Big Portage Lake

Grass Lake, Michigan     1 course · 18 holes     Driving directions

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-  +1 votes  + William Gilbert › June 24, 2022
C+
-  +1 votes  + Tom Wagner › June 24, 2022
B+
A short, wooded and moderately technical state park course with multiple narrow lines and relatively tight fairways. The shaping of shots around first available trees is a must to stay out of the dense, thorny rough. This course is obviously easier in the non summer months. A clean and somewhat challenging course with long cement pads, good signage, a few benches and decent variety. No water hazards.
-  +1 votes  + Darian Ott › October 19, 2020
B-
Long tee pads (Becareful of the holes in them), plays fast, challenging shot shapes, the rough is ultra bad with all of the thorns (They hurt alot...). Super tight fairways, with plenty of trees in the middle of them. Little elevation change, the course itself is pretty self explanatory when playing through. Took 3 players about 2 hours to play a single round. Also, the address is wrong on discgolfscene. It's by the Waterloo Rec Campgrounds, and it is right by the boat launches.
-  +0 votes  + Scott White › March 26, 2023
B
The state of affairs at Waterloo is looking up. Was that just a cool hole?
-  +0 votes  + Josh Romine › August 6, 2013
B-
Good short track. Bugs were bad. Could use a little work off the fairways. The rough is very difficult in places to get into. The 500 footer is a really nice hole. They kinda packed in the 18 but there is a lot of room here to expand to 36 if the state park system was interested.
-  +0 votes  + Ben Calhoun › March 8, 2011
B
Good winter course, short somewhat technical shots test all throws. Teepads aren't very good but they have them. Good signage, state park facilities. Quick and easy great flow. Too much ivy to be played in spring/summer.
-  +0 votes  + Jerry "Chilly" Chilson › January 18, 2013
C
Thanks for another pitch and put. Wow the land there is great but seriously the layout is weak. average hole is 220 feet. Great ace race course. I'm sorry if you are the designer or you love this course but it could be a lot better just by placing some of the pins a bit further out. I was bored on the front nine as most were righty hyzers. Pads are great. Great course for beginers but low difficulty.
-  +0 votes  + PAAAAAUUUUULL Novak › January 23, 2011
B
Great Course! First time playing here!
-  +0 votes  + Becky Gilbert › September 26, 2022
B+
-  +0 votes  + lyle downing › May 5, 2011
B+
spotless no garbage little casuals tight lines, thick shrub on side of fairways makes it kinda touchy with a good mixture in the distances but good mid course with a couple more long holes and scorecards could of been rated a little higher
-  +0 votes  + Brian Carter › May 22, 2012
B
Good, fairly technical course with excellent signage. Never needed a map. Not sure why several holes are marked par 2 though (over 200 feet with tight tree fairways...hmmm). Unfortunately, unless you love poison ivy, stay away until early spring or later fall. Course is loaded. It's gonna be a long night!
-  +0 votes  + Jason 'Skip Scoob' Cassidy › August 20, 2015
B
Definitely a beginner friendly course, if you want to work on your control and midrange shots this course will challenge you with that. Average hole is 250ft. Nice course for the amount of land that was given.
-  +0 votes  + Michael Hutchins › June 28, 2011
B
-  +0 votes  + Randy Gallagher › April 4, 2012
B
-  +0 votes  + Joey Rumsey › May 14, 2013
B+
Bring your bug spray cause those skeeters are hhhhhooorrible
-  +0 votes  + Michael Cox › September 17, 2012
B
Target shooting course, great for learning control and accuracy, only one hole over 500, lots of trees in play.
-  +0 votes  + Tim Weir › June 15, 2012
A
Park is taking great care of the course.
-  +0 votes  + Sicknasty Bunker › May 29, 2011
B+
-  +0 votes  + Jeff Binkley › September 25, 2010
A
-  +0 votes  + Jason Karle › October 3, 2010
B
-  +0 votes  + Adam Kriesberg › May 22, 2014
B
Short technical course, was nearly empty when I played. Good practice shaping shots.
