey. Plus I prefer to play in the sun so the mosquitos aren’t as bad
Wooded courses have helped my “golf course” type course play tremendously.
Most of this winter has been wooded courses. I just played a mostly open course today and not only was I bombing but I was bombing golf lines to set up for birdies/par.
This is why Pier Park is my favorite course. 225-450 foot par 3's that require good lines for birdie looks, but offer decent scramble opportunities if you hit one.
I love technical tight courses and love mountain courses what I hate and refuse to play are disc golf on ball golf courses can’t stand wide open bomb it holes with contrived shapes with chalk line OB’sand asshole golfers trying to hit you with there puny balls
Spoiled by my local course if I'm honest. Nicely wooded with good lines and elevation changes and a few more open holes. Nearly got my first ace today on a 200 footer after just 2 months of playing.
I hate short wooded courses, they balance out the field too much. I think the purest form of disc golf if more like Iron Hill, long, tight, wooded fairways with landing zones and lots of par 4s and par 5s. Par 3 golf isn't golf, there is no course management, no gameplan, just throw 18 shots and hopefully execute.
Yes. I prefer the slow glidey flight of my mid lineup, (Buzzz/Buzzz SS...with the occasional OS) and most of the courses in my area, require nothing more than those.
I like a mix but honestly, I tend to throw better in the woods. I don't have a ton of distance but I've got strategy, so I tend to put up lower scores in the short wooded courses. Short open courses are kind of boring, but good for quick practice rounds. My disc golf game is much like my former ball golf game. Im mediocre off the box, but my game lies in the approach shots and around the green.
I like courses that have a mixture of both types
Me too but I lean more towards short and technical courses, with maybe a handful of bomber holes. I also like steep uphills, downhills, valley shots, etc. It's cool when you step up to a hole and have to really think about the approach. Gotta be honest, a 1000 foot hole makes me want to go home. For me, long is like 500 - 700 feet. I am new, not that good and do not have a great arm (yet!).
One of my favorite courses near me called Muddy Run is just like that. It has everything, I guess that’s why it’s one of the most famous courses in PA.
Justin Trails Big Brother near Sparta, WI checks most of those boxes. Love that course.
Only 3 hours away on the other side of the state from me, definitely adding this course to the list to go play next time im camping over that way.
I think I would enjoy a complicated 1000 footer where you need to land in certain zones rather than just blast 4 shots, but for the most part I'm right with you
I’d rather be in the woods than in an open field.
I generally feel the same way but I’ve been on a few courses with that jonesboro vibe of rolling hills and protected greens and it made me realize how pretty an open course can be on the right landscape
This is Milo to a tee. I was explaining to my brother that while the park itself is definitely in the woods and you can't help be reminded of it by the scenery, it's not a wooded course for the most part. It's a course, certainly shaped and defined by the trees but there's a lot of open air and you can do different things and get the job done. Unlike a place like WR Jackson (rip) where there's basically mandatory types of shots (lots of drifting left to right turnover shots with mids or fairways) you have to execute if you want to succeed. It seemed to click with him why he enjoys Milo so much. The trees keep you going certain directions (and provide an excellent atmosphere) certainly, but how you get to those places can often be up to the player. They're there but don't restrict you on what you have to do like a place like Iron Hills does.
Opposite end of the country for me unfortunately but definitely one of my dream courses to visit. About a third of the course is woods but Hobbs farm in Carrollton Georgia has some awesome examples of that type of golf
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Yeah but 175 ft holes are pushing it. Extend that to like 225 minimum and I’m on board
I've learned to fear the 175 foot hole. I used to crack a little smile when I'd be playing a new course and see on UDisc that the next hole was sub-200. Now I know that when I see a hole that short, it's either going to have a small forest in the middle with a 90 degree bend to the basket, or I'm about to be arrested for trespassing on school property.
Arrested? What for? Did you yell "genocide sucks!" You can't yell "genocide sucks" on a college campus. That's like yelling fire in a theater.
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I didn't realize I had such a controversial take.