-  +0 votes  + Patrick Franz › January 27, 2011
B+
-  +0 votes  + Jared Havens › February 4, 2011
B
-  +0 votes  + ken "sega salt" moote › November 2, 2012
B
-  +0 votes  + Jay Austin › January 25, 2015
B
Difficult Round crunchy snow.22 deg.
-  +0 votes  + steven avery › June 25, 2011
B-
-  +0 votes  + Mike Durfee › June 25, 2011
A-
was a very nice course for the most part.tight fairways.bring your short game.few of the tees are "slick" but most are perfect.well marked holes.
more score cards would be nice.and if there are scorecards,please dont take more than the one you need.i have seen people take like five at once.just think of others please.thank you.

-  +0 votes  + Taylor Goik -Dirty Mitten Disc Golf- › September 8, 2011
B
-  +0 votes  + Jim Jean › September 13, 2012
B+
-  +0 votes  + Philip “Flip” Balger Scott › September 29, 2018
A
Well maintained, wooded with some open huge shots, huge tunnel shots and a mixture of FH and BH. Hyzer Flips and Flicks, Turn Overs too. Only played here a few times but eager to find new ways to score. I expect that one might find both bad and great rounds in these woods and too me that’s what it’s all about. Craft your middy game. A great challenge.
-  +0 votes  + Terry Taggart › September 16, 2014
C-
-  +0 votes  + jeremy prebble › July 22, 2012
B+
-  +0 votes  + Bill Lower › July 22, 2012
B+
-  +0 votes  + Brian Boggs › August 5, 2012
B+
-  +0 votes  + Skyler Stoker › February 16, 2014
B+
This place changes big time with the seasons and I love it . Fair holes, nice variety, and overall fun to play.
-  +0 votes  + Bo Fought › January 30, 2013
B+
Short, wooded course with concrete pads (except 9), signage and baskets. Great course for shaping lines and working midrange and approach game. The front 9 is more enjoyable then the back 9, too many repetitive holes on the back. Challenging in the summer when trees are in full bloom and underbrush is lush. Great place to get a quick round in or two.
*Side note, buy the Recreation Pass when you renew your license plate for $10/year. Sure beats paying $6.00 each time for the day pass.
-  +0 votes  + Rob Cheyne › August 19, 2013
B+
-  +0 votes  + Josh Noce › December 26, 2013
C+
-  +0 votes  + Chad klavinger › September 29, 2014
B
Love the course it hates me bugs are A-holes other than that solid b watch out for that tree.
-  +0 votes  + Ryan Klootwyk › March 25, 2016
A-
Fun course. Mostly shorter holes but variety throughout. Very similar to Newaygo State Park Course. One of my new favs since moving to the Jackson, MI area.
-  +0 votes  + Josh Grunlund › February 4, 2024
A-
Technical, but not as short as advertised. Great for spring or fall. Thorns off most fairways so might not come here in the summer. Loved it.
-  +0 votes  + David Buckley › March 25, 2018
B
The address is 11700 not 12226.
-  +0 votes  + chris Dauterman › April 3, 2022
C
I left my orange and white on course 3-30-22. This was Christmas present form my son if you fine it call me at 517-392-7910 I will trade you other disc's for it thanks christ D.
-  +0 votes  + Robert Darling › May 11, 2017
B
-  +0 votes  + Justin Walters › August 11, 2018
B+
Concrete tee pads and Chainstar baskets. Wooded course. Rough get bad in the summer so prepare for poison ivy and mosquitoes(Common in MI). State pass required for entry or daily fee. Disc golf is free to play
-  +0 votes  + Jeffrey Knickerbocker › March 31, 2023
B+
nice maintained fairways but the ruff is extra ruff.
-  -1 votes  + Nicholas George Fucinari › March 20, 2017
B+
Short wooded course. Have to hit your lines. Was a fun round.