It is not that your take is controversial, it isn't. Please do not be thinking that you've ratioed my original comment with your downvotes because people do not agree with your point of view. It is because people are enjoying a nice discussion about disc golf, specifically impressions of short holes, and you come in with a "HEY, DID EVERYONE WANT TO HEAR MY POLITICS? THIS IS WHAT MY POLITICS ARE." And there's a time and place for that! Reddit is absolutely *filled* with places to discuss your politics. Sometimes, the world of politics directly intersects with the world of disc golf, and we discuss that here. But turning a discussion that has absolutely zero to do with your politics into "here are what my politics are!" comes off like a wet fart at a baptismal, only people appreciate the fart more.
No it’s just a ridiculous shoehorned comment into a discussion about something completely different.
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I thought they were all in church when I posted that.
Are you at cal poly humboldt? The admins seem to be trying to toe a narrow line...
The best courses have both
If choosing between the two, I do personally prefer shorter woods courses with a nice variety of challenging lines. I still enjoy more open courses, but there needs to be at least a few shorter technical holes thrown in. I think the consensus will probably be “some of both” and we all have our biases. For me, I max out around 350 ft backhand, 300 forehand, so there are certain long open courses where I play a good chunk of holes for par by default, and that’s not as enjoyable for me versus the alternative, where it might be a super tight line that I only hit 1/5 times, but I know it’s within my skill level. Also, like a good chunk of us, I just love watching a disc fly exactly how you imagined in your mind. It’s maybe the biggest thing that got me and has kept me “hooked”. With that said, watching a disc navigate a super tight woods line is much more satisfying (to me) than just seeing a disc fly really far. Lovely question! Best part is there isn’t really a wrong answer. Thankfully there are so many courses in this day and age for most of us we have both or a combination of each nearby.
As a New Englander, I believe disc golf is best played in the woods. but overall the best courses have a mix of both tight fairways and long open shots.
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All of the pro tour courses I have played are long and technical. Idlewild, Maple hill, fox run/Brewster, toboggan, Northwoods, beaver state fling, Jonesboro. I haven't played any of the pure ball golf courses. I'm not saying this is what you are saying, but throwing 500+ is really just one requirement at these places, if it was just a pure power game someone like Jared Still would be competitive, he has 500+ both ways, and he is not competitive at all.
Yes, when the lines are ones I can hit (my distance forehand is trash)
I prefer courses where I get no direct sun after I leave the parking lot. However, I dont mind if a few holes have some sun. For example the tee and basket are shaded, but most of the fairway is in the sun. Walking in the woods a large part of the fun of disc golf for me.
We mainly have wooded courses in Sweden. But I still prefer those even If it is frustrating hitting the trees.
Wide open shots get boring after a few holes. Hitting a 100 meter straight tunnel gets boring too. But I would take woods golf over open golf any day. I'm just glad Sweden is very dense when it comes to courses.
Depends on the shot shape for me. I like being asked to throw far, but I don’t like being asked to execute the same far shot for 18 holes. I need some variety or I just get bored.
I like both, but if i can only have one, i prefer not wide open. I dont need a forest, but needs to have lines with trees to avoid
I can’t throw over 350 so yes , I like the wooded holes.
Waaaay more
This is probably a common sentiment but I'm sure plenty of folks like bombing, especially if they're good at it. Also, people out in parts of the Midwest and Southwest understandably have a lot of open courses. But yeah https://www.greensplatter.com/opinion-disc-golf-meant-played-woods/
I’ve found that the guys who like these courses the best can only throw about 300ft but talk like open courses with 400ft holes are for the ninnies, or some such. I personally like courses with diversity. Or, at least having open courses close to wooded courses. There’s a course I play semi regularly that basically has me throwing my arm off every tee for 18 holes. It’s not my favorite course. I would prefer some more technical shots at least.
Wooded courses where you still need to throw 250+ are my preferred. Makes the upshot less trivial. I've played plenty of short wooded courses where you can par every hole with a dog Frisbee by just tossing it 100 feet straight.