-  -1 votes  + Kevin Reddy › October 6, 2015
B+
Don't like the tee pads with the holes in them to trip over, and didn't notice the yellow fault line BEHIND THE HOLES on some of the pads until the later holes, which was after I already fell down once, twisting my ankle. Overall, though, I did like this course, and will play here again. Good signs, and decent flow. Need more trash cans, though.
-  -1 votes  + Corey Kieft › March 14, 2012
B
-  -1 votes  + Paul DISC-OR-DIE Holstein › October 8, 2017
A
I'm giving this course an A because it's my kind of course. Mostly mid-range (Buzzz) drives, this is a short highly wooded course. Not hard to get some really good scores, I think I had -4 playing for the first time and throwing more than a couple blind (even though they were only 220 - 260 ft shots. Pads were amazing, extra long, roughed up cement for traction, with the basket number painted on them. Great signage and free scorecards, but I did need a park sticker to get into the park. ...
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-  -1 votes  + Ben Ciccarelli › September 18, 2018
B+
-  -1 votes  + Jeff Lozowsky › October 10, 2010
A-
-  -1 votes  + Eric Daum › May 6, 2011
B+
I love the course at Grass Lake, all of the holes are fairly short, but seeing that it is placed in the woods, it is quite challenging with many narrow fairways. this is one course where your putting game had better be on!
-  -1 votes  + Nick O › July 27, 2014
A-
Anyone who rates this course anything less is probably a horribly inaccurate player. The course is very narrow, most holes are no more than 30 feet wide, but every hole is basically a challenging ace run. Except on Hole 11, which is roughly 22 feet wide and 510 feet long. That one was kind of dumb.
-  -1 votes  + "Ninja" Nate Yarbrough › August 30, 2012
A
-  -1 votes  + Ben Ross › December 13, 2012
A
Course looks good. Beautiful day...sun was shining. Lots of leaf piles to lose your discs in so be careful out there. Lost a sidewinder on hole 2 a while ago that I'd like to get back.
-  -1 votes  + Ninja Nate Yarbrough › March 4, 2013
B+
-  -1 votes  + Garrett McQueen › February 23, 2014
B
-  -1 votes  + Tom Converse › July 23, 2013
A-
-  -1 votes  + Chris Arnett › May 13, 2020
A
-  -1 votes  + steamrollerwillie c › August 20, 2013
B
-  -1 votes  + Ryan Mcpherson › May 26, 2014
A-
Deffinatly worth a drive for the tournement I played in
-  -1 votes  + Jay Day › May 25, 2015
A-
-  -1 votes  + Tim L. › June 3, 2018
A+
This is one of my favorite courses, but OMG, the mosquitoes are SO BAD this year. You seriously will need a half bottle of bug spray to play here June-August. I would recommend long pants, long sleeves, and a head net. It's that bad.
-  -1 votes  + Jim Bastian › July 12, 2014
B+
nice course great layout
-  -1 votes  + Kevin Jenks › October 22, 2017
B+
-  -1 votes  + Nate Krumm › January 18, 2018
B+
-  -1 votes  + Jacqueline Dawn Pray › August 23, 2020
A
My boyfriend and I loved this course. Course was well maintained, not many mosquitoes, easy to follow, and everything was mapped out well. It was a good challenge, yet obtainable goals. I am a beginner and I did not get too frustrated. Was able to find my discs easily. The only thing I would change is the tee box maintenance. They just need to be updated. We will definitely go there again. I will also be recommending this course to others.
-  -2 votes  + Anthony Torres › January 22, 2011
A-
-  -2 votes  + Joel Coppernoll › January 11, 2011
A-
It is a sweet course during the fall and spring. Summer kind of sucks. The bugs and poison ivy are horrible. So bad, I go maybe, twice all summer. The park said they are working n the bugs though.
-  -2 votes  + Diana Stojkovic › February 17, 2022
A-
I love this course, but I am 1. A nature /tree lover, and 2. Tight wooded technical course fan.. I am in disbelief that this ranks lower than Ella Sharp. The latter was a huge disappointment, and this is a refreshing surprise. Very beautiful, and great for players who like a challenge, as opposed to open drives. Very happy I drove out here to check it out.
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