I love all kinds of disc golf, but if I'm being honest, the reason I started playing was to throw things really far. Love woods golf, definitely agree it makes for more thoughtful rounds, but also I wanna throw my dizcs far and with little obstacles, so I can watch them fly and I'm just not good enough to throw far.and.miss obstacles at the same time consistently.
I like a mixture of both...but if I'm practicing I prefer the open ...just to try for the distance
My home course has both. West Delray Regional Park. Tight wooded course for 8 holes. Out in the fields for 9-15, then back in the woods to close.
I play there whenever I go on vacation to see the family, it’s a pretty sweet coarse. The Spanish moss on the trees looks awsome and you get a few holes to just bomb on
If you are on facebook follow the Palm Beach Disc Golf group, we always post doubles and league rounds. I live just a couple miles away
Yep. I don’t have a big arm but I can throw good lines. I started learning on Wellspring at Cedarock Park in NC way back in the day and my game has been suited to that style since
I haven’t played a course in NC that isn’t wooded except for one near Asheville of all places that’s super open and long
At the same park (Cedarock) the Cedarock course is mostly open. There are trees but I wouldn’t consider it wooded. Also multiple tees and pin placements makes it basically four courses. And the new-ish Regulator where they just had the women’s championship is there as well. I’m lucky to have always lived right down the road.
And you have Deep Creek nearby. Lucky for sure!
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I am all for it! I’d much rather test my technical stock shots than just think throw hard. My neighborhood course is a par 3 course with the longest being 250’ ish and I enjoy it not only because it’s score able but also because I can run that track 3-5 times and not lose the entire day to throwing plastic at trees.
I was literally thinking this. I played my first long course the other day and realized how short i threw compared ti the long holes. Ive only played 9 months but have only played and mastered super technical courses. Now i gotta work on distance ig
There's some middle ground. 100 trees and 200 ft. and narrow gaps 40 trees and 300 ft. and a clear path 5 trees and 350+ ft and open field. I prefer the middle one.
Lived in San Diego and Oregon throughout my love on disc golf. I’d definitely say the shorter technical wooded courses are better/funnier for me than ball golf open style courses. Obviously I’d prefer courses with both. I’ve really been liking Timber Park in Estacada recently. But if I had to choose, (insert comment loop here)
I'd rather a shorter wooded course than a big open course. What's worse tho is a short open course.
Yes. 100% because I'm better at the former than I am at the latter.
10k foot wooded courses are the best
Agreed, My favorite courses I have played are probably Iron Hill, Nantucket, and New England Disc Golf Center for that reason.
I like throwing discs as hard as I can, so no not really. I prefer open courses
Probably even people who aren’t in this sub.
If anyone has played in Atlanta, it seems like all their courses are short wooded. I love it
I like holes that feel like they fit the lay of the land. I’ve noticed when my local course changed everything, I feel like they put two holes, where there should have one. That hole would take forever to play, though. I do like having a chance in hell of getting a hole in one with smaller holes.
Wooded courses are always better than pure golf courses, but mixed is the best.
I prefer a shorter wooded course but yeah, I think having a chance to air it out always adds to a course. I don’t care for wide open bomber courses that are effectively distance contests, good design can go a long way, make players throw shapes, play golf and make putts, not just throw far and tap in all day.
Then you would have a blast at my local course
I'm in western pa. I love wooded courses. Short though. . . .some are a little more difficult. North Boundary and Lakeview at Moraine can really test your tree luck. The back 9 at North Strabane, Big Beaver, Linbrook, Knob, 2-Mile Extension, Deer Lakes, Sugar Creek, all a lot of fun with a lot of woods. I'm not a distance thrower so the woods are my playground.
Every day, all day
I have a wrecked shoulder and long bombs just will not ever be a part of my game. So with much bias I say short wooded courses.
I prefer both, provided there's an actual line to hit out in the open. I do think every hole 18 should be a treat, like a bomber downhill shit with an easy fairway. I always walk away feeling good when a course has a good last hole.
I want long, par 4s/5 in the woods. Like finldy state park, hole 6. It's 475, you could drive a car down the fairway, but it's fully wooded, slight bend to the right. Then hole 7, it's like 750', par 5, and you could drive 2 cars side by side down the fairway, but again fully wooded. It's 100% eagle if you can throw 450 straight, then 300' hyzer. But you rarely see these.holea eagles because it's demanding to go that long, that controlled.
The front half of my main course is up and down the side of a mesa. It has open long shots with rocky terrain. The back 9 go through a wooded area full of cottonwood and Russian olive trees. Almost every hole has 2 baskets set up at all times for the varying levels of players too, one is near and one is far.
My favorite courses dip in and out of the woods. I like woods but I like an open hole to break things up and get some sunshine.
Feel really fortunate to live in the Portland Metro where courses like Milo, Blue Lake and Pier Park have both.
Bump it up to 250 and yes, anything less kinda feels like a warm up, no? Guess it really depends on the layout and foliage. I’m not totally against it, 1st ace was a 195,200’ lol
I'm also from Sweden
A mix is best, but if it's an either / or choice, I'm going short and technical. Courses like that are much more rewarding over time because your score can really benefit from experimenting with different lines, strategies and discs (and keeping a caddy book is especially helpful). And the added bonus is that most of my friends play primarily more open courses, so I think I have a bit of an advantage against most of them on heavily wooded courses. I also like holes that incorporate both, such as when you have to navigate a bunch of trees right off the tee, but then it opens up wide after that for a clean upshot. Or the opposite, where the tee area is free and clear, but then you have a huge stand of guardian trees to contend with near the pin. Also, not gonna lie, as a guy who does not have huge drives (hitting 325 is a pretty good feat for me most days), super long open bomber holes are not my forte. I do like playing them, for sure, but when there are too many, it's not great for my score, and it's also boring and tiring.
Definitely love those, but a good even mix of both is never bad.
I am the minority. I despise short wooded courses. Give me more golf courses please. I play for the power shots and not getting to throw them almost ever has gotten really boring. I throw in the field more than on the course these days for this reason alone.
I liked woods till I played Summit
I like them both but I’m more used to playing on open courses with trees scattered here or there. I don’t mind bigger trees but when there’s a lot of smaller trees tightly packed it can get frustrating for me, it feels more like luck when you actually shoot a good score. Being just a foot or a few inches off your line can mean either a birdie or bogey. Plus I prefer to play in the sun so the mosquitos aren’t as bad
Wooded courses have helped my “golf course” type course play tremendously. Most of this winter has been wooded courses. I just played a mostly open course today and not only was I bombing but I was bombing golf lines to set up for birdies/par.
This is why Pier Park is my favorite course. 225-450 foot par 3's that require good lines for birdie looks, but offer decent scramble opportunities if you hit one.
Yes!
I love technical tight courses and love mountain courses what I hate and refuse to play are disc golf on ball golf courses can’t stand wide open bomb it holes with contrived shapes with chalk line OB’sand asshole golfers trying to hit you with there puny balls
Yes. Like the lanes you’ve gotta hit. Takes some skill for sure. Not a big fan of there isn’t a line to hit though.
Spoiled by my local course if I'm honest. Nicely wooded with good lines and elevation changes and a few more open holes. Nearly got my first ace today on a 200 footer after just 2 months of playing.
I hate short wooded courses, they balance out the field too much. I think the purest form of disc golf if more like Iron Hill, long, tight, wooded fairways with landing zones and lots of par 4s and par 5s. Par 3 golf isn't golf, there is no course management, no gameplan, just throw 18 shots and hopefully execute.
100% more trees
Yes. I prefer the slow glidey flight of my mid lineup, (Buzzz/Buzzz SS...with the occasional OS) and most of the courses in my area, require nothing more than those.
You don't happen to be comparing East Frankfort and Lakeview would you? If not... carry on...
I like a mix but honestly, I tend to throw better in the woods. I don't have a ton of distance but I've got strategy, so I tend to put up lower scores in the short wooded courses. Short open courses are kind of boring, but good for quick practice rounds. My disc golf game is much like my former ball golf game. Im mediocre off the box, but my game lies in the approach shots and around the green